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Offline TallywackahME

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Re: Shopping for a Reloading Press
« Reply #30 on: Aug 18, 2014, 08:18:38 PM »
It won't be the last one you deal with I promise lol.

One thing I do is after several firings....4 or 5 I inspect the inside of the case near the rim. I took a big paper clip and bent a 90 degree angle on one end about a 1/8 to 3/16" long. I stick it down in each case and feel for cracks or thin spots in the brass. If I feel any I crush the case with pillars and throw it away. Glad you got it out!

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Re: Shopping for a Reloading Press
« Reply #31 on: Aug 18, 2014, 09:14:44 PM »
Good idea with the feeler.


I still haven't set the bench up, but I sized the last few 30-06's and 92 223's I had tumbled. I was planning to slowly work the primer punch down to set it on the first 223. So I lift the ram, bottom the die, lower the ram and add a 1/3 turn and tighten it. I set the punch about 1/8" eyeballed, load a shell and press it. Lower it and it won't come out of the holder. I slide the holder out and the extractor is still in the primer pocket. Now I'm thinking WTF!. I pulled the spindle and it's just a pin vice type compression that holds the extractor in place. My buddy must have left it loose when he gave it to me. So that was just a quick scare, but the timing was pretty good.

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Re: Shopping for a Reloading Press
« Reply #32 on: Aug 19, 2014, 07:51:37 AM »
My friend picked this up off the ground at the range Sunday.



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Re: Shopping for a Reloading Press
« Reply #33 on: Aug 19, 2014, 09:43:56 AM »
Pretty common with rim fire ammo.

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Re: Shopping for a Reloading Press
« Reply #34 on: Aug 19, 2014, 06:22:04 PM »
Ammo is rimfire, the firing pin wasn't  :o.

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Re: Shopping for a Reloading Press
« Reply #35 on: Aug 19, 2014, 07:28:05 PM »
Ammo is rimfire, the firing pin wasn't  :o.


Lol I'll clearafy, pretty common for folk to attempt this. I don't think they fully comprehend the term 'RIM fire' lol.

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Re: Shopping for a Reloading Press
« Reply #36 on: Aug 20, 2014, 04:19:05 AM »
 :o  That is a first for me  ; Must have tryed it in a .17   hehehe  Hit dead center to me 


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Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #37 on: Aug 26, 2014, 10:10:22 AM »
So I've moved forward slightly. I have a bunch of mixed once fired HXP brass I'm going to use for my preliminary 30-06 loads. Looks like a garande beat the bases pretty hard but hopefully they will work okay in my bolt. I'm using 155gr Hornady A-Max bullets with Either H380 or IMR4350, I have both on hand.

For my coyote gun I'm going out to look for powder during lunch. I was hoping to use the H380 or IMR4350 since I have it on hand, but they sound like they are to slow burning from the reading I've done. It's not easy to even find load data for them with a 223. Hoping to find H335, CFE223, Varget, or BL-C(2). Gun is a SS bushmaster upper 24" barrel with 1:9 twist, using 52gr A-Max and some spent green tip brass (not even sure what the head stamp is).
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Re: Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #38 on: Aug 26, 2014, 11:14:57 AM »
TAC is pretty tough to beat for 223. It's double based and meters perfectly plus it isn't temp sensitive.

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Re: Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #39 on: Aug 26, 2014, 11:51:09 AM »
They had nothing on hand, ended up getting a pound of H322. Almost bought a lever action 35, but refrained.

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Re: Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #40 on: Aug 26, 2014, 03:45:53 PM »
I've had a hell of a time finding powder other then midway but a 24 dollar hazmat charge on top of the 24dollar price plus shipping is ridiculous for 1 lb. glad I stocked up couple years ago on about everything.

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Re: Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #41 on: Aug 27, 2014, 04:26:48 PM »
Gun smoke in rotterdam ny has quite a few can of powdering stock, no hazmat fee!

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Re: Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #42 on: Aug 27, 2014, 05:05:10 PM »
No hazmat fee to send through the mail?

I wsd in cabelas tonight and lucked into a pound of r15 and a piund ofTac

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Re: Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #43 on: Aug 27, 2014, 07:35:26 PM »
For the 30-06 I have either the once fired HXP with the head scars, or the 2+ time R-P I used for the last batch of hand loads. you can feel the difference in weight just handling the two. Do you think I'm better of with the HXP or R-P?

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Re: Finding New Rifle Loads
« Reply #44 on: Aug 27, 2014, 08:55:02 PM »
I  have little experience with cmp hxp brass. The little I did had sticky extraction which is common I guess for it.
I like rem brass because it's so available to me and different brass does work different on rifles. The remington peters is just more predictable to me. ID say take you pick. Both are fire formed to your chamber so ID just neck size and head space off the shoulder until the bolt just barley closes easy. If I was bench rest shooting I wouldn't head space as far back. IDE go for a light crush fit when you cam the bolt over.

Btw, I re read your post and saw its a bushmaster 223. Now I'm certain you need to try TAC! Also, BL-C2 is very nasty powder in comparison to most if that helps.

 


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