Got Lucky on Some Dies

[Divedeep808]

Wheew, after checking a lot of sights for .223 dies finally found some pacesetter dies for $55 on amazon. It was crazy when I ordered mine they had 30 sets and when I checked again 30 minutes later they were sold out already. That was all I needed to start reloading .223. Hope you guys are finding what you need it almost seems to be one of those right place right time things.

[XDRoX]

Congrats DD808!
Before you now it you'll be shooting .20cent rounds when all those other suckers are paying $1 a round

[El Toro]

I found the same problem. No one has sets so I started looking at single dies "In Stock". Surprisingly, you can get almost everything you want if you are willing to buy from different vendors and manufacturers. I read a bunch of reviews and settled on my dies from RCBS and Redding.

My order just shipped from Brownells for the RCBS X-Die and a Redding Bullet Comp Seating die. I didnt need the Comp seater but for the AR platform, guys swear it will make the most consistent ammo.

I fortunately bought my Hornady #16 shellplate back before the SHTF and got it for $29. Last night on eBay there were 3 of them for over $100 and the one closest to ending was $150 buuuucks
Guess a bunch of guys got their press for xmas and forgot to buy a .223 shellplate.

BTW, if anyone is desperate for one but doesnt want to pay cr@ploads of dough on a $30 shellplate PM and I'll tell you how to get one.

[G-Man WC]

Congrats. I'll 2nd what El Toro is saying. You need to shop around because product is flowing in & out at vendors, not in days but hours. Picked up a set of 7.62 x 53/54 RCBS dies lastnight and some Hornady 303 .312 pills to feed my Mosin family. I got lucky on the timing, but you just need to keep looking.
Good luck and happy reloading. -g

[bill_k_lopez]

I guess I'm really lucky. I decided last week that I was going to buy another set of dies for my single stage, looked for Lee - everything sold out. For $9 more I ordered the RCBS set and got it today in the mail. Got mine from Cabelas, and wasn't panic shopping. Just purchased the lee factory crimp die as I was typing this from MidwayUSA.

Thing is you have to shop around.

[barbasol]

I'd say dies are the easy part. Any luck on components? Went to 3 local shops this weekend and not one bottle of powder or brass to load 223. A smattering of bullets but nothing for plinking.

[stilly]

Yar. I have three sets of .308 dies now and I do not know how that happened. Maybe I should sell them on fleabay...

Soon there will prolly be a flood of them all over the place from all the fools that bought them and do not know how to reload... Or do not know how to reload and never read a book and blew off their fingers...

[spy-d]

Shell plates? Do you mean Shell Holders? RCBS Shell holders are only $10.00 and I have found a number of them up north.

The shell holders for 223 / 556 is #10 for RCBS.

[Divernhunter]

Shellplates are used for progressive presses