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    223: How fast are you pushing 69s?

    Just got back from my first range trip with the new weatherby .223. Bought 300 pieces of primed Norma brass, so figured I’d play around with some loads to get rid of those primers and form the brass. Both published loads I referenced had 26.0 as the max for varget (compressed). I loaded up to...
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    6.5 CM whitetail bullet

    I know this is an old thread and OP has probably decided and moved on, but I’m really surprised to see no love for the nosler partition. They’re expensive, but they work. And they’ve been working for a loooong time
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    6.5 PRC Reloading Help

    Curious how it’s going for OP? Haven’t heard from him in 3 months despite the thread revival. Have you started loading for your PRC yet?
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    Headspace Help Please!

    Success! Backed out a full turn and good to go. Thank y’all so much! Never have used a die with a crimp, and honestly didn’t realize this had one (until y’all asked so i looked the product up). Thanks again!
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    Headspace Help Please!

    Can I remove the crimp from that die? I don’t want to crimp. This is for a bolt gun
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    Headspace Help Please!

    Full length size factory new brass?
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    Headspace Help Please!

    The main issue I’m trying to chase only happened in the charged rounds. The dummy round I made with no powder did not grow the base to shoulder dimension and chambers perfectly. When I add powder, base to shoulder grows and no longer chambers
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    Headspace Help Please!

    Factory new: 0.2435” OD Neck sized: 0.2430” OD Bullet seated: 0.2470” OD Expander ball in the die. Whatever the die came with is what I’m using - no extra steps. Neck size with RCBS 11130 and seat.
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    Headspace Help Please!

    All I have is some imperial sizing wax. Put some on a Q tip and did one quick swirl inside the neck after charging and seated. Same issue. Sized necks are reading 0.2225”, bullets are 0.2235” - one thousandth interference
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    Headspace Help Please!

    Small little ring right at the shoulder. Not sure how to interpret that
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    Headspace Help Please!

    RCBS type A FL set with seater. 11101 part number. Per the RCBS website, it does have a roll crimp
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    Headspace Help Please!

    New brass is 0.354”. 2 of the problem loaded rounds are 0.355”, but 1 is still 0.354”. The primary dimension that’s grown is base to shoulder Edit: bullet doesn’t feel exceptionally hard to seat
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    Headspace Help Please!

    Weatherby Vanguard .223 Unfired factory new Norma brass (primed from factory) Varget 69 BTHP SMK Headspace (base to shoulder using hornady comparator A) on the new brass is pretty uniform 1.460”. After seating a bullet, it grows to 1.468” and no longer chambers. To prep brass I neck sized...
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    What did you do in the reloading room today?

    I size before wet tumbling. Takes it off real easily. Haven’t used one shot tho… maybe I’ll try it when I burn through my can of imperial in 2 years lol
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    What did you do in the reloading room today?

    That’s what I was using. It was once fired stuff bought off someone else. Their chamber appears to be a good bit oversized, and with the small base die for my AR they were stiff to resize. Not sure what to do differently to prevent it honestly
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    What did you do in the reloading room today?

    Got my first stuck case! Trying to process ~450 pieces of .223/5.56 and got number 25 stuck. First stuck case, didn’t have a removal kit. Should be able to get back to it in a week or so when it delivers!
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    WTS The pay it forward / free gear thread

    I’ll take it if this falls through
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    Switching to Magnum Primers

    I hate not being able to load ahead of time, but oh well! Guess Sunday’s trip will just take a little time. Thanks!
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    Switching to Magnum Primers

    I still have about 700 WLR…. Just like to tinker 🤓
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    Switching to Magnum Primers

    X bolt hells canyon 24” 6.5 PRC Lapua Brass 140gr Nosler Custom Competition .035” off lands H1000 I’ve been using WLR standard large rifle primers and 59.0gr of H1000. I recently found some CCI 250s locally, so i figured I’d give them a shot. How much should I back off to start working back up...

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