Post your most USELESS piece of reloading equipment….

[Tesoro]

As this thread is nearly exhausted and most things have been named, I will post one last gripe, not about specific tools but about buying them in 2022.
There was a time when I could go to the gun shop to get an item and make it from the front door of my house to my loading bench with the item stripped of packaging and hidden in my pocket.
Now I have to order most on line. It seems like the smaller and cheaper them item, the larger the box it comes in! The other day my 243 comparator insert arrived in a box large enough to fit two full sized grape fruits. Of course my wife picked it off the porch and handed it to me with the standard delivery greeting of "MORE reloading equipment?"

 

[bozo699]

Well Dave M,
I guess at #222 it is about exhausted it’s course but one of the more fun posts in a while,… thanks buddy……
Wayne

 

[Kracken McGraw]

As this thread is nearly exhausted and most things have been named, I will post one last gripe, not about specific tools but about buying them in 2022.
There was a time when I could go to the gun shop to get an item and make it from the front door of my house to my loading bench with the item stripped of packaging and hidden in my pocket.
Now I have to order most on line. It seems like the smaller and cheaper them item, the larger the box it comes in! The other day my 243 comparator insert arrived in a box large enough to fit two full sized grape fruits. Of course my wife picked it off the porch and handed it to me with the standard delivery greeting of "MORE reloading equipment?"

I feel your pain!

 

[SShooterZ]

I may have missed it but I'll add the little yellow scooper that used to come with Lee dies.

 

[65swede]

Dillon AT 500 powder die. Purchased by mistake. Useless to me.

 

[Larryh128]

Most useless item is that warning on the die. If you don't have it the ambulance chasers in California will be after you. Although something that passes thru it can cause reproductive harm.

 

[Larryh128]

As this thread is nearly exhausted and most things have been named, I will post one last gripe, not about specific tools but about buying them in 2022.
There was a time when I could go to the gun shop to get an item and make it from the front door of my house to my loading bench with the item stripped of packaging and hidden in my pocket.
Now I have to order most on line. It seems like the smaller and cheaper them item, the larger the box it comes in! The other day my 243 comparator insert arrived in a box large enough to fit two full sized grape fruits. Of course my wife picked it off the porch and handed it to me with the standard delivery greeting of "MORE reloading equipment?"

My wife calls it "gun shit" . When I pulled a barrel and sold it in about 10 minutes, "for how much?" & " how many more can you sell?" I tell her my used stuff is still worth good $ unlike that cute shit you ordered and then donated.

 

[Tesoro]

My wife calls it "gun shit" . When I pulled a barrel and sold it in about 10 minutes, "for how much?" & " how many more can you sell?" I tell her my used stuff is still worth good $ unlike that cute shit you ordered and then donated.

My wife knows that when I sell my used gun shit I make a profit on it so I can buy better stuff for the same price.

 

[Larry Koch]

As this thread is nearly exhausted and most things have been named, I will post one last gripe, not about specific tools but about buying them in 2022.
There was a time when I could go to the gun shop to get an item and make it from the front door of my house to my loading bench with the item stripped of packaging and hidden in my pocket.
Now I have to order most on line. It seems like the smaller and cheaper them item, the larger the box it comes in! The other day my 243 comparator insert arrived in a box large enough to fit two full sized grape fruits. Of course my wife picked it off the porch and handed it to me with the standard delivery greeting of "MORE reloading equipment?"

Thats code for new shoes, to go with the closet full of shoes.

 

[Dave M.]

Well Dave M,
I guess at #222 it is about exhausted it’s course but one of the more fun posts in a while,… thanks buddy……
Wayne

I enjoyed it too Wayne, honestly it made me rethink some of my tools.
Dave

 

[Dave M.]

I may have missed it but I'll add the little yellow scooper that used to come with Lee dies.

I never used these either but some guy swear by them to add the initial charge and then trickle up.

 

[Dave M.]

I feel your pain!

I just ordered more .22 bronze brushes online from proshot after going to three local stores and then not having what I needed. The world is going to online and it’s cool for most things and I hate it for others.

 

[Dave M.]

My wife calls it "gun shit" . When I pulled a barrel and sold it in about 10 minutes, "for how much?" & " how many more can you sell?" I tell her my used stuff is still worth good $ unlike that cute shit you ordered and then donated.

Don’t tell her all of your used stuff is worth money….next thing you know you will have stocks and barrels from under the reloading shelves that are “missing”

 

[uncle fester]

Don’t tell her all of your used stuff is worth money….next thing you know you will have stocks and barrels from under the reloading shelves that are “missing”

For God's sake don't tell her what your primers are worth!

 

[bozo699]

For God's sake don't tell her what your primers are worth!

Why?…… are they expensive now?……
Wayne

 

[Bc'z]

My wife knows that when I sell my used gun shit I make a profit on it so I can buy better stuff for the same price.

My wife knows I bought your die for HER gun. Lol

 

[Tesoro]

For God's sake don't tell her what your primers are worth!

I was loading today and one got away and rolled under my bench. I actually got on my knees and retrieved it!!

 

[Sechrist2015]

I'll refrain from putting a picture of myself on here.........

 

[spike-55]

Here’s the fix to make it a really good tool
Throw the plastic crap away, order a thumbscrew from McMaster Carr for 10 bucks and get a piece of scrap metal to bore a hole in the middle and tap one end for the thumbscrew to hold the case. Should have come this way to begin with!!!

 

[D-4297]

Complete kit of neck turning tools . They are good tools . If you are running a tight neck , but a total waste of money if not . About $150.00 sitting on the shelf collecting dust . Wish I'd bought three more boxes of Bergers instead .