Posted: 7/4/2007 10:50:27 AM EDT
 ..... and after....  I have truly lacked the motivation to start reloading for the weekend until tonight, when it hit me that tonight will be my last chance to do it.....  Club competition tomorrow night, out on friday night, works barby on Saturday night (note to self, don't get bladdered  ).... and we're on the road Sunday morning..... So I threw myself into it and 2 hours 25 minutes later.....well, Bobs yer mothers brother.... 
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No, it came like that.... hence the question! Mousegunner noticed it and having seen his (need ladders to wipe out) pair..... I tend to agree with his description... 
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Those are 650's I do the 2 stage loading process, although like most others, I hand prime (you just don't get the correct feel on the machine. I use Redding dies. A bushing neck die with decapper and then a small base body die Then seat a Redding bullet seating die. The seating and neck dies are both micrometer adjustable. I don't use the low powder sensor, good idea but too much aggro with the small case mouths on .223. Mk1 eyeball suffices for me  Don't crimp either For trimming, I use a Gracey electric trimmer. It trims as well as inside and outside chamfers in one go |
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2 stage reloading here. First run through for deprime & sizing. Cases are then tumbled and primed (with a hand prime tool). Second run through for powder, bullet & crimp. I have Dillon carbide decap/sizing die, Dillon electric trimmer that mounts on the press (not used every load), then an RCBS small base die. Redding micrometer bullet seating die, then a Lee factory crimp die. I use the Dillon low powder sensor die - mainly because I've got one, rather than it being very good! |
I just wanted to small base size my cases for reliability. Don't know if it helps, but it works for me and I'm in no rush to change my set-up You didn't used to be able to get a full length/small base die. Don't know if you can now. You still need to lube |
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All in one run for me for .223 . ( mind you if I ever need to trim cases , which is rare, I do that by hand first. Lee trimmer - under £10) Full length size with a redding S bushing die, dillon powder die, forester competition seater die ( did use a redding micrometer one but the seating stem didn't like compressed loads and eventually splayed slightly at the end cutting a ring in the bullets), and just a kiss with a redding taper crimp die to finish off ( though not really necessary if you have the right size neck bushing in your S bushing die.) You can get Redding to make you a small base S bushing die for quite a reasonable price by the way but it's not an off the shelf item. ETA. the non S bushing small base full length die complete with decapping pin and neck expander ball is an off thre shelf item at around $30 |
Yes - first die is a full length sizer that decaps, and the second is the small base die (which doesn't touch the shoulder or decap). I was finding there was a small bulge at the base of the cases before I started using the small base die. Can't say it it was causing any additional strain on the cases or any feeding/extraction issues - but it's not there now, so I figure thats got to be better! |
You appear to have loaded just enough... Is The Old One bringing you more powder? |
