Is 100 rounds a lot??

[gadabout]

I can do 30 or 50 rounds real easy in 9mm but today I did 105 to catch me up. Took it out of me that's for sure. I think I used to do 100 or so without any sweat but don't remember. I am also doing a river walk for seniors and I mean in a river we walk every day very good exercise. Oh well getting it all done and in shape to boot.  Craig

[The_Shadow]

Do what is comfortable for you!   I tend to do things in stages these days...all single stage too!
I may have a pile of brass already pass trough sized and resized and deprimed.
I will take what I need 50 or 100 at a time and prime them all.
Then I only work on exact powder measures and set a bullet to proper depth / COL
The crimp to finish what I'm working with...
I also hand wipe all completed rounds and bag them with load data info in the bags.
This allows me inspections at every step in the process.

[Kenk]

Same as Wade, in stages,  I?m a single stage Rock Chucker / individually weighing kinda guy also 😀

[gadabout]

Cool. I kind of set up that way but one step leads to another and before I know it all are done!!!  I also panic during the 9mm as an example and think "boy I need to do some 40 and 10MM and others". Craig

[sqlbullet]

Like Wade, I tend to process a step in batches when I am going single stage.

I will also say that 100 rounds start to finish single stage is a chore for a couple of hours for sure.  On the progressive presses it is "wow, more primers already?"

[Markwell]

     Although i have a single stage press, a Redding T-7, i do most of my reloading for handguns on Dillon progressives; 2 550s and a 650.  I can run 100 rounds of most anything in less than 15 minutes or so.  Have been loading on progressives since the '70s starting with a C&H Auto Champ and can't imagine getting along with just a single stage.  Been there and done that! 

     I thought initially that this thread was about shooting x number of rounds per a range session, not reloading the ammo.

[Huntchick]

I'm a single stage loader as well. I've never owned anything else. I tend to load in groups of 30 cases in semi auto handgun calibers.  30,60, 90 etc. mags hold 15rds so working in groups of 30 works out good for small batches under 250.  I load a lot of rifle ammo and some revolver so normally i do groups of 20 or 40 for hunting rifles and anything from 250 to 1000 for semi autos. whenever i load a lot of auto pistol or rifle  500 or 1000 i take days doing each step a day or two at a time. first day inspecting cases and resizing next day maybe priming or whatever step. Unless I'm doing 100 or less i tend to do it in steps per day. I get a lot of relaxation from loading so i don't rush things.  I keep coffee cans on my bench and each one says what stage it is. #1 fired brass #2 cleaned #3 sized and de-primed and so on. Only thing different is whenever i add powder i also seat bullets immediately after  I've filled whatever amount of cases I'm doing at the time. I also wont load / charge powder on rainy or high humidity days. I guess depending on the situation i may load as few as 20 or as many as 1000.  If i know I'm going shooting in next weekend or two where i will shoot 500-1000 then ill spend week or so loading.  I think most ive ever done in one day start to finish ever was about 500 but it takes fun out of it if you do too much at a time for me anyway.

[Kenk]

For sure, it?s actually therapeutic for me. If I feel rushed, the fun goes away quickly

[tommac919]

I use both a full progressive and turret press...
To be honest, I feel the Turret Lee press slows down the process BUT I get more control of the quality as you can easily stop any where in the process without screwing other thing up. Also you can easily use it as a single stage when wanted.

Other side is nothing like a full progressive when you want to bang out a large amount of rounds. ( keeping the powder drop low enough to stay in the safe range with +/- drops )

[Current Resident]

I tend to use my single stage much more than my progressive. My 10mm and .40SW rounds are more boutique and load in smaller quantities because lately I haven't been to the range to test them out. I have the bagged and labeled what they are so that I can fall back to know what tests best.

[38_Super]

I usually load 50 to 200 rounds max on the Lee turret press in a session.  When I reload 45 ACP on the Dillon 550B progressive that is usually 500 in a session.  I have done 2000 in day on the Dillon but that is not fun after the first 1000.