Recent content by jb27

In that case, I'll throw in yet another recommendation for the Lee Classic Turret. I purchased mine as a kit from Kempf gun shop online. They were very helpful in putting the kit together and the price was good. I got mine with everything to load 9mm, 45, and 223.

One other thought is you didn't mention what press you'll be using and how you'll be dispensing powder. As I'm sure you're aware, metering for RL15 and Varget isn't the best. H-335 and Ramshot TAC are both great 223 powders that meter well. I use either TAC or H-335 for my bulk loading...

Another vote for 69 or 77 gr SMK. The 77 gr will match up better with your 1:7 AR but you may be limited with your OAL unless you are loading 1 at a time. 69 gr would be plenty fine going out to 200 yds in both guns. I've used several different powders with 69 SMK's and settled in using RL15...

As someone else mentioned, if you are looking strictly for depriming, don't look past the Lee handheld press. I keep one in my garage (not my reloading room) and I deprime as soon as I get back from the range. For the price and simplicity, you cannot beat it. I use a Lee universal decapping...

I want giraud to make a press mounted trimmer that trims/chamfers/deburs and offer a free conversion kit to folks that already own their trimmer. And as a plus, the station that it occupies in a progressive press would also decap/swage and size (w/out need to lubricate cases) so you could really...

Like I mentioned in my initial post, I am aware that they are one in the same, however being that they are packaged and sold as different products, I was just curious which one was more popular. I missed that when putting the list together. My bad. Sorry. :banghead: I appreciate all the...

I know the subject has been beaten to death and there is a wealth of info available by searching. I have done this. What I wasn't able to find (with a large amount of responses), was this question shown in a Poll format. A few years back when I started loading these calibers, my research lead...

Lee Collet die - run through press, turn case 1/2 rotation, run through press again. Then follow this by using Redding Body die set to bump shoulder back 0.001. Or Look up Harrell Precision and their custom sizing dies. Have a die made custom to your chamber that uses bushings for neck size...

I have had good luck in my AR using Sierra MatchKing 69 and 77 grain bullets seated to just under 2.26. I use Rem 7 1/2 primers. I think (?) I have read to not use Federal primers in an AR (obviously not talking about their "AR" specific ones) because the primers are too soft. Someone else...

I just put one on order a few weeks back. I'm not aware of any place that stocks them, so if you order them directly from Giraud or from a place (Creedmoor) I believe the current wait time is 10-12 weeks. If you're thinking about it, probably best to get your order in due to the wait time...

When you say 'turret', are you meaning an auto-indexing turret (Lee Classic Turret) or a manual indexing turret like the Lyman or RCBS? When I originally read your post, my mind automatically went to auto-indexing probably because I have a LCT. If that is what you meant, based on the volume...

Haha. Yeah, only problem is that my big room is split up between my two primary hobbies (music & reloading) and I want to keep them separate. I need another room :) That isn't going to happen any time soon...

Thank Blue. As fate would have it, my clearance is 25 1/2 inch. Would leave enough room to operate, but removal/changing/filling would be an issue. I'm planning some renovations soon and hope to be able to expand my reloading room a little. I was hoping to cash in on Cabela's deal right now...

Leupold and March seem to be the current go-to scopes in Benchrest.

Question for anyone who has a LNL AP. Could you measure from the top of your loading bench to the top of the powder measure and tell me what this distance is? I have been searching but cannot seem to find this. I am considering picking up a LNL AP but have limited clearance over my loading...