djwalker60
Member
Greetings to All;
I'm still new to the entire reloading venue. Up until now I have only reloaded for my 9mm, only about 2000 rounds so far. I feel pretty confident with my 9mm reloads. But now, I am going into new territory: .223
So, I have my Hornady Lock-n-Load Press set with the de-priming / re-sizing die in station one, collet sizing die in station number two, powder in station three, Hornady powder cop in station 4 and bullet seating in number five. I think that this is all correct, (so far).
With this said here is my delima: After I have deprimed the cases, resized and cleaned the case, I find myself confused now.... Why? We'll when I reload my 9mm I have a die that opens up the brass just enough so I can place the bullet on top of the brass for easy seating. But with the .223 brass, this doesn't seem to be the case.
So, what am I missing? Do I need to get another die for expanding the case ? I am sure it's a small thing I am missing but all of my research has failed to uncover the answer.
Thanks for any help.
Dan
Seattle Area
I'm still new to the entire reloading venue. Up until now I have only reloaded for my 9mm, only about 2000 rounds so far. I feel pretty confident with my 9mm reloads. But now, I am going into new territory: .223
So, I have my Hornady Lock-n-Load Press set with the de-priming / re-sizing die in station one, collet sizing die in station number two, powder in station three, Hornady powder cop in station 4 and bullet seating in number five. I think that this is all correct, (so far).
With this said here is my delima: After I have deprimed the cases, resized and cleaned the case, I find myself confused now.... Why? We'll when I reload my 9mm I have a die that opens up the brass just enough so I can place the bullet on top of the brass for easy seating. But with the .223 brass, this doesn't seem to be the case.
So, what am I missing? Do I need to get another die for expanding the case ? I am sure it's a small thing I am missing but all of my research has failed to uncover the answer.
Thanks for any help.
Dan
Seattle Area