Just wondering how many of you reload for your plinking rifles that use bottleneck cartridges. I've been debating on whether or not to reload .223. Right now I am using silver bear since it is cheap but I would like to shoot something a little cleaner and less smelly. I dont shoot it a whole lot, maybe a couple hundred rounds a month.
I've got a reloader and everything I need except the dies. I have never reloaded for rifles, so I'm not sure how tedious you have to be with neck length. Right now the things that are holding me back are picking up brass, cleaning, trimming to length. just seems like too much work if you have to trim and check length for every cartridge when I really dont use it for precision shooting, just a plinker.
Granted, I do the same with 9mm but trimming is generally taken out of the equation with straight wall cartridges. So, what are your thoughts. Maybe this is more of a "give me a reason to add another caliber to my reloading collection" thread.
I've got a reloader and everything I need except the dies. I have never reloaded for rifles, so I'm not sure how tedious you have to be with neck length. Right now the things that are holding me back are picking up brass, cleaning, trimming to length. just seems like too much work if you have to trim and check length for every cartridge when I really dont use it for precision shooting, just a plinker.
Granted, I do the same with 9mm but trimming is generally taken out of the equation with straight wall cartridges. So, what are your thoughts. Maybe this is more of a "give me a reason to add another caliber to my reloading collection" thread.