G'day Josh. I had the same set up for years myself. Loaded heaps of 22-250 rounds and now the grandson's have got all my gear and they're loading up to 308 with it but different dies of course. It never let me down once. I couldn't agree more with you . Be bloody careful and you'll make better bullets. On ya mate.
I find it can be very therapeutic to just do one step and have a break, and then do the next step. Lee has a very good handbook with good instructions and explanations as well as the charge tables.
Haha i don't have a shed to do it in so i set up on the kitchen table so I need to get it done asap so my gear doesn't overstay it's welcome I'm my wife's kitchen 😉🤣
Thanks for sharing ... reloading is something I really want to get into and this video is very helpful as 223 is what I will be reloading once I do.. much appreciated ...
My brother-in-law's from Australia. You still live there. He lives in ewantin, QLD He used to come out here every winter which would be your guy's summer. I've always wanted to visit Australia but it looks like now with the Chinese disease I won't be coming because I refuse to get the shot Unlike your guys's country we're not mandated to get the shot. But I do have a hell of a gun collection that's one thing our country does less have is our guns we love our guns
Good on ya mate. I think you can travel again now. I wont get the shot either. And I think there are a lot of people regretting getting it. Wish we could get guns a bit easier though. 👍
Good vid, with sensible reloading information. I would say to young people thinking of reloading, is to try and pickup used equipment. It’s usually available at swap meets etc. You can keep cost down, and avoid spending a lot to get started. The equipment you used is everything needed. I would add a set of vernier calibers to measure case lengths.
Good Vid Mate. Walked easily through the entire process. There’s nothing wrong with LEE gear; I use it all the time without issue. Very important to keep interruptions and distractions away, and you have to keep mobile phones away from those digital scales; they play havoc with them. Most of the 55 grain projectiles (and there are heaps of them) will shoot fine in the 223’s, and the loads don’t vary that much at all. Now you can make some noise…
Cool video I remember sitting and loading for hours I ended up getting a rcbs charge master made life so much easier and exact same powder every time. Used to use 52 grain Speer hollow points in 222 and 223 they were awesome
Yes I've almost bought one of them a few times but didn't. Would like to try the speer HP projectiles. But I like to buy as cheap as possible. The box of 6000 Hornady 55gr soft point are the cheapest and still as accurate as the Hollow Points
I've got the same setup mate but I prime on the downward go around when resizing. That cut down the time significantly. That and the quick detach thread. Cheers from the USA.
Thank you always good to have a refresher. I always see or learn something new or different in the many presentations available on the net. You are soft spoken so I have to turn up the volume a bit. Happens when you get old and deaf. Do you ever cast bullets?
This would be a good thing to do when your inside when it’s raining or just have nothing to do recycling old bullet shells back into bullets plus your saving money
Gidday mate, I watch all your shows & love them. I recently saved up & bought the Howa 223 mini action fat barrel stainless. When watching this reloading clip I thought I heard you say that you can put a 222 round through it? Did I hear right? What about projectile wobble, any? I'm an old guy & have introduced my 3 sons to shooting as well. My main weapon before this is a 22 magnum Mossberg long barrel. Anyway, the other mention I wanted to say was when having trouble with traps I always put a generous pinch of flour on the plate and a eyedrop of aniseed essence. Because that smell can't be found anywhere it brings them in from afar. If you try that then it will pay to have some perimeter traps with no scent . I first started trapping in the 60's, and swap between aniseed and vanilla, but just a small drop. It also makes the flour go sticky, cheer from Paul.
Hey mate. Firstly I have to clarify that no I did not say you can fire a 222 round through a 223. And strongly recommend Not trying it 😂. But thanks for the support mate. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Congratulations on your purchase of the Howa! Should be a good little rifle. 👌 Thanks for the tip on trapping. Although I wouldn’t put any on the pan but rather in front of the trap or off to the side a bit so they would have to walk over the trap to get to it. But I’ll definitely give some a try sometime. Haven’t done any trapping for a while.
Hi, that was brilliant to watch, thank you. I've worked in Engineering Design all my life have designed small Jigs & Fixtures and Press-tools similar to those that you were using. Also Quality Control on the Workshop Floor (yawn) The overall weight of re-loaded Shells must be minutely close to one another and you mentioned about concentrating on what you are doing, due to the repetition involved. As you are going thru a batch, do you make random checks every so often, to make sure that re-loads are consistent in weight?
Nothing like knocking out 1000 rounds on a single stage press. I'd load 1000 9mm one Saturday, then shoot them all off the next Saturday. Don't think I ever loaded more than 500 .223 over a weekend. Full length sizing gets tiresome after a while. 😊
It’s not too bad if they are lubed up properly. I used to only neck size them but now that I’m running the same ammo in two different rifles I need to full length size in case of slight chamber differences. I found that some that had been fired in one and then neck sized and put in the other, they wouldn’t fit and I couldn’t get the bolt closed.
