You motivated me to set it up earlier tonight. 

I used to live for this.  When I was living in Alaska, I was working out of town for a while and there was a range nearby.  I had nothing better to do after work so I spent many hours there.  It was great right after the BLM, not the bad one, Park cops and Troopers would have a shoot during the day.  They didn't pick up anything.  There was also a range 3 miles from my house and it seemed like no one picked up their brass there.  Living in TN now and it seems like everyone picks up their brass at the range I use here.  I usually only get my own brass back there.  If I'm lucky.  



And yea, trimming sucks.  


ETA: I haven't found a way to make it fun yet.

Trimming. I have a system that allows me to go through brass fairly quickly but I still dislike it.

I have no tips on how to make it more fun, otherwise it would already be more fun.

Used to be trimming, but a Dillon RT1200 took care of that on the LNLAP.  

Now the worst is changing out calibers on the RT1200.

DE priming. DE capping. Whatever you call it.

The nice thing about "switching" to the X-Dies is you already have full length sizing die. So you never need to change the set up on your X-Die after you set it up.

Any brass that you already have sized you simply trim to "X-Dies" trim length. Any brass that needs sized and is not "X-Die ready" you simply size with your regular full length sizing die, trim to X-Die trim length and now it's X-Die ready.

If you are starting out with X-Dies only every time you size brass for the first time you need to back off the "X" feature so that the case mouth does not run into it. Then after they are sized and trimmed to X-Die trim length you need to re-set the "X" feature.

When I switch to X-Dies I always buy the set too because having an extra bullet seating die comes in handy and compared to buying the X-Die sizing die by itself the set is a bargain.

I've only bought the "standard" full length X-Die set. They do make them in small base version but so far in 32+ years of reloading I've never needed small base dies. But I haven't loaded much ammo for Remington pump actions either.

Motor

Swaging and trimming. 

Solved it with a S1050 and Dillon 1200!  I love doing it now, because I know how much time I'm saving compared to hand trimming and the super swage!  Now I don't even touch the cartridge case!

Case prep in general.

I'm also finding that powder coating bullets is not particularly enjoyable.

There are tools to make these tasks easier, but I'm cheap.

Rifle case prep use to be but with a Dillon trimmer on my 650 w/casefeeder, I decap, resize, and trim in one step without even touching a single piece of brass.  Then I tumble the lube off and they are ready to reload.  I can process 1,000 pieces of 5.56 or .308 in an hour.  Simple.

I don't mind powder coating bullets. (Shake and bake method). Yeah it does require you to invest some time and attention but it's well worth it.

It's not like easy like sitting watching "the game" and priming brass easy.

Motor

Sorting and general case prep.

I bought an XL650 with some useful add-ons that speed most case prep steps.  

The Dillon swager works much faster when I added a spring to the finger that holds the case, so when I let go it flings the case into a collapsing-type laundry basket.  

I wet tumble after the size/trim step.  That removes what little bit of brass swarf that may remain in the case mouth, and with the spent primers out, the cleaning does well.  

Probably ought to buy the sorting trays.  The biggest problem is .40 cases that nest inside .45 ACP cases.  Even if I do a really good sorting job, they jam in the auto case feed chute and ruin the red adapter sleeve, which is annoying.

I'm a fanatic about pockets. I use a Mighty Armory depriming and swaging die Set, I clean my brass in an RCBS ultrasonic cleaner (takes 30 minutes) I dry the cases them uniform them.
Perfect Pockets, Shiny Brass! I use CCI or Winchester primers.

So for me its all about pockets.

I love finding new brass on the ground, get giddy as a fat kid in a candy store.


I hate trimming....HATE IT!

Just bought a WFT. Still not consistent and needs to be cleaned out but my hands aren't as tired.

My hands haven't been this sore since my teen years.

This.

I dug out the equipment and started over working up a load.  I can't get the powder measure to throw consistently so I was trickling every single charge.

Rifle case prep in general.  Especially trimming.  Especially using the Lee tools.  Even chucking in a drill my fingers get torn up and I can feel the arthritis lurking after a couple hundred.

Sizing actually.