Posted: 3/22/2013 9:49:17 AM EDT
| Just starting to look into reloading my own 223 ,9mm and 40 cal and was wondering what type of equipment, powder and primers are good to use. I'm not looking to spend a small fortune just looking to reload for myself and maybe a couple buddies. Thanks in advance for the help |
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If you are new to reloading, I suggest you start with loading pistol. Once proficient with pistol, then tackle 223. 223 is a pain with all the case prep etc. I loaded MANY THOUSAND pistol rounds (9mm, 38 Super, 38 Special, and 45) with Lee 1000s then moved up to Dillon SDBs. I bought a Dillon 550 to load 223 and pistol.
If you want to do it once - get a Dillon 550. |
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Depending on budget/finances and lack of experience a single stage will serve you well. On the other hand you can save or buy a turret or progressive press and jump right in. Just search Lee, RCBS, Dillon and Hornady reloading components, go to Bass Pro and look at what they are for real an decide on a kit.
Get a good reloading manual, just search on Amazon and look at recommended powders/loads for calibers you want to shoot. Reloading is more than just sticking stuff together and more of a search to find what your gun likes. You can reload to save money(not so much now), you can reload for ultimate accuracy no factory ammo can give you, or reload to have real custom ammo tailored to your specific gunn |
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Dillons are the Cadillacs, but, the Lee Pro 1000 is around $150-$200 complete set up with your caliber choice of a die set, I have 4 that actually costs less than a good Dillon setup but I have one setup in the Lee pro 1000 for 9mm, 40, 45acp & 223. They are all on 4 corners of a 3x3ft table woth roller wheels and ust sit in my office type comfortable chair and spin the tablearound to the caliber I want to load, fill up the powder silo & primer tray and start punching them out, all I have to do is pull the handle 2 times, place a bullet on the primed, filled & sized case then every pull of the handle spits out a loaded round.
You can comfortably put out 300 rounds an hour and even though the Lee is one of the least expensive out there, I have run at least 10K- 9mm's on the first one I got and approaching that many in the 40 & 45 set ups, all 4 are realiable and user friendly. All 4 setups cost me less than $600 and that is about the cost of a single progressive set up from Dillon RCBS or Hornady. Let the force guide you. |