Recent content by bullseye308

When I worked, I was normally shooting 12-1500 rounds a month. On a weekend I’d deprime all my brass with a universal deprimer and tumble them. During the week here and there I’d resize in batches, flare in batches, then hand prime in batches. I store my brass ready to load, just add powder and...

I’ve cast and coated several tens of thousands of bullets and never lubed any. That said, I size them after casting then coat and size again, so they are not far off of final size. An example is my 357, after casting they get sized .357 then coated then sized .358. It never occurred to me to...

All 3 of my boys started shooting with me around age 5, and started depriming shortly after. My oldest and youngest (29 & 16) will get the full lesson this summer and each will have a dedicated press on the bench. My oldest and I built his first AR a couple months ago and my youngest will get to...

Here’s a thought, if you have a bunch of short cases, just shoot lighter weight bullets in them at the same OAL.

I shoot mainly cast and coated in 9mm, and lots of them. I flare the neck just enough for the bullet to sit in by itself then seat and don’t need to crimp them. It’s all in the die setup. All I use is range pickup brass and none have been measured in decades.

I just picked up 1500 small rifle Fiocchi for $109+ at sportsman’s warehouse today and another AR lower for $59.99. They have federal SR $89.99/1000, & Federal SRM $109.99/1000. Academy had Win SR for $89.99/1000.

I seem to remember someone not that long ago had problems with rounds stored in MTM boxes, but yours should be fine for a year or less I’d expect. I have some 30-30 I loaded in 90 that has lost its shine and is slightly tarnished, and I’m sure I wiped it off with a rag with kerosene on it then a...

My preference is the Lee 158 lead semi wadcutter that I tumble lube. Over 5.0 grains of bullseye it shoots great in a 6” GP-100 and i only target shoot with it, no hunting. It is self cleaning and I’m almost to 9k down the barrel with not cleaning the barrel and it still just has a grey wash.

One on evilbay right now for $40 and $5 shipping. Also Ryan Cleckner has a good one also on there for $15.95 long range shooting guide i think it is. Orange cover and a real good book.

I keep it all. My bolt gets LC 20, my “precision“ AR gets LC21, and my other AR gets what’s left over and shoots it all the same. I haven’t encountered any brass I’d cull just because of who made it in 223/556. Not like amerc in 9mm, that gets crushed on sight. For just casual shooting or...

Your magazine will limit your OAL unless you single load them. I’d expect 2650 to be sufficient with a 77 bthp to drop a yote, bullet placement obviously is key, but it should, I’d expect, do the job nicely.

RL15 is a top mentioned powder for heavy 223/556 loads on a few boards and lots have had great success with that combo. The determining factor will be if your rifle likes it. A Wylde chamber is the best option in my mind, allowing you to shoot 223 or 556 pressured rounds in it, and your twist...

I’m interested in how this pans out as well. To my mind, the bullet being a couple thou off the center axis would be straightened out and stabilized by the barrel, so no need for this tool. But there is still much I just don’t know and am willing to learn. geodude, I’ll get the bucket and salt.

Liquid lanolin and a bottle of red ISO Heet from the automotive departmeant is about the best, cheapest, and easiest way to go. Get an empty spray bottle, pour in one ounce of lanolin, then the 12 ounce bottle of iso heet and mix well. In a ziplock, bowl, box, or whatever container you want put...

I too use the red iso heet and liquid lanolin sparingly and it’s just enough to make sizing easier and not leave the cases sticky, so I don’t clean them after. If you put enough on there where you can feel the lube, you should probably clean it off. I did till I got the amount figured out and...