With the cold weather I have done a lot of organizing in my basement. I am down to the short strokes and sorting small quantities of 223 into...
More than a dozen times I have called RCBS customer service to buy a part that I broke or lost. And I told them that I screwed up. They sent me...
TimRB - Did you find it hard to set up? For a hundred buck it might be worth a shot but I do not want to spend 5 hours fiddling with it to...
My experience, I bought $20 Hornady's, $40 Home Depots, a few $ 60 brand X's, and finally accepted reality and bought a $175 digit set of Mits....
Walk-- A picture or the website where you bought your "hobby lathe?" Sounds interesting although some day I may pull the trigger on a Giraud.
Please - the bullets are fine, it is the length (OAL.) Your barrel will dictate your length. Also as has been said the charge is a little light....
I trim all my 223 cases to 1.750 for my AR 15. A variance of a .001 or .002 after trimming does not concern me.
1.169 is the max OAL. CZ's have very tight chambers and a short leade. I get good results in my CZ 75 B with an OAL of 1.118. I use the same...
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I just trimmed about 300 IMI 223. Israeli military. I used the Wilson "lathe trimmer" and their Titanium head to trim the mouth. The head has...
Also some dust or remaining lube will interfere with fully seating in gage.
You don't need one. And after much research and soul searching neither do I. But if one arrived free in loading room I would leave it there. With...
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Like Frogo I do all my case prep in the winter and finish on the Redding T7. My man "Highboy" discouraged me from adding powder on the Redding...
I bought one of those a few years ago. I found it to be better than nothing. If I concentrate on my shot I will usually miss the entire net. When...
If you are insistent on a progressive, and you are not working on a tight budget, I would skip to the top and buy a Dillon. The way I reload the...
My buddy said I looked like a hobo picking up cigarette butts. My turn now............
jmorris What do you mean by putting a flat on the opposing sides?
I also retrofitted all my RCBS dies with the Hornady rings. Just got sick of digging holes in the threads of good dies.. Tried the "lead in the...
I use the Hornady 55gr bullet, in a 16 inch barrel, H 335, 1 X 8, and needed over 24 grains. I stopped shortly after that. BUT like the man said...
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