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re: How to reload .223 ammo

Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:35 pm to
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3979 posts
Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:35 pm to
My uncle is the reloader in the family, and he flat out refuses to reload .223 because according to him, it's tougher than normal. I'm no reloading expert, but is this a legit excuse?
Posted by ninthward
Boston, MA
Member since May 2007
20534 posts
Posted on 8/20/14 at 7:54 pm to
Nope 223 is pretty easy,
Get a full length size die, get a Lee factory crimp 223 die because it is a collet style crimp die.
Read about head spacing and neck tension.
I suggest a ball powder, it will meter great for you.
Depending where you get your brass you may have to swage the primer pocket to remove a crimp.
Posted by LongueCarabine
Pointe Aux Pins, LA
Member since Jan 2011
8205 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 9:10 am to
quote:

My uncle is the reloader in the family, and he flat out refuses to reload .223 because according to him, it's tougher than normal. I'm no reloading expert, but is this a legit excuse?


I've been reloading for almost 20 years, and .223 /5.56 has always been pretty easy.

The hardest (for me, anyway, why, I don't know) has always been .45 ACP. You'd think a straight wall case would be much easier.

LC
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