Who loads rifle cartridges with a progressive press?

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For those of you loading .223 with a progressive press, how consistent are your COL measurements (bullet ogive not tip) particularly if you're anywhere near a compressed load?

It'd be interesting to see some targets (200 yards plus) that you've shot with your reloads assembled on a progressive press. I'm not being a wise a$$, I'm genuinely interested to see what is possible with a progressive press.

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First off I run them through the tumbler then they take a trip around the annealer. Next they go into a 650 that sizes/deprime and trims the case. After that they go into the 1050 then one more quick trip through the tumbler before case gauging. As for accuracy, if you sort for head stamp and use decent bullets MOA accuracy is no problem.
 
650XL - SB die (no decap), 1200 trim, Lyman M (brass stringer removal)
Tumble for lube/brass stringers
Super 1050 - Carbide size (decap) swage, etc...

You can get about 1200/hr trimmed and about 900/hr loaded.

I like H335/748 or 4198 (economy loads).

COL measurements run +/- .002 for me but it depends on the bullet. Winchester bulk bullets aren't in that spec :)
 
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