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mlw332
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i did not.
http://www.leeprecision.com/html/HelpVideos/video.html
Check out the video near the bottom about lubricating a case. I use their method but I use Imperial Sizing Wax.
Check out the video near the bottom about lubricating a case. I use their method but I use Imperial Sizing Wax.
Ridgerunner665
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OK...its hard to see on a couple of these rounds, but its there on all of them.
The 2 on the right will chamber in my AR 15...but not my match grade bolt actions...these are some rounds that my son goofed up while I was teaching him how to do this...I kept them for visual aids.
Do your rounds look like this?...look close...
The 2 on the right will chamber in my AR 15...but not my match grade bolt actions...these are some rounds that my son goofed up while I was teaching him how to do this...I kept them for visual aids.
Do your rounds look like this?...look close...
mlw332
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as far as i can tell they are no different from the factory loads other than the dificulty to chamber
Ridgerunner665
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Screw the die in until it touches the shell holder and lock it down...
If you did that...and your cases were not longer than 1.76...you must be over crimping.
If you did that...and your cases were not longer than 1.76...you must be over crimping.
Selfdfenz
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And what happens when you try chambering one of your sized case only [no bullet, no powder]?
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uneasy_rider
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This is the best answer given.
These kind of problems are usually related to the way you are sizing your brass. If you don't use a case gauge, you are just guessing.
mlw332
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ok it looks like very slight marking on the neck right where i starts to widen out
Ridgerunner665
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What bullets are you using...do they have a cannelure?
Its VERY easy to over crimp bulets that don't have a cannelure...like the 50 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips which are the 2 bullets on the right in that pic.
Its VERY easy to over crimp bulets that don't have a cannelure...like the 50 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips which are the 2 bullets on the right in that pic.
mlw332
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selfdfenz i have not tried sizing just the sized case
Ridgerunner665
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Screw you sizing die down tight against the shell holder (by hand, but as tight as you can)...and try it again.
mlw332
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i am using 55gr nosler ballistic tips
For case gages, I really like my Dillon. It's stainless steel, so rust isn't an issue like on carbon steel gages.
http://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/pid/23612/catid/3/_223_Dillon_Stainless_Steel_Case_Gage
http://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/pid/23612/catid/3/_223_Dillon_Stainless_Steel_Case_Gage
mlw332
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ok i will try that ridgerunner.
Ridgerunner665
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Don't crimp them at all and see what happens...they don't really have to be crimped for a bolt action anyway...just work the bolt a little easier and don't ram it home.
I still think you are crimping too tight...but I may be wrong.
I still think you are crimping too tight...but I may be wrong.
mlw332
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ok ridgerunner i screwed the sizing die down to the shell holder instead of just above the rim as before. i sized on and loaded it as a dummy round it chambers great now.
thanks for the help guys
thanks for the help guys
Ridgerunner665
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Your welcome...
mlw332
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im just glad to finally broaden my reloading. started with shotshell then pistol now rifle
Ridgerunner665
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Everybody needs a helping hand once in a while...even in the wee hours of the morning.
Ridgerunner665
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mlw...
Loading for rifle is where you want to get everything very precise...it don't really matter with pistols...but it does with rifles, the farther you shoot, the more it matters.
Loading for rifle is where you want to get everything very precise...it don't really matter with pistols...but it does with rifles, the farther you shoot, the more it matters.
mlw332
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i am keeping it under 200 as of now but i would like to get the 223 out to about 500
Ridgerunner665
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What rate of twist is your barrel?
I get decent accuracy from my AR at 600 yards with heavy bullets (I can keep them all in an 8 inch circle), its not a varmint rig...just a plain old Smith & Wesson M&P 15 with a 3-9x40 Leupold scope on it.
It is pure destruction for coyotes at 300 yards with those 50 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips launched at 3,100 fps (.75" groups @ 100 yards)
1 in 9 twist barrel and it shoots REALLY good with 62 - 70 grain bullets.
Only 1 model of Remington 700 in 223 has a fast twist (1 in 9) barrel...I don't remeber the exact name of it, but its the tactical rifle (20 inch bull barrel).
If you have a 1 in 12 twist you will have better luck at 300 yards and less...because it won't stabilize the heavy bullets needed to reach way out there.
I get decent accuracy from my AR at 600 yards with heavy bullets (I can keep them all in an 8 inch circle), its not a varmint rig...just a plain old Smith & Wesson M&P 15 with a 3-9x40 Leupold scope on it.
It is pure destruction for coyotes at 300 yards with those 50 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips launched at 3,100 fps (.75" groups @ 100 yards)
1 in 9 twist barrel and it shoots REALLY good with 62 - 70 grain bullets.
Only 1 model of Remington 700 in 223 has a fast twist (1 in 9) barrel...I don't remeber the exact name of it, but its the tactical rifle (20 inch bull barrel).
If you have a 1 in 12 twist you will have better luck at 300 yards and less...because it won't stabilize the heavy bullets needed to reach way out there.
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