Reloading .223/5.56

[Rhino0427]

Thanks! Any concern with shooting the rounds?

[silentshooter]

No issue shooting them if you have a little peeling. For long range accuracy you want to avoid it, but should still shoot fine

[Rhino0427]

No issue shooting them if you have a little peeling. For long range accuracy you want to avoid it, but should still shoot fine

Thanks!

[junglerot]

I'm sure this is going to be like starting a "which oil is best" thread on a motorcycle forum, but what lube works well for resizing 223?

[silentshooter]

On progressives I stick with the Dillon or Hornady Spray lube. With single stage I like the Imperial Case Wax

[junglerot]

On progressives I stick with the Dillon or Hornady Spray lube. With single stage I like the Imperial Case Wax

Follow up to this, what are you doing on the progressive that you need the lube for? Are you resizing 223 on the progressive after it's been processed once?

[rondog]

Best thing about the Giraud, besides the ease and speed, is the fact that it also chamfers the outside and the inside of the case mouth at the same time. Essentially three operations in one. Awesome! The two chamfering operations are otherwise a pain in the balls.

[silentshooter]

This is how I setup a 1050 or 650 for once fired brass on the progressive I will setup station 1 as a Full Length Resize & deprime, on the 1050 it swages the primer pocket, and then on the other side of the toolhead is the Dillon trimmer set to trim case (it does not require deburring or chamfering). So before loading the brass in the feeder I spray them with some lube. Once processed they go in the tumbler to get cleaned up. Then the second toolhead is setup to check neck size (no lube needed), prime the brass, powder load, set bullet and crimp. Now this is for gas guns, on bolt action loads if it was fired in the same rifle you are going to load for then other than verifying the length you could size just the neck or full length but not back to full spec, and load.