223 rem

Hey guys, So I was just at my reloading bench getting ready to load a ton of .224/5.56 rounds for an upcoming event. I haven't loaded this caliber in a while, and I was measuring my sized brass, with a wide degree of results. I know the trim length is 1.750", and the max case length is 1.760"...

As previously posted, I recently bought 250 primed brass cases from an internet vendor. I received 307 cases. :thumbup: The cases were not in as good a condition as I would have hoped. They were also not uniformly sized. In order to finish processing them and making them ready to go into...

I have previously posted about the fact that when I was a teenager and in my early 20's, I loaded ammunition using components and under circumstances that would make me shudder now. This weekend, I retrieved the last 500 rounds of that ammunition from storage. It had been assembled in 1982...

A while back I posted asking about tracer bullets in 223/5.56. I hear they can start fires. :eek: But, I'm well aware of that, so we're beyond that issue at this point. :) I'm at the point of starting to actually load some of these bullets into charged cases. I have reduced the charge to...

Years ago when I started loading .223 Remington, I worked up loads using the powders that were available to me at the time. I was shooting a Mini-14 with an 18 inch barrel at the time and so ended up settling on a 60 grain Soft or Hollow point bullet over either IMR-4198, IMR-3031 or WW748. In...

I'm having a few primers not reseating upon firing the round. The rifle is an H&R 1891 heavy barrel. I'm using range pick up FC 223 REM brass 24.6gr of Varget and Sierra 55gr blitz soft points. I thought it might have been a low pressure problem, so I used a lee factory crimp die to test that...