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  1. I know, they are pricey for practice. But I have two 1000 pack boxes and changed projectiles. Or thinking about it anyway. Berger 140 hybrids
  2. Looking to make some practice ammo with 139 scenars, for PRS and similar steel club matches. Only loaded 223 on my 550, using H335 and 8208. Happy with how they metered. Curious about suitable powders for 6.5. Use H4350 in primary load, but know it wont meter well. I have Varget, CFE-223, and H335 on hand. Anyone have any die suggestions, happy to hear. Will be buying everything soon. Thanks for any suggestion. Dan
  3. Thanks guys. Appreciate the input. The more I read the more encouraged I become. Dan
  4. Loading 6.5 Creedmore for tactical rifle matches (PRS & DMR) where 1-2 MOA steel is engaged at 100-1000 yards. Current load is 139 Scenar with 42.2 H4350 Fed 210M 20 thou off and it's shooting 5-7's in stock Ruger Precision. I employ two step sizing, first neck sizing with Lee Collet, then bumping shoulders back 2 thou with Redding body die. Seat with inline Forster. If using my 550 rather than Chucker, my thought is to lube and bump shoulders on Chucker, tumble lube off, then complete on 550. Station one Lee collet neck sizing and adding primer. Station two dropping powder. This is where I'm hearing crickets... Station three seat bullets with Forster BR Station four unused Whats best way to charge? Is there a funnel type attachment? I have two Chargemasters I could use if applicable. Not sure how to go about this. Any other modifications needed? Custom tight tolerance tool head? Not sure on source but heard these exist, reducing slop as I recall. Any suggestions at all appreciated. Shooting lots of matches, 150-200 rounds, practicing 1-2x/week, got infant and toddler. Would be great if I could spend less time at reloading bench. Even though we all know how enjoyable it is. Thanks for any comment. Dan NC
  5. Thanks for your thoughts man. I read on Kriegers website where folks were sometimes getting their shell holder thinned by 0.005". It appears I may not need to go that route, as bottomed out seems to be enough. Just barely. Interesting stuff though, that till now, I didn't have to think about. Dan
  6. Same here, H335 and Hornady 55's on my Dillon for 1.25" plinking loads in EOtech outfitted AR. I single stage load Varget for 69 SMK and 77 SMK molys for precision ammo in AR with scope. Great powders. I've also got a bunch of CFE-223 to play with later as I've heard great things about it. TAC is very good I hear, but haven't been able to find any to try. Dan
  7. Forgot to mention, I took the 10 rounds that were sticking last night and ran through gun afterwards. Trying to isolate the cleaning of the gun versus the slight shoulder set back achieved by bottoming out die on shell holder with the 1/8 turn. The previously sticky rounds are still, well, sticky.
  8. My buddy and I got wind of some USMC 20" 223 barrels with 500 rounds through them available. We went up and got them put in our Barnes precision AR-15's yesterday. Our factory 16" 223 Wylde Montana barrel were shooting 0.8" eight shot groups, but we jumped at the chance for a longer and beefier Krieger. Never had a high end barrel before. These were from some Marine shooting team, that decided on another barrel. That's all I know. Well, that, and it was the dirtiest barrel I've ever seen. If truly 500 rounds through them as told, they were never cleaned. Took a lot of elbow grease to get it clean. Loaded 30 rounds last night. 10 to sight in and four 5 shot groups of Varget in half grain increments between 22.5-24 gr. 77 SMK moly bullets. About 25% of the rounds are sticky to eject, some requiring a good deal of force pulling charging handle back in order to eject. I'm using once fired Lapua brass at 1.750-1.753". Untrimmed but uniform, weight sorted within a grain. Full length sized on Redding Deluxe dies with die 1/8 (at most) off the shell holder. Not sure why only 75% ran through smoothly. By my standards, these are very uniform cartridges. COAL 2.270-2.275". Anyway, I just finished loading 10 more. A back up for shooting tomm in case the first 30 don't feed. At least I will be able to sight scope in to new barrel if nothing else. A Burris Black Diamond 8-32 I just yanked off my 50 BMG. These 10 were exactly the same as the first 30 from last night. Only difference is I bottomed the die out on the shell holder. Carefully watching and guesstimating, 1/8 turn is most I had before bottoming out on shell holder. At any rate, these 10 rounds fed through the gun fine. Loaded 10 round mag twice and 20 times had same result. Smooth as hot butter. What's confusing to me is that slight 1/8 turn making that much difference. Bumping shoulder back 0.002-0.004", is that the difference in sticky rounds and hot butter? I just started reloading last year and this is my first non factory barrel. More naive than I realize perhaps. Just curious if I'm overlooking something here. Is this normal for higher quality barrels? Is it common to have to bottom out die on shell holder? What if problem continued after that 1/8 turn, when metal hit metal? Then what? Seems a bit fickle, even for an apparently tight chambered barrel. Or is this normal? Thanks for any input you may offer. Dan
  9. Where is Recobs? I got it online. https://www.recobstargetshop.com Recobs was a new find for me as well. Bought from them a few months back, and again more recently. Great folks to deal with and good supply compared to others. I was tickled to get stocked up on Longshot and Varget. Great retailer.
  10. I read all the stuff when I got started. Oddly enough, first thing I loaded when I got into reloading last year was 223 on a 550B. I use once fired PMC brass. WFT as well, great trimmer for $75. I do it all on the 550, with one toolhead. Station one deprimes, sizes, and primes. Dillon dies are small base as I understand it. Loaded a 1000 flawless rounds at any rate. Station two drops powder. Station three gets my 55 gr Hornady budget plinking bullet. Four crimps slightly. Afterwards I put all rounds on a towel and wipe off case lube. I roll my cases on rcbs case lube pad after one shot left a case stuck. I only use one shot on pistol cases now. That's it. Simple and quick 1.25-1.5 MOA ammo. Loading 223 on a 550 can be simple or complicated. So far, I see no benefit in making it complicated. My sub MOA target 69 SMK are made on Rock chucker, weight sorted Lapua brass, individually weighed charges of Varget on Rcbs chargemaster. But for high volume plinking ammo on a 550?? I will keep it simple. Dan
  11. Last night. Similar issue loading 10 mm. Try another type of primer. Read a thread where someone suspected a larger than spec batch of primers. Can't say, just a thought. Otherwise, just have Dillon replace the bad tubes.
  12. Titegroup. Joe and I scored big at the gun show. It was a good day.
  13. Eager to hear the replies to this myself. 77 SMK and Varget is my next load to work up. Also using a 550. Dan
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