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Hey all - so last night I did end up disassembling the whole powder thing, hot water/soap, dry, then brake cleaner. This morning it was all dry and lube-free, so I reassembled and just successfully loaded my first 100 rounds of 223! For the record, Dillon recommends ONLY using grease and motor...

Hey all - I decided to start the easy way; warm water and thorough blasting with degreaser seems to have done the trick. I'm going to leave everything overnight and reassemble tomorrow. Ask me if I'm EVER going near my 550B with CLP again :)

I've got one! Is that my best bet? I wondered about powder sticking to it - then suddenly the brass wouldn't even go up but halfway into the powder die. Because of clumped, clogged, damp powder.....God in heaven what a mess.

As you may have seen from my other thread, I was having terrible trouble with the powder die/assembly of my 550B getting it set up for 223. Turns out I had idiotically mixed up the powder inserts and PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - A 45ACP POWDER INSERT WILL NOT WORK WITH 223. Thank you for your...

Hey Chuck - many thanks for your kind reply. I went back to the shop to check these things and realized I HAD SOMEHOW MIXED UP THE .45ACP POWDER INSERT INSTEAD OF .223. What an idiot. Once I got that straightened out she worked absolutely like a charm - until I added the powder........I'm...

Hey all - I've been reloading pistol calibers on the 550B forever, finally decided to load 223 on it. I ordered the 223 kit and am getting everything set up, but I'm having a heck of a time with the powder die. I took one of the powder dies I already had and put the 223 insert in it, but it's...

Makes good sense! Thank you - I will give it another shot!

Great - thank you very much!

Hey all - I've used Winchester 223 40-gr. Varmint-X to great effect last hunting season, and decided to chrono all my guns today to make myself some trustworthy range cards. I shot the Varmint-X from my 18" suppressed 223 Wylde, and the first shot read at 3288. Advertised FPS is 3600 (we all...

Sure thing - that ARCA system does look pretty neat, but the bipod is only 7 bucks more - so why not go for the versatility. Makes a great deal of sense though if you were doing that for all your rifles across the board! Nice setup.

Yeah, after spending a full day looking for a way to put an M-LOK rail on a Savage I'm convinced it just doesn't exist. I manned up and just bought two bipods :) It will actually make life easier, and considering how much I've invested in hunting besides that, it's not that big a deal. And I...

Hey all - many thanks for these great replies. So seems like my best option here would be to go the Kinetic M-lok QD route as that would take care of all the QD-ing without needing three separate QD setups. Only trick now is I'm striking out finding a way to add an M-LOK rail section to my...

Hey all - I've decided that since I can only hunt with one rifle at a time, I'll buy a good Harris bipod and QD it to three different rifles: Savage .22 bolt with a sling swivel to mount to .223 AR with an M-LOK foreend, and .308 AR also with M-LOK Anybody know the best way to QD to all three...

Many thanks for all the wisdom! After a lot of comparison I went with the Leupold rimfire. Looking forward to some good glass!!

Hey all - missed a shot today because the GARBAGE scope I have on my Savage bolt 22 failed to hold zero. Never again. Some pest hunting is legal at night here in Tennessee, and I've come to appreciate the importance of decent light gathering that comes with good glass. That said, the rifle was...

This is most informative - thank you all!! So my Lee manual says 3.3-3.5 for 231/147 lead - did you just work up with caution or is another manual less conservative with the max load?

Hey all - W231 has been my faithful go-to for a whole lot of stuff, but just got a new 147-gr. HP mold, so I cast and powdercoated a batch, and they shoot beautifully but don't lock the slide back following the last round. What powder do you all like here? Sig P226 w/suppressor. Also...

Hey all - going to run a course that includes hits on 10" plates out to 300, so I picked up a Vortex 3x magnifier to add to my AR with Eotech. I got it on the gun today; I've got the magnifier mounted as far back as I can for good eye relief, and the Eotech as close to the magnifier as I can...

I did VM2, Crossbreed Supertuck, and a few others, and eventually settled on SmartCarry for work; I've *never* been made, and that's with my M&Pc in 357SIG - hardly a pocket pistol. It's not quite as quick of a draw, but I used to literally go running with mine on, it keeps a spare mag right...

You know, I couldn't find a single infidel to aim at and I think my dress was a little crooked. All my goats had run off (and who could blame them) so my mind was elsewhere...I think it must not have been Allah's will for this ammo to run in my Garand.