Detritus
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hi all,
this past week i finally got everything in place to start reloading rifle rounds again. And started in on sizing/de-priming the first 50 of 800 or so .223 cases.
Ok couple of pertinent facts...
all i have to say is if i'm gonna be feeding this AR i GOTTA find a faster method of getting through this step!
I'm using Lee dies and lube, the brass is mostly Radway Green (this will be loaded first) with some older LC headstamps thrown in. with this setup i'm lubing each case by hand (literally, instructions say to use your fingers to wipe the stuff on) running it through the die, then throwing it in a bin till i have 50, then washing the lube off.
this first batch of 50 took me over an hour just of lubing and sizing, and that's less than two magazines worth.
like i said i need to find a more time efficient method of sizing these cases or i'll never be able to keep this rifle fed, much less be able to keep up with two of them (i plan on building a carbine this summer)... and i can't afford to keep buying plinker ammo either.
any all all suggestions are welcome. thank you for your time and any advice you can give
this past week i finally got everything in place to start reloading rifle rounds again. And started in on sizing/de-priming the first 50 of 800 or so .223 cases.
Ok couple of pertinent facts...
- ALL of this ammo is going to be used in an AR15, so as i understand it it needs to be full length resized. and therefore the cases need lubing.
- the last time i full-length resized ANYTHING it was scrounged .223 hulls and at least 10 years ago.
- in light of item 2, 90% of my time at a press has been spent, neck sizing rifle brass, and using Lee carbide dies for pistol ammo. so no lubing brass for those.
all i have to say is if i'm gonna be feeding this AR i GOTTA find a faster method of getting through this step!
I'm using Lee dies and lube, the brass is mostly Radway Green (this will be loaded first) with some older LC headstamps thrown in. with this setup i'm lubing each case by hand (literally, instructions say to use your fingers to wipe the stuff on) running it through the die, then throwing it in a bin till i have 50, then washing the lube off.
this first batch of 50 took me over an hour just of lubing and sizing, and that's less than two magazines worth.
like i said i need to find a more time efficient method of sizing these cases or i'll never be able to keep this rifle fed, much less be able to keep up with two of them (i plan on building a carbine this summer)... and i can't afford to keep buying plinker ammo either.
any all all suggestions are welcome. thank you for your time and any advice you can give