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Posted: 8/7/2012 5:36:53 AM EDT
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I used to reload years ago, and with the price of ammo I decided set up my equipment again, and figured I'd give .223 loads a try in my new Delton upper. Well it shot nice on full power loads , and on the lowest loads. I couldn't really tell the difference at 100yards between the loads shooting a 55gr pill. I thought
the low loads may not cycle the gun, but they do, so for plinking I can save more money on powder using low power loads shooting paper. I shot a couple boxes of the $20 factory stuff the week before because that's all that was on the shelf, but it didn't doing anything different, so as long as this gun likes my loads, so be it. I'm so glad I built this AR, it's one of those rifles you won't ever sell, and is a good all round rifle to have on my property for varmints, or whatever. 
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Coolride: Be sure to get a Hornady headspace gauge. It works with your calipers to measure how much you set the shoulder back when sizing your brass. When reloading bottleneck cases for autoloaders, its best to set the shoulder back about .004" from where it is after firing, with your sizer die. Many reloaders size the fired cases too much without realizing it, thereby overworking the brass leading to early retirement. Worse yet, like me, they don't set it back at all and cases start sticking in the chamber. NFG. - CW
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