WELL... OK it is a major pain, but certainly is reloadable... I forced myself to get it down, by buying 1000 once fired cases ( I had my 5.7 X 28 very early after they came out ) I have now sold my autoloader, but have a Contender barrel, so I still load for it...
cases are lacquered, which I guess slows the action down, by sticking slightly... well it makes the cases stick in the dies... can't tell you how many of the lil rims I pulled off in dies... finally after the suggestion of my old mentor buddy, I took a new pad, & lubed it with STP Oil Treatment, & never stuck a case again after that...
as mentioned, the shoulder is blown forward, so far when fired in the FN guns, that some cases are bad, right off the bat... so I was losing maybe 1-2 in 20 or 30 once fired cases & 4 in 10 after a 2nd firing, & 6 in 10 after a 3rd firing, when shooting them in my auto... I've never had a case make it to the 5th loading... so brass life is very short... that is, when fired in the FN's or any non fixed breach gun... with the Contender, the case is no different than any other, as far as the shoulder is concerned, & thus case life is better in the Contender...
from a reloading / recipe point of view, it's not really much different than loading for a Hornet or Fireball, once you get past the sticky case issue
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