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  1. I do not think it measures diameter. It measures headspace and overall length. Darren
  2. I had both. I just sold my Dillon. I looked at it like this. Trimming with the dillon takes zero time because you're doing it while you resize. However, you then have to chamfer and deburr afterwards, so you have to do two more steps. With the giraud, you trim, chamfer, and deburr in one step. So to resize and trim with the dillon is three steps, while to do it with the giraud is only two. This assumes you chamfer and deburr which I do. Some do not. Darren
  3. Hi Darren; I am trying to get a trimmer and a bullet feeder, but can't decide which. I could scrape together $225 for your trimmer (shipped). Let me know.

    Thanks;

    Gary

  4. Most people at the matches I go to, including myself, use a Kowa. I started with a $50 special at Cabelas. A Simmons. It worked ok for up to maybe 100 yards if I was lucky. Then I bought a Konuspot 100 because some other guys had konus scopes. It was fine for 100, but did not work very well for 200 yards. Then I bit the bullet and bought the Kowa. Well worth it. I won't need another scope. Darren
  5. I have the same problem with cheap ammo in my zombie gun. I finally decided it wasnt worth the hassle My reloads have never had a hiccup. Darren
  6. I've heard very good things about Big Dave at Elk Castle. Darren
  7. Put the "bad" bolt carrier into one of the other guns and see how it runs. If it doesn't work in a known good gun then it's a problem with the bolt carrier. If it works just fine, it's a problem with the upper's gas system. Darren
  8. Reloading .223 is easy: Get some brass. Clean the brass. Lube the brass. I use whatever lube I find that's cheap. Size the brass. You do not need carbide dies. They do not offer any advantage. Get regular dies. Check your sizing with a headspace gauge. You can trim the brass now with a dillon rt1200 and then clean the lube off of the brass, or... Clean the lube off the brass first and then trim with your choice of trimmer. Measure the case length with calipers and adjust trimmer if necessary. Chamfer and deburr the brass. Swage if necessary. Prime, charge, seat bullet. Crimp if you want. Shoot. Get two toolheads. One to size (and trim if using the rt1200), and one to load. Darren
  9. I watched a primer put a bullet into the barrel of a 223 AR last week. The shooter recognized it and broke the gun down before he loaded another round. Darren
  10. I have very little clearance in mine. I don't think it will effect anything in practice. Darren
  11. When I crimped, I used a taper crimp. I haven't crimped in a long time. Not necessary for an AR. Darren
  12. The way I understand it, the bullet does not get to the gas port and the action will not cycle. Darren
  13. I think a good trigger is quite important. You can be good or bad, but if you're shooting a crappy trigger, you probably won't do very well. The converse, however, is not true. Just because you have a good trigger doesn't mean you'll do well. Would you rather shoot a 4MOA gun or a 1/2MOA gun? We'd all pick the 1/2MOA gun. You don't want to wonder if it's you or the equipment. Darren
  14. I've loaded thousands of rounds of .223 exclusively with CCI 400 primers and never had a problem. Darren
  15. I have also noticed that the indexing can cause powder to spill. Otherwise, ball powder should flow very easily out of the powder die. Darren
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