First time loading .223

[jjfitch]

also want to start reloading the 223 rem. it just seems scarce is the word. thank all for their info. great thread.

Always ready to help a brother out! Especially from SE Pittsburg!

PM if you need brass!

Smiles,

 

[jjfitch]

I have found that reloading .223/5.56 brass can sometimes be tricky. I have been finding brass that was bulged at the very base of the cartridge, making impossible to properly load into the chamber gauge. The solution I found was/is the Redding Competition Shellholder Set. It saves your brass after firing a hot load, AND it allows you to reload someone else's fired brass by resizing the chamber head space completely to the base of the brass.

The Redding Compeition Shellholder Kit #10 consists of five shellholders in varying heights with increments of .002". Allows you to increase or decrease the case to chamber headspace without adjusting the dies. Storage box included.

Alternative to the small base die! The problem with carbide dies is the inability (by design) to fully size cases on some die/press combinations. Carbide dies have a ring that shouldn't contact the shell holder. IE. Progressive press vs. single stage even by the same manufacturer.

Smiles,

 

[Monticello Marshal]

Powder accuracy in order with 55 gr. CFE223, W748, Varget, H335, BLC2 bullet weight may change the order

 

[NJM15]

Be sure to use lubricant

I've been reloading handgun ammo for years on my RCBS Pro 2000, including 9mm, 45ACP, 40 S&W and 44 mag. I want to start loading .223, my first rifle cartridge, for my MP-15. I have a ample amount of brass, 55gr. Hornady bullets and 3 lbs of CFE. I would imagine I can load rifle on my progressive press but I'm not sure of what different conditions need to be considered. I'm assuming I will need to case lube the brass, but what else do I need to consider. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide for a new rifle cartridge reloader.

I reload my .223 .556 and .308 ammo and lube with an aerosol lubricant if you dont you will have problems with the cases sticking in the die.