How to Reload .223 From Start to Finish
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2023
- This video shows the entire process for reloading .223 brass from start to finish. It shows the process of annealing, dry tumbling, lubricating, resizing, trimming, case prep, load development, powder dispensing, bullet seating, crimping and packaging.
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As an editor I often have to collect sources to explain a lot of stuff for writers. It's been twice I found out a video with this title only to see it go private a few years after. Gosh I hope yours stays online; it's the best I've found out yet!
Thanks xunk. That's very kind of you to say. Much appreciated and thanks for watching! I hope you will subscribe if you haven't already, 😀
I’ve been reloading for a good while, but I do have to take a second and say this was a very good, comprehensive primer for the new guys.
Thank you very much. I appreciate your watching.
This was a great video straight and simple. The only thing I would mention is after dropping the powder to check the with a flash light to make sure you have powder in all the brass. Besides that I picked up some good info... Keep up the great work.
You're right about that. I do a visual check on the cases but didn't mention it here. Thanks for watching!
This is really good I love it. I never reload I just watched all kinds of reloading video. I’ve learned here a lot from this video specially using that scale. Thank you
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Good video thank you.😊
Thank you for watching
I'm just getting into reloading and this video was extremely helpful. Thank you very much for making this great video!
I'm glad you found it helpful. Thank you for watching.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Great work.
Thanks!
Thank you too!
Great video thank you ! Seeing your video really helps me in my future journey in reloading 👍🏻
Glad to hear it! thanks for watching
Good video !!
Thanks Michael. I appreciate you watching. Your name has my Hometown in it. 😁
I appreciate that. Thanks for watching.
Cool video always find everyone else's process interesting
Thanks. I appreciate your watching.
Great video, easy to follow and ive learnt a lot. I will hopefully be reloading for .223 soon.
That's great to hear. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for watching.
That's great to hear. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for watching.
Thankyou sir 👍
Thanks for watching
Thanks for your knowledge, from Australia, appreciated. Yes we do shoot. Tikka, Lithgow & CZ owner.
That's awesome. Thanks for watching
That's awesome. Thanks for watching
Excellent video. Thanks for making this.
Thank you Ben. And thanks for watching
I like how you use your phone while using your beam scale. I have mine on a shelf about eye level so I don't have to bend over to see it. Great video!
Thanks! For me the only disadvantage of having the beam scale at Eye level is having to reach up to handle the powder charges. I appreciate you watching
PS: I have rotator cuff problems that hinder me from reaching out or up above my head with my right arm.
Love the video
Thanks for watching. Much appreciated.
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I'd like to start reloading so I'm compiling a list of what I need. There is a lot more involved than i expected.
I noticed many seasoned reloaders don't use progressive presses, why is that?
Progressive presses are expensive and finicky. Unless you're reloading several hundred rounds a week, a single stage press will do. Less tinkering. I shoot 50-100 rounds a week, so a single stage press works fine for me.
Good video, thank you for your time and effort . :)
Thank you. I appreciate your taking time to watch.
Well, I got to give credit where credit is due . :)@@EverydayReloadingandShooting
This is a very thorough video as I’ve thought about getting into reloading but this actually looks like a lot of time invested so I’m more interested in cost savings per round vs buying ammo? It seems like there probably isn’t much savings if any but rather just a “hobby” to pass some free time away, which I don’t have a lot of. By no means am I negating reloading but questioning if it’s actually right for me to even consider. Nice job with the video!!! Very informative!!
I read early on someone asked if they would save money reloading. The answer was that the cost per round would decrease but you would end up shooting more. So not really saving any money 😁That has been the case for me. It's a fun hobby but it is very time consuming. Thanks for watching.
Great video. One thing I would mention is in reference to bumping the shoulder on your brass. Case gauges are useful if you wanna make ammo that will run in multiple different guns. If reloading for one gun, you should be taking brass that's fire formed to that chamber and be bumping 1-2 thou for bolt action and 3-4 thou for semi auto
Someone else mentioned that as well. My shoulder bump is one to one and a half thousandths. Thanks for watching.
Want to than you for a very good job explaining all the details from the smallest terms to largest.so many other video talk to us an use some of the language that us hand loaders use which a bigginer may have no idea what a word or conditions may mean. its very clear when your finshed that all the T's are crossed an we don't wonder what you ment. so alot of the videos are useless to some of us till we learn the language like case head what's that? Just a example. So I'm playing with bullet seating an if it really makes a difference when you have a barrel that likes it all. we are all not so lucky. an again with bullet tensions I find your Primer testing was not only educational but very good information so thank you so much for your much needed time.
I really appreciate the input. Thanks so much. And thanks for watching.
Hello Dennis, Great Videos. I had a question about annealing. But ended up researching it myself. To water quench or to air cool? I found the answer in my 46th Edition Lyman Manual. The word they used was Ductility. Hmmmm. Ductile. Try using that word in your everyday vocabulary, I had to look it up lol. But the answer is either or. By heating the neck and shoulder you relieve the work stress on the brass. But if you water quench the brass, it helps to keep the neck and shoulder soft. It did also mention to have the brass standing on its head halfway up the case in Water then tip it over, once the neck and shoulder reaches cherry. For the head to retain its hardness. Too many steps for my needs, lol. Dennis, I think your method works just fine. I just subbed. Thanks for the Great Videos. As far as vocabulary, the more Natty Lights I drink, increases the Ductility of my speech. Haha! Cheers Brother.
