I've reloaded both pistol and rifle for a long time. I was on the fence on whether reloading .223 would be worth it for me but figured I'd give it a shot with a few hundred rounds just to see.
So far it seems like a larger pain in the neck than I maybe want...but it could be that my process just needs to be refined. Here is what I've been doing:
1- lube cases on pad then deprime/resize (I took all other dies out of press and just ran them all through this die)
2 - use electric drill to remove crimp from every case (this was only somewhat effective...but it could be user error since I'm new to this device)
3 - wipe every case with rag to remove lube
4 - trim (using electric drill and lee cutter...very slow locking every round into and out of the holder)
5 - send through the progressive to finish remainder of steps
It took a long time to get steps 1 through 4 finished. I'm looking for any suggestions on how to improve my process to make this faster.
Thanks.
So far it seems like a larger pain in the neck than I maybe want...but it could be that my process just needs to be refined. Here is what I've been doing:
1- lube cases on pad then deprime/resize (I took all other dies out of press and just ran them all through this die)
2 - use electric drill to remove crimp from every case (this was only somewhat effective...but it could be user error since I'm new to this device)
3 - wipe every case with rag to remove lube
4 - trim (using electric drill and lee cutter...very slow locking every round into and out of the holder)
5 - send through the progressive to finish remainder of steps
It took a long time to get steps 1 through 4 finished. I'm looking for any suggestions on how to improve my process to make this faster.
Thanks.