What did you do in the reloading room today?

[muddywings]

Wait, who doesn't just load to 2.26/mag length OAL on a 5.56 round?

I'm being serious - I always load to 2.26 when doing 5.56/223 - regardless of the semi-auto its going into. Bench rest is a different story.

I've only recently started loading 223, but I seated the bullets to the middle of the cannelure. Came out to right around 2.220

Agree with DenverGP-I have just a smidge of cannelure showing (not that the cannelure ring is very large)

Sorting 5700 pieces of 556 range brass. 1700 tumbled today.

I load 556 55gr FMJ to 2.220 overall length. Just depends on projectile.

What kind of throw variation are you getting with Varget metering in the Dillon? I haven't had good luck with volume measures and Varget in the past. Load H335 for bulk 55gr loads.

I've only done a dozen or so test drops to adjust it. It's coming out from 24.9-25.1ish with Varget

Load data from Alliant, Western, Hornady, #49, Speer??? I don't go over 24.5 - 25 with TAC, Xterminator or TAC. It's close enough for prairie dogs

The rounds I plan on loading with this setup will be blaster/hoser rounds. If I want a set up precision rounds, I'll go up with a better bullet and fine tune them more but I agree, all I need is "close enough" with these.

ETA: I don't know crap about reloading so I could be speaking out of my butt