curiosity killed the cat, but I'm curious about progressive .223

[FullEffect1911]

All other cartridges get done on the Rock Crusher with RCBS lube and pad.

While one shot works adequately, I completely agree that RCBS lube is much much better.

 

[Branden967]

One-Shot is designed to be used after drying. The carrier evaporates leaving the case with lube on it sufficient to resize.

I only use this method with carbide dies for the .223, 9mm, .45 ACP and .44 Mag. I don't believe One-Shot has the film strength to do really serious sizing and non-carbide dies. All other cartridges get done on the Rock Crusher with RCBS lube and pad.

+1 Million. Hornadys case lube works great on 40 but when I go to .223 I switch to unique and hand lube everything. I was sticking case after case with Hornadys stuff until I switched to something heaver.

 

[bloominonion]

So, what about the RCBS lube dies? Anyone ever used them?

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[cfullgraf]

So, what about the RCBS lube dies? Anyone ever used them?

Hmmm. I have heard about them but had not looked into them. With the decapping pin it might be worth looking into. I load a bunch of different cartridges that use the 222 Rem case head so if adjustment between cases is not difficult, or non-existent, it may have some benefits.

I would still clean and trim cases before loading so I would not be looking for loading in a single operation.

 

[UltimateReloader]

I'm going to be testing 22 and 30 cal lube dies here soon... Anyone use Dillon DCL for .223? How well does it work?

 

[greyling22]

I found a lot of references to just dusting your cases with 1 shot, but I had a lot of stuck 223 cases using 1 shot until I started hitting them pretty heavily. Once I did that they resize nicely. I've been thinking about using them on my pro1k as well. I figure if I trim all my range brass to the correct length 1 time I can probably go 3 reloadings till I need to do so again.

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

I, guess I'm, a freak, because I, have never stuck a .223, or .308 case when using HOS.

 

[Branden967]

I, guess I'm, a freak, because I, have never stuck a .223, or .308 case when using HOS.

Your not a freak. Your chamber might be tighter that mine, thus less to re-size. For me....you can never have enough lubrication.

 

[atblis]

I am using mixed military/commercial brass. I've never had a stuck case with one shot. I guarantee some of those cases have been fired in loose chambers.

However, I will admit that when using Imperial as lube the required effort is noticeably less.

One thing I've noticed One Shot is that you can be spraying stuff on the case and it doesn't seem to provide much lube. I think as the cans get low, sometimes there's the solvent/carrier left but no lube.

The one shot works just fine for pistol stuff through carbide dies just to make things run smoother. For rifle, I am looking for an alternative.

I'm going to be testing 22 and 30 cal lube dies here soon... Anyone use Dillon DCL for .223? How well does it work?

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[longdayjake]

I, guess I'm, a freak, because I, have never stuck a .223, or .308 case when using HOS.

Well, if you talk in the way you write, people might consider you a freak. Just for future reference, commas should be used sparingly. You have 5 commas in a sentence that requires 0.

This just in...I'm about 100 hours into writing my appelate brief for my 1L year of law school. Can you tell?

 

[amlevin]

Considering the tools I'm using, I don't know what else to do to speed things up.

I load "tons" of .223 on my XL-650. Over 10,000 rounds per year. All brass, scrounged and reused, goes into tumbler. From there to big cake pan where it gets "misted" with Dillon spray lube. Into case feeder (if you let it dry there is little mess at all) and then de-capped using universal de-capping die on station 1 and a Rapid trim on station 4 takes care of trimming. This process is as fast as you can pull the handle and keep the case feeder filled.

All cases are then held in bins for the loading process.

If you want absolutely clean cases (no sign of lube at all) just tumble again. I don't bother.

Loading is done with a second tool head with a sizing die installed in station one, but backed off a turn or so so it merely helps to locate the case in the shell holder, not actually do any sizing. Station 5 has a LEE Factory Crimp Die.

I see no need for a Giraud tool as Chamfering and de-burring is not necessary unless loading lead or flat based bullets. I load only BT's. The Dillon Rapid trim cutter leaves no burrs at all due to the sharpness of the carbide cutter and the speed of the motor.

With this setup I can load faster than I can shoot up the ammo, even with 3 AR-15's to "feed".