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Man I have been at it all night processing brass for my 223. It is very tedious when doing it by hand. I need to get myself a Dillon or something cause I have only done about 250 and I am sick of it lol. I think the worst part is trimming with my foster case trimmer. But At least I am doing something productive. I almost want to buy a dillion just to process this stuff. I have about 750 to go.
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Try a Lee cutter and case length gauge and chuck it in a drill. That will speed up the process. You will still get all the blisters (or wear mechanics gloves to help alleviate them) but you can zip through them much faster. It may be worthwhile to break it up into a few sessions of brass prep, 250 at a time is enough for me. -
Yeah I quit for the night. I am going to try out my nosler 55 grain varmint bullets but I was told they will spin apart in my gun as I have 1 in 7 twist. so we shall see.Good friends will come bail you out of jail. A best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying damn that was fun!Comment
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I think you will be fine since they are 55 grain bullets. I know the lighter bullets can shed their jacket with 1:7 twist barrels, but 55 should hold together. I've been shooting 55 grain FMJBT without any problems out of my 1:9 and 1:7 ARs.Comment
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You're good bro. You're Nosler 55s are not gonna spin themselves apart.
They will have extra spin and (in theory) this will cause them to be less accurate then they could be, in say, a 1-9 twist.
To make you feel better, my friend has a 1-7 twist barrel on his AR and he loaded up some 55gr Winchester FMJs and they shot just fine last week.
Check out CTS trimmers for 223. They are on gunbroker. They are the fastest trimmer for a dedicated caliber.
Chuck it in a drill and it takes 2-3 seconds per case.
Chamfering, deburring and reaming that primer pocket is a different story...
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ok I was shooting 52 gr hpbt with very good accuracy last weekden so that what I thought.Good friends will come bail you out of jail. A best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying damn that was fun!Comment
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just do it over time - say do 100 everyday for the next week & you will be pretty much done.Comment
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No way around it. Processing rifle brass sucks, dude.
You could always outsource it to those brass processing services.Comment
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+1 on the CTS.... I chuck mine up to a drill press and can really fly though the trimming process.
I also love my RCBS bench mounted swaging tool for my crimped brass.Last edited by ExtremeX; 10-17-2013, 1:15 AM.ExtremeXComment
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Take your blisters like a man!
The good news is that once you get them all trimmed you shouldn't need to do it again until you've re-used them a few times.
I do hear about how easy it is with certain progressives that trim and can crank out hundreds in an hour, and it sounds great, but unless you shoot a lot it seems like a pretty expensive convenience.Originally posted by CSACANNONEERComment
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I have only had 55gr spin off jackets with a 1:7 when I push them to the high end of the FPS (over 3200fps) these were older Sierra SP. it was weird to shoot 10 rounds and have 12 holes (one looked like a turkey)
and another +1K for the CTS trimmerLast edited by pdq_wizzard; 10-17-2013, 9:11 AM.Q: What was the most positive result of the "Cash for Clunkers" program?
A: It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road.
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Trimming takes time. My Guraud Trimmer helps a bunch in making this chore tolerable!NRA Lifer
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One station reaming; one cleaning; one chamfer; one deburring. Voila!
I have not tried the Hornady but it trims too. Much pricier also.
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Possum Hollow trimmer, deburr/chamfer tool & primer pocket reamer all get chucked in the drill. Lathe type trimmers take way too long to do a few hundred.Comment
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