Reloading .223

[iceman]

I do a lot of reloading but and new to reloading .223 for my AR, I am looking for the best Dies. I now have Lee but are there any better? Would like to hear what other reloaders think...

[Beer]

[ColoWyo]

I have been very happy with the Hornady dies you can buy at Gander or Bass Pro. Not to mention there customer service is second to none. I have been using RCBS for my .223 and Hornady for my .308 but will be switching over to Hornady for the .223 shortly.

[marty]

Can .223 brass be reloaded if it has a little dimple in it? The little dimples are a result of the case being extracted from the AR.

[Great-Kazoo]

I've been having horrible luck loading .223's lately sticking cases and just lately, breaking my primer slide on the Lock-N-Load progressive and bending the cam rod.


check the primer slide base. you may have some powder, primer slag? or just build up on the slide. thats what i ran into and it tweaked the slide and broke off @ the cam slide area. once i took it apart i found the culprit to be some primer flakes? that jammed it up