5.45x39?

[Clickjack]

Anyone reload for 5.45x39?
This stuff if getting rare and expensive.
What do I need?

[SharedShots]

Dies, inside and outside case neck turner, and then the usual. You can get by without turning the outside of the necks but if you reform from another brass case turning the inside can help maintain specs when you seat the projectile. Load data is available for a search. Hornady sells dies.

Hopefully you've been saving cases which makes it pretty straightforward. Stock up on projectiles. Midway sells them from time to time, get their factory seconds which I've found in .224 work very well, their .221 60 grainers should be as good.

Since you'll probably use steel cases just have a good robust and solidly mounted press with no spring. Work up you loads trying to reduce any blowback past the case neck, you'll know it when you have it. Things should go without a hitch if you follow standard reloading best practices. You can get pretty good accuracy out of that setup if your expectations are reasonable. As usual YMMV and this is not advice but information only.

[Clickjack]

Dies, inside and outside case neck turner, and then the usual. You can get by without turning the outside of the necks but if you reform from another brass case turning the inside can help maintain specs when you seat the projectile. Load data is available for a search. Hornady sells dies.

Hopefully you've been saving cases which makes it pretty straightforward. Stock up on projectiles. Midway sells them from time to time, get their factory seconds which I've found in .224 work very well, their .221 60 grainers should be as good.

Since you'll probably use steel cases just have a good robust and solidly mounted press with no spring. Work up you loads trying to reduce any blowback past the case neck, you'll know it when you have it. Things should go without a hitch if you follow standard reloading best practices. You can get pretty good accuracy out of that setup if your expectations are reasonable. As usual YMMV and this is not advice but information only.

What dies are you using? Are you resizing the .224 to .221?