JBrady555
Member
Hey folks I just loaded my first 100 223 rounds this week in two runs of 50. I've been loading 9 mm for about a year but a few things are not going good for me so far with 223.
Equipment dillon 550
Lee dies
lee o frame press for sizing
1. I am getting a lot of tore up primers when priming more so on the dillon but the lee does it too. The primers that get messed up seat very violently with one side of the primer being deformed and mashed into the brass. I'm using mixed brass but I use the hornady pocket reamer on my drill for every piece. Shouldn't the reamer ensure that primers seat correctly or all my brass regardless of headstamp? Wcc brass does it the worst but other headstamp have had the same issues. My 9 mm primers go in like butter every time so I don't think it's my press, but my case prep.
2. Not really a reloading question, but a 223 ar15 question. I built a ar with a vltor mur upper. My brass ejects to the 5 o clock position and it's hitting the part of the upper that houses the forward assist. It hits so hard that it leaves a gold streak on the upper and a nice dent in the brass, it's enough of a dent that the whole thing doesn't come out when sized. My other two ar's eject to 2 o'clock and don't have this problem. Anyone else ever experience this?
Thanks for any help.
Equipment dillon 550
Lee dies
lee o frame press for sizing
1. I am getting a lot of tore up primers when priming more so on the dillon but the lee does it too. The primers that get messed up seat very violently with one side of the primer being deformed and mashed into the brass. I'm using mixed brass but I use the hornady pocket reamer on my drill for every piece. Shouldn't the reamer ensure that primers seat correctly or all my brass regardless of headstamp? Wcc brass does it the worst but other headstamp have had the same issues. My 9 mm primers go in like butter every time so I don't think it's my press, but my case prep.
2. Not really a reloading question, but a 223 ar15 question. I built a ar with a vltor mur upper. My brass ejects to the 5 o clock position and it's hitting the part of the upper that houses the forward assist. It hits so hard that it leaves a gold streak on the upper and a nice dent in the brass, it's enough of a dent that the whole thing doesn't come out when sized. My other two ar's eject to 2 o'clock and don't have this problem. Anyone else ever experience this?
Thanks for any help.