New to me

[ltzgolf]

Just finished my first batch of 223. I have to say it was a fun learning experience. Loaded up 97 rounds.
This is my process I went with.

Clean
Decap and resize
Trim and deburr
Clean all pockets
Check CL
Clean again
Finish with CCI 41 and Benchmark with a 55 pill

Weighed each one after loaded. Had a few that were high on the weight.

To the range I go.




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[drewman]

Nice.... Good job..

[JackEllis]

Weighed each one after loaded. Had a few that were high on the weight.

I did something similar with my first few batches, except that I weighed the case, the powder and the bullet, then compared with finished weight.

Took forever

[Bastard]

Nice, keep it up! and don't worry you'll learn to hate it - case prep that is.

[Featureless]

Most excellent!

[ltzgolf]

I did something similar with my first few batches, except that I weighed the case, the powder and the bullet, then compared with finished weight.

Took forever

[ltzgolf]

Nice, keep it up! and don't worry you'll learn to hate it - case prep that is.

Already do hate case prep. Do almost everything the same as pistol minus the trim and deburr.


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[Bastard]

Already do hate case prep. Do almost everything the same as pistol minus the trim and deburr.


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I have always claimed to load .223 but in reality I have everything to load it, but I don't... I would rather just load up some pistol rounds and go to the range or better yet grab a flat of shotshell and head to the club... anything to get out of doing .223 case prep.

it isn't that I don't like doing it rather it is once it is all done and you go to the range it is all gone in 10 minutes

[the86d]

K-Gratz!!!

Welcome to the trim-club...

[Tommy Gun]

Just do what I did case prep 3k .223 cases and stave off the torture for a few months or a year. And never pick up random range brass, ever, ever again >|

[five.five-six]

OK, I’ll ask: what happened to the 3 missing primers?

[ltzgolf]

[five.five-six]

Yup

[7.62user]

I have always claimed to load .223 but in reality I have everything to load it, but I don't... I would rather just load up some pistol rounds and go to the range or better yet grab a flat of shotshell and head to the club... anything to get out of doing .223 case prep.

it isn't that I don't like doing it rather it is once it is all done and you go to the range it is all gone in 10 minutes

I don't load .223 anymore. Have everything to load it but not worse it anymore. When it's $250 to 275 shipped per 1k last time I looked not worse it to me. In fact I'm using srp for pistol ammo now.

[baih777]

Did you just load from the book. Or did you use various powder loads to test.