RELOADING .223 (Video Tutorial)

[Butthead]

Raymond,

Thanks for the explanation. These videos are helping a lot of people, certainly me. I think once I get one of the new toolheads installed it will make more sense to me. Having trouble visualizing the float in the dies. I have been a bit nervous with bulk reloading. Not weighing each charge, not working each and every piece of brass by hand (I have many more steps in my single stage loading processes) takes a bit of getting used to. Your videos coupled with the improvements to the press are making me feel better and better about this bulk process.

Keep up the great work,

Butthead

[RaymondMillbrae]

Boy...no moderator has contacted me yet?

I am still waiting for a moderator to contact me, so I know where to send the 40% I wanted to contribute to Calguns.

I've sold a few DVD's so far.

He-llooooooooooooooo! *echo echo echo*

In Christ: Raymond

[joelogic]

Are you donating to the CGN or CGF? Different people to contact.

[high_revs]

When I donated, I just clicked on the link at the top of calguns which is link to CGF. I thought the appropriate one here (or targeted) is CGF?

[freonr22]

Boy...no moderator has contacted me yet?

I am still waiting for a moderator to contact me, so I know where to send the 40% I wanted to contribute to Calguns.

I've sold a few DVD's so far.

He-llooooooooooooooo! *echo echo echo*

In Christ: Raymond

Raymond, I just watched the first introduction Video!! Awesome. I am going to be watching the rest right now. I did report the above post, so hopefully someonewill contact you. THANK YOU AGAIN IN ADVANCE!!

[Kestryll]

Boy...no moderator has contacted me yet?

I am still waiting for a moderator to contact me, so I know where to send the 40% I wanted to contribute to Calguns.

I've sold a few DVD's so far.

He-llooooooooooooooo! *echo echo echo*

In Christ: Raymond

WHOOPS!!

Didn't see this until now, sorry.

PM Sent.

[freonr22]

I lubed 1500 cases last night w/ imeprial. two fingers in the can, put on palms, repeated 3x over the batch and grabbed fistfuls of cases squeezing, then tumbled by hand, just a light coat on all in 2-3 minutes so that can has lubed 6000 cases and still have about 25% left

ima a newb, to reloading. Glad I am not the only one to lube like this!

[RaymondMillbrae]

Thanks, guys.

Kestryll contacted me. And since I am a FORUM user, I will donate the funds to CGN.

Kudos, Calguns.net!

In Christ: Raymond

[Stormen Norman]

[RaymondMillbrae]

Norm,

there are a few differnt ways to do this with. And if I can be brutally honest, maybe I didn't need to go this far for my carbine - which has a 14.5" inch barrel, and is only used for multi-gun matches. (It is actually 16" total length with the permanently attached compensator). But for bolt-action rifles, shooting distance, and for precision...for sure. Use it then.

Myself, I used the RCBS PRECISION MIC. (Click HERE for an article).

There are other tools, and some folks swear by "this or that". But in the end, use whatever works best for you, or fits your budget.

Hornady and a few others also make chamber mics, but I went with the RCBS brand due to the better reviews. No regrets, and the knowledge of how it was done helped me to understand this aspect better.

In Christ: Raymond

[SiegeX]

Raymond,

Thanks so much for taking the time to create this video. Although I don't shoot much of any .223 I am very interested in reloading shotshells and I found your videos very insightful on just how many nuances there are in reloading. It seems to be both a challenging and rewarding hobby.

Speaking of shotshell reloading, I noticed in your first video you showed a glimpse of your Hornady 366. Any chance you might do a similar series on shotshell reloading? As a side note, I too am in the Bay Area and I'm having a heck of a time finding a good place to get #8 shot from without getting raked over the coals on shipping. Where do you purchase your shot from?

Thanks again.

Edit
Just saw your Hornady 366 tutorial links, so disregard that

[RaymondMillbrae]

SiegeX,

try ROTOMETALS, or a few of the gun stores around the Vallejo/Fairfield areas.

I believe there was also a store in Oakland that sold different sized shot...but their name eludes me at the moment.

In Christ: Raymond

[damilfman]

I just ordered 5 of the whidden toolheads. They're good people over. If you never posted up these vids Ray I would've never known about them. Thanks again

[RaymondMillbrae]

John Whidden is a cool doode.

I think the entire toolhead is a touch of overkilll for pistol rounds. But for rifle rounds they are the bomb.

But then again, any time you can provide tighter tolerances in the reloading process (rifle or pistol), you are ahead of the groove.

Glad I was of little help.

In Christ: Raymond

[RaymondMillbrae]

If I may interject...

someone watching my video tutorial suggested that I place an inline timer on the vibratory tumbler. This way you can set it to tumble for a specific amount of time, and it will automatically shut OFF when done. No more "accidently" leaving the tumbler running for hours (or days) at a time, and wasting electricity. (Not to mention extending the life of the media).

Those inline timers can be quite costly, but I just happened to have two regular ole timers laying around my place (for my reptile enclosures and tarantulas), so it worked out great.

The timers I use are dirt cheap, and can be found at Home Depot, Lowes, or almost any hardware store.

It was a fantastic tip I recently acquired.

Thank you, shooters!!

In Christ: Raymond

PS: I wonder what it takes to make this thread a "STICKY"? I've already learned quite a few things myself.