Hi OK Larry. You’re a funny guy. And pretty smart too, apparently. Thank you for the compliments. I really appreciate it a lot. I started this channel back in March, I think, because I enjoy reloading as a hobby. When I started reloading, that’s when I really begin shooting. I started participating on different forums on social media. I learned a lot from a lot of folks that have been doing this a lot longer than me. RUclips is a wonderful resource for reloading. I have heard some say anneal until the case neck just starts to turn red. Others have said if the case neck turns red, you’ve gone too long.. I actually saw one guy annealing by holding the case in his fingers, and saying, if it gets too hot to hold, you’ve gotten it too hot. I can barely pick up the metal pan They’re in after I anneal. Annealing in standing waters and tipping the case over. just as case mouth turns red actually makes sense, but that’s so tedious. Who wants to go through that? I think it’s like flossing. Should you use waxed or unwaxed? The number one rule of dentist regarding flossing, is “do it.” I think it’s that way with annealing also. I really appreciate your watching. And, thank you for subscribing.
@@EverydayReloadingandShooting Well Thank You Dennis. I've enjoyed your videos. It's a hobby for me as well. I inherited some of my reloading equipment from my Grandfather, then expanded from there. My Rock Chucker is older than I am, and now I am a Grandfather too. LOL. As far as my humor goes... If your not happy, you can't laugh. And if you can't laugh, you can't smile. And smiling may require floss. I wonder who brought that up? Just Kidding, Cheers Buddy. I look forward to more videos. I need to work up a load using IMR 3031.
If you're on Facebook, check out a group called "all things reloading." There's a lot of good information on that site as well as many others. You can post photos of your groups and targets or ask questions. Lots of great input there. Thanks again for watching, and don't forget to smile.😁
When reloading .223/5.56 you don't flare out the cases mouth to partially insert the bullet (like you would if reloading 9mm)? You hold the bullet on the case as long as you can until the bullet goes into the seating die, then the die aligns or guides the bullet into the case? Is this correct?
That is correct. And Hornady makes a seating die that will guide the bullet straight into the case mouth. And we do chamfer the inside of the case mouth which also helps with seating the bullet.
@@EverydayReloadingandShooting Thanks, the chamfering the inside of the case makes sense too.
@@bobbyb7127 thanks for watching
Not sure what state you're in ? But in Maryland a loaded magazine is considered the same as a loaded gun . JFYI
I live in Georgia. I'm guessing the lawmakers in Maryland don't know the difference between a magazine and a rifle? Thanks for sharing. And thanks for watching too!
@@EverydayReloadingandShooting Living in The Republic of Maryland Sucks .
We've got plenty of room in Georgia. Come on down! 😁
Vote out your fascist state reps. Or, move out to US free land
I just reloaded 223 brass and here are my results;
40 cases of Lepua brass reloaded 40 times , full sizing every 10 reloads otherwise just neck sizing with Lee neck die and not one case thrown out
40 cases of PMC brass reloaded 40 times , full sizing every 10 reloads otherwise just neck sizing and by the 40th reload 35 cases thrown out
40 cases of Remington brass reloaded 40 times , full sizing every 10 reloads otherwise just neck sizing and by 40 reloads 20 cases thrown out
If you buy decent cases why bother spending money on annealing just reload and throw out.
At the rate I am going I may get 80 reloads out of my Lapua brass and I have 500 new cases so that's 40k reloads which at my rate of shooting should last 8 years + -
My Lee neck sizing die works very well and holds 2k of tension everytime.
Tell me again why we anneal ?
That is an amazing result! I am curious, what rifle are you shooting these out of? I'm guessing it's probably a bolt action? From everything I have learned about reloading, annealing extends the life of your brass. That's why we do it. I find it interesting that you only full length size after every 10 reloads. There's a video on Eric Cortinas channel where he interviews F class shooters and asks each one if they full length size or neck size only. Everyone of them says they full length size their cases. I guess I'm just following what the experts do. Thanks for watching.
I am curious to see what the containers look like that you sort your brass in. That must be a $#!+ load of containers! 😁 that would be at least 120 containers.
@@EverydayReloadingandShooting 10 Tupperware containers.
@@EverydayReloadingandShooting I saw that video. Those shooters are only shooting that way at Matches not every day.
Another video by EC about his tuner/brakes where I stated Harrels has a superior product and he asked why so when I responded in point form he deleted my responses 3 times. Very child like but bottom line Harrels does have a better tuner/brake.
Oh and my rifle is custom with a 28" Bartlein barrel and Pristine action in a MDT ESS Chassis
@@DLN-ix6vf if you only have 10 containers, how do you know how many times a piece of brass has been fired? Do you not separate those by number of times fired?
Just for those non-Americans you can just discard the brass; it’s not necessary to ‘go ahead’ first.
Thanks for watching Mark. Not sure what you're talking about exactly. I'd love to hear more. thanks again.