I have a shot gun hull jig that I use for trimming down hulls with this saw.... I picked up a 300BO jig too but I have not use it yet for that..... Handy saw to have in your arsenal....
@@joeharris135 Yup. I avoid LEE dies but sometimes theirs is the only option. The other times I have bought they have all broken and been replaced with better.
Awesome video CW and I'm going to love this series. 22 TCM is one of my favorite rounds so I'm going to be looking forward to each video and who knows you might have me trying this
If you take the decaping pin and sand half of an inch above the pin and take off a couple thousand off the diameter it should keep the neck from sticking to it where it is up in the die body where it forms the neck of the case. Just a thought
@@cw2a I'm not talking about the expander ball the stem part that holds it , it looked like it was stuck with the entire stem in the case it's either that or they are small flash holes
Nice CW. Love that lil 22tcm pocket rocket! I bought a case of primed nickel plated cases from them years ago, right at the start of Ammogeddon #2. Someday I will load em. I have plenty of powder I just need projectiles. The factory hasn't had them on the website for sale in years. They came in their Armscor ammo labeled bags and they were $6.99 a hundred IFIRC. I just keep checking hopefully they start getting them on the website someday. I figure if it got too bad and I needed them I would check into a 40gr .22cal mold. I did pick up 1 box of Hornady .22cal 40gr just to experiment.
Very cool cw not alot of ammo out their for that fast little fireball cannon. Never got into making my onw case yet. I have had big issue with lee yet only have use carbite pistol dies so for rest of my dies are rcbs. I do got a set of lee 35rem dies theo.
That was an interesting video. I was thinking about why you might be having such an issue with the decapping rod pulling out. While you are putting some lube inside the case I doubt it is getting near the portion of the case that contacts the expanding button on the rod when the cases are pulled out. I expect becasuse of this the cases are basically getting dragged dry over the expander button, greatly increasing the pulling force on the rod. You might want to try putting some case lube on a "Q-tip" and getting it on the case a bit further down. Another couple of tricks regarding decapping rods of the Lee type - degrease the rod and contacting surface of the nut with break clean to increase friction, even trace amounts of oil will increase slipping. Finally you might want to try rolling the decapping rod between two files to roughen the surface up, that can help them hold better. Anyway just some thoughts. Cheers!
Yes sir! I previously cleaned and lubed dies off camera. Should have specified better. But spot on I agree as after a few thru it worked better. Also, cleaning brass first would have helped.
@@cw2a thanks, you made it look easy. I’ve been reloading for 35ish years, just never had a need to do much case forming. That might be changing though.
That why I do not use Lee anymore...... After dealing with the universal decapper and the rod coming out on every case..... It sits in the box and never going to see daylight again...LOL!!!
Frustrating for sure. If ya saw my 350 Legend video back a ways ya saw my fix. Brill the nut and pin it with a roll pin in position. Works perfectly. There top Nuts are SOFT drill easily. ZERO MOVEMENT after that trick!!
Yeah I’m not a fan of lee myself I always try to find different companies. Normally it ends up being Redding but sometimes even they don’t have the dies your looking for. At that point I start debating whether or not the cartridge is worth owning or not.
Hello Steve!! Im starting with 223/556 cases. No the water is just to stop the heat from getting i to the head of the case. The water serves no other purpose. The heat of the touch softens the brass
HAY CW ! You hppwn tk ahbe dont more with this lil guy ? KAK just stated making 8" ar barrels for this and im really debating on building one as a replacement for my . 22hornet especially if they make a 16" barrel. Really really hope they donwhat they did wirh the .17-5.56 too. Would love a .17 tcm , be a bad ass moden replacement for the .17 hornet
That was one thing I didn't have to worry about when I made the 300 Blk conversions... I was never short on the brass because the 300Blk has so little shoulder. What powder/powders are you looking at using?
Not much data out there!!!! Looks like H110, Enforcer, lil Gun, 11fs and 296. Also no cast bullet data. I wont use Lil Gun. So one of the others I have all of them.
@@cw2a Hodgdon has some loads on their site under pistol for the 22TCM.... Accurate 4100, 11fs and TCM as well as Ramshot Enforcer. TCM was the powder that Accrate came up with specifically for the 22TCM.
Is annealing a must before necking down? If de-capping pin removed would it allow forming without the fire (annealing)? Or is that a “try it & find out question”?
Good morning! I anneal AFTER when necking up & BEFORE when necking down. As long as Im starting with new or once fired brass. Too soft can cause addition issues necking up. More important than decap pin removal of entire decap stem with pin is excellent point. If it has a expander ball it can cause issues too.
Nice jig with that adjustment screw and Nut. Have You tried UJ's drop of crazy Glue on the Lee decapping pin trick yet? I bought a case of primed 22TCM brass from Armscor when the Ammogeddon started so I wont be using my 22TCM jig I bought anytime soon. I have a 300BO one as well I still haven't used. Its great that you put this out for everyone CW ! Nice video.
@@jamespugh well I got the motor mounts welded in and motor in. I’m not sure if it’s in the right spot. Great weather we’ve been having I like it when it’s not too hot not too cold.
@@jeffgrossman6835 years ago I had trouble making 7.65 Argentine from 3006. I kept getting funky dents that I shouldn't have been getting no matter what I did I couldn't stop it. Until they removed the decapping stem. Then they formed perfectly. So I should've remembered, but I didn't really see a problem with denting. So I guess I just didn't think of it but thanks for reminding me your spot on correct often times just removing that decapping stem makes all the difference in the world foreman cases. 🤟🏽👍🏼🤟🏽🍻🍻
