My First Reloaded Round

[emptybottle151]

PMC case, Lake City M193 55 grain Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail, 21.0 grains of Hodgdon H332, CCI small rifle primer.

Reloaded on a Lee Classic Turret press kit with Lee 223 rem deluxe die set.

Will be making 10 round batches of 21.0, 22.0, & 23.0 grains for testing.

[sghart]

Congratulations! You are officially "hooked". It only gets better.

[Bill Steele]

Good job and I see you didn't succumb to the need to polish your brass all up, good for you.

Have fun, good luck.

PS - At that load, no need to turn your head and close your eyes on the first one, so you won't be shooting the guy next to you's target...

[Revoman]

Cracking that first round with everything working smoothly will put a grin and a half on yer mug fo' sho'!!! It's all downhill from there. You will become a brass whore just like the rest of us.

[kurac]

Good job, and nice funnel

[Cheep]

Congrats! Now shoot it and reload it again.

[3006mv]

what are you shooting out of? you need to get a real funnel w/o all of those swiss cheese holes in the sides
I think my ar likes 21.7 gr w/ 55 gr fmj, i will have to recheck though.
good for you for working up your loads, 21 is a good start. H322 is a great powder, try it w/ 53 gr bullets, sometimes now it is easier to find less than 55 gr fmjs, the weird ones most people don't shoot.

[mrlonewolf]

Congratulations! You are officially "hooked". It only gets better.

^^^^ This....

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[EL_NinO619]

Pheew!! I remember those days. Congrats, I would recommend a new scale when you get a chance, check out dillons beam scale. Also get a powder thrower, speed things up a bit. Welcome to the club and feel free to ask any questions that arise.

[emptybottle151]

Ho oh...

[emptybottle151]

Not the best 5 shot groups at 100 yrds with a 20'' AR, but it was windy.