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Posted: 6/21/2009 6:34:05 PM EDT
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Well its been about 3-4 months since i started to buy buy and I just NOW got to building my bench and getting it all setup. I have a few pictures and a shat load of questions. First and foremost its nice to see everything coming together.I hope now I can produce ammo.
http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/42181/2280348540070845350S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/41429/2461466290070845350S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/44656/2388009930070845350S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/42807/2632133490070845350S600x600Q85.jpg Now for the questions. SO i have already cleaned and ready to be lubed LC cases. I picked up up and threw some Dillion case lube on it. Before this I looked that the Hornady directions and did what they told me as to how to set up the FL die. I have about 1.4" sticking out from the decapping pin and i made sure to NOT cam over and have the die at its highest position wen setting the FL die. First things first, I didn't have the spindle locked down tight enough and it put it out when i was on the down stroke of resizing. I corrected this.. took the die apart and made sure everything was OK. Next I rammed the Shell through again without any issues. I pulled out my Dillion Head Space Gauge and its outta wack on both ends. The shell bottom isn't flush and the top of the neck is sticking out some. Would trimming take care of this issue or what? I glanced through the reloading tourtorials section and see that you should adjust your die down...if your getting excessive lengh. I'm pretty much as low as i can do without affecting movement of the lever. once it reachs TDC(if you will). |
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Trimming will take care of the over length case. (one end of gauge)
The case head end, you need to screw down your sizing die 1/8 turn at a time until case head is below end of gauge, but not below machined step. Go up to the top of the page in Tutorials and read the "How to load 223". Read all parts. Case gauge and die set up are explained, and there are pics. ETA Nice bench. The gray wires are ugly. Sorry, I'm an electrician, I notice those things. 
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tutorials are listed on this page http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=42&t=276745 Read the second one on adjusting the die and using the case gage. Worry about that end first. Once you get the case fitting the head (bottom) end of the case, then worry about trimming. Always trim after sizing A tutorial on how to use the case gage for tirmming is at http://www.ar15.com/content/page.html?id=407 |
| Alright well adjusted my die. It was blatantly obvious on the head space gauge that the die needed to come down so i played with it making minute adjustments. Now I am above the low and either a hare below the high or damn near spot on. Its easy to see the low but not so much to see the high. When I operate my press its makes a little more contact withthe shell holder than it did before so I don't know if that good or bad. I can take a picture of two of the sized case int he head space gauge but I don't know if that will help or not. |
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Alright well adjusted my die. It was blatantly obvious on the head space gauge that the die needed to come down so i played with it making minute adjustments. Now I am above the low and either a hare below the high or damn near spot on. Its easy to see the low but not so much to see the high. When I operate my press its makes a little more contact withthe shell holder than it did before so I don't know if that good or bad. I can take a picture of two of the sized case int he head space gauge but I don't know if that will help or not. Normal. Sounds like you have the case gauge figured out. Take a sized case (lube wiped off) and chamber in your rifle. If all is well, the sizing die is set, and you can proceed to adjust the other dies. |
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THe other thing is that every shell appears to need trimmed. I thought trimming was done only every so often. Trimming is done whenever the case needs it. Depending on the previous loads, this can be "every so often," but if you're using brass that's been loaded with stiff loads, "every so often" will be very frequently, maybe even "every time." Keep track of how much trimming you do on this batch, and after you've trimmed the batch two, maybe three times, start inspecting the insides of the cases for thinning above the web of the case (the inside base). That's where that "extra" brass actually comes from, and getting thin there leads to case head separation, a Very Bad Thing in most cases. |
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Alright well adjusted my die. It was blatantly obvious on the head space gauge that the die needed to come down so i played with it making minute adjustments. Now I am above the low and either a hare below the high or damn near spot on. Its easy to see the low but not so much to see the high. When I operate my press its makes a little more contact withthe shell holder than it did before so I don't know if that good or bad. I can take a picture of two of the sized case int he head space gauge but I don't know if that will help or not. Normal. Sounds like you have the case gauge figured out. Take a sized case (lube wiped off) and chamber in your rifle. If all is well, the sizing die is set, and you can proceed to adjust the other dies. Well I just did that with a few of them(re sized brass) and everything appears to be fine, the gun cycles them out just fine with me working the charging handle. |
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An RCBS media separator in purple, my 5yo daughter will kill you for that =0) Mine arrived in green. That is Graf's version of a media seperator..... I just got one, was supposed to be blue as a I am Koolaid drinker oh well.... BTW after 10 years of tumbling with a sifter this thing rocks. If you don't have one get one, like $26 Yeah, I got mine from Graf's too. Purple housing and black rotor. An absolutely GREAT product and enormous time saver. |
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