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That "insert" you're seeing is the primer pocket crimp. You can swage them or cut them out. I prefer to cut.
That "insert" you're seeing is the primer pocket crimp. You can swage them or cut them out. I prefer to cut.
I'm thinking of chucking up the head of a Lyman small primer cutter into the motor I got my the Giraud Tri Way and just going to town.
Is there a fast way to cut the primer crimp on 223 brass? I have about 4k rounds and most of them have a crimp. I'm thinking of chucking up the head of a Lyman small primer cutter into the motor I got my the Giraud Tri Way and just going to town.
Funny that people prefer to cut the crimp rather than swage. I used to use the Weldon 14(?) for a short time but found that if I just gave it a light touch I still had problems installing the primers. Felt way too tight and a lot of times couldnt get them in at all. If I continued to cut out the crimp until they seated well, it seemed like I was taking away too much material. I was actually making a bevel on the edge of the primer pocket. I switched to swaging because the idea of leaving material there and just moving it out of the way seemed better than removing it. There seems to be a preference for cutting though.
did something stupid...... ran Varget through my Dillon 650.....
i was getting a pretty consistent 24.1gr every now and then it'd throw 24.6 but hey... what's half a grain between friends right?
the manual doesn't recommend stick powder, but i had to see for myself....
It just sucks Dillon being so great and stick powder being around longer than Dillon they don't have a powder drop that will work well with it.
Maybe mount a lee auto drum on there and send off a picture to Dillon with a WTF?
I was skeptical of the lee auto drum .....I can say it does work and tosses varget at +/- .2 ...that said it's built as well as the price reflects and I see it falling apart sooner than later. I have 1800 30 carbine and 2k 223 500 of those are Varget
Through it now. I'm moving on to 9mm
It just sucks Dillon being so great and stick powder being around longer than Dillon they don't have a powder drop that will work well with it.
Maybe mount a lee auto drum on there and send off a picture to Dillon with a WTF?
I was skeptical of the lee auto drum .....I can say it does work and tosses varget at +/- .2 ...that said it's built as well as the price reflects and I see it falling apart sooner than later. I have 1800 30 carbine and 2k 223 500 of those are Varget
Through it now. I'm moving on to 9mm
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Blue press, red powder measure. I believe EddieCoyle runs this way:
http://www.hornady.com/store/Case-Activated-Powder-Drop-1-Each/
Too slow The motor I picked up runs at 3k rpms
Blue press, red powder measure. I believe EddieCoyle runs this way:
http://www.hornady.com/store/Case-Activated-Powder-Drop-1-Each/
Hang on tight and wear safety glasses.
This - I also made a guide that indexes on the bottleneck datum that mounts in the toolpost. Chuck up an endmill and can very quickly trim to length.This.
I run mine in a mini-lathe at about 80rpm. 1-2 revolutions is all it takes to remove the crimp.
This came in the mail today ;-)
I'm about to load up some 357 mag with 2400 and some 158 JSP.
Anyone have a pet load for this? I picked up 125 of those bullets for $10 so I'm not that worried about getting it perfect. I don't plan on doing load development. Once these are gone it's back to lead.
I was looking in the Lyman manual and they have some stout loads with 2400 highlighted as an accuracy load.
Older manuals show Unique as an accuracy load with jacketed and 2400 with the same weight bullet in cast gas checked.
I'm probably just going to blast these at steel out of my 686 and shoot some at 200 yards with my 1894.
Man the old manuals have some hot loads. Some obscure stuff too. Love the round ball pistol loads in the old Speer manuals.
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14.7 gr is my go to 2400 load with 158 JHP/JSP.
Well I didn't do a whole lot in the reloading room recently other than add some goodies underneath the bench, courtesy of my trip up to Riley's on a whim this morning.
RCBS Full Length .308 Dies (I should have gotten the small base die as I currently only have a bolt action .308, now I got more motivation towards an AR-10)
RCBS Pro Trim-2 Case Trimmer
(2) Hornady LnL Die Bushings
1 lb. jug of Varget
1 lb. jug of Power Pistol
By the way, Riley's had quite a variety of powder in stock, mostly 1 lb jugs, but had several 4 pounders of Power Pistol, Blue Dot, Green Dot, HP-38 and several others, Clay Dot? included (I think).
Any who, I'm getting the equipment/materials needed to start reloading .308 Winchester, All I need now are Large Rifle Primers, bullets, and the Shell Plate for my LnL AP. I'm going to start keeping my eyes open for a used single-stage press too, at this rate I'm going to have to build a longer reloading bench.
Why would you want a small based die for a bolt action?