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Posted: 2/25/2012 7:34:41 PM EDT
| Ok I'm still pretty new to reloading. I reload for my .45LC rifle and that's pretty easy. I can be off a little and it doesn't really matter. I'm wanting to reload the .223. Any advice or thoughts on this? I'm using a Lee 4 hole turret. Thanks for any info. |
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Ok I'm still pretty new to reloading. I reload for my .45LC rifle and that's pretty easy. I can be off a little and it doesn't really matter. I'm wanting to reload the .223. Any advice or thoughts on this? I'm using a Lee 4 hole turret. Thanks for any info. Case prep sucks? |
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Quoted: Looks like your post got moved here to the Reloading Forum. Welcome.Ok I'm still pretty new to reloading. I reload for my .45LC rifle and that's pretty easy. I can be off a little and it doesn't really matter. I'm wanting to reload the .223. Any advice or thoughts on this? I'm using a Lee 4 hole turret. Thanks for any info.  I suggest you pick up a copy. Case prep is required with bottleneck cartridges. Also go up to Tutorials and read the 4 part "how to reload 223". Lots of pics and a great write up.
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Other then adding a lube pad to the mix not much difference. If your shooting in an AR -full lenght sizing required. And you can't be sloppy with loads especially when near max or if you want any type of accuracy. Of couse if your reloading for 45 Colt you should already have a load manual, Calipers ect? 
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Get an LE Wilson case gage from Midway:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/456614/le-wilson-case-length-headspace-gage-223-remington This will save you a lot of time - faster than calipers, and gives you a good reference for adjusting dies if needbe. I can go through a few hundred cases an hour with the gage versus about 100 cases an hour with the trimmer, so every case I don't actually need to trim saves me time. Military cases have crimped primer pockets. To press a new primer in, you have to first remove the crimp (once the old primer has been punched out). The easiest tool by far for this is the Dillon Super Swage 600. If you see yourself going through any appreciable amount of military brass, it's worth the money. I use the Lee waxy lube to lube cases. I just squirt some on my hands, then roll a bunch of cases around between my palms, then hit every other case or so with a toothpick on the inside of the case mouth just before they go in the resizing die. Too much lube will make the cases dent. If reloading for an AR, full length resize and check length every time you reload. If for a bolt gun, use a Lee collet die - it will greatly increase your brass life, and you won't have to lube cases. It also cuts down on how often you have to trim by quite a bit. If you're going to crimp, spend the money to get a taper crimp die like the Lee factory crimp die - this prevents you from having to trim all your cases to the same length, and it stresses the brass a bit less than using the built-in roll crimp in your bullet seating die. I don't crimp 223. YMMV. Get a good book if you don't already have one, as mentioned above, and good luck! |
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