My advise is read all you can dont do it with all your mates around get the tools you need for the job you can shake the loaded round and hear the powder in it the biggy is if you think you havnt got it right put it aside and pull it apart later .
i use same brass, osa, accedently used hornady brass and it changed accuracy quite a bit. 55g sierra game kings, same as supa roo's i'm told, and 25.5gn of 2206H, cci primers. absolute beautiful accuracy of 1/4" groups. need to reload myself, only 30 rounds left. i only neck size with my good old australian press, forget the name. with your changing of components, do you load test every time? i haven't the time, so stick with exact stuff.
Nice. I do test if i change anything but I'm the same. I try and keep them all the same if possible. But in this video i was just using up some old projectiles my boss had in the cupboard. They don't group the best but still work ok. Haha once I get down to about 200 rounds left i usually start thinking of reloading again.
For the 223 the maximum overall length is 57.4mm. the ones I just did are seated to 56.01mm but as long as they are the maximum length or less and not compressing the powder you should be fine. But if you have a look the picture of the finished bullet I had in the video, there is a groove that i just seat them to that groove if that makes sense. But you can put it in to the maximum length and then try it in your rifle chamber. If you take it out after fully closing the bolt check to see if there are any marks from the rifling. If so then seat it a bit deeper. But setting it to your maximum length should be fine. 👍
Back around 1915 my father used to reload for his Winchester 32 40. He would stand the empty shells in a tray of water and heat with a blow torch then knock the tray and the shells were annealed.
Awesome video bro you should look into a Dylan 750 I have one and I can load 1000 rounds in an hour but they do cost a bit just under 3000 for everything you need for it but really worth
Yes i looked into them a while ago and would still like to get one but can't afford it atm. There are a lot of things I'd like to get to make life easier and more time effective but need to prioritize. Though RU-vid is picking up a bit now so might be able to afford one in the not too distant future. 🤞
Why not just prime on the press? You've already handled each piece of brass, putting it into & out of the shell holder. All you needed to do is put a primer in the cup as you size & on the down stroke you're done. Also, with that press if you put slight pressure on the primer & turn the case until it finds the right spot, the primers tend to seat easier in crimped cases. Just Saying...😮
Because it is very fiddly and slow picking up a primer one at a time and putting it in the little holder then seating it. It is far quicker to hand prime them in the auto prime. But now I use a Dillon 650 and do the whole lot in every stroke. Makes it a lot faster 👌
Rubber band on Lee primer I use 2 rubber bands...one on each side. ❤️Collet Die. Used to use 2206h, now, 2208, for 17rem to 270. Maybe some 2219 in future for 32gn 204. Ricky says, shoot the cats, shoot the cats... Setting powder thrower can get finnicky. Frankford Arsenal intellidropper is where I ended up.. Have an unpowered primed case with bullet in it is a nightmare....I guess..😉 Big reloading marathon...14 hours... That's going to be alot of foxes and cats etc. How long might that last you? Would be interesting to see some groups. Thanks.
I ended up putting two rubber bands on like you said. Just holds it a bit better 👍 i used to use Bench Mark 2 in my old 204. Worked really well and was a tack driver. I'll post a picture of a 100yard group with them on the public chat. 👍
I had a wild female King parrot that used to feed & it would fly into my shed & sit on my bench while I was working. One day it was fossicking around and just as i said "NO DON"T DRINK THAT! it dipped its beak into a bowl of blue kero I had on the bench & took a drink. It spat it out & shook its head & flew off. Didn't see it it for a few days & I thought it was dead but it came back, Last saw it in 2019 during the bushfires but haven't seen it since. My pet cocky I had when I was a kid got into my wallet I left lying around & shredded all my money into bite sized bits.
@@intothenight1993 They are pretty smart too. The cocky I had used to live in a big cage with a rabbit & would wait over the rabbit's burrow entrance & drop rocks on its head or pooh on it. It could also hang upside down on the wire door & work the bolt open & push the door open then bail mum & my girlfriend up in the house. I'd get an urgent call for assistance & have to come home from work to put it back in.
Maybe consider making it so that people can make one off donations via Patreon if possible? I would consider that over signing up for a recurring donation.
I just wonder: Why can't you just shot some lube down in the bucket and swirl around? And: If you anneal, how do you do it? Flame or heatplate/oven? Is there a reason why annealing the whole cartridge would be a bad idea?
@@johanneslaxell6641 because you need to get some lube down the neck of the case which you may not get just swirling them around in a bucket. Also I don’t know much about annealing so I can’t really give you a reason sorry.
@@intothenight1993 Was wondering about the annealing as we do complex parts in steel (and some brass) at work, but there we harden and anneal the whole part in the ovens. "Anywho", thank you for the answer 👍🏼🤗!
Msg u..But anyway I use 2206h with 25.5g on super roo projectiles coal 2.190..nxt need to work out load etc for vmax 55gr 😎talk later tomorrow hopefully
I'd say about the $500 mark if you wanted to get the electronic scales as well. My kit is the Lee 50th anniversary kit and it pays to get the quick change bushes as well. And the electronic scales are from Hornady.
@@intothenight1993 OK cool thank you for the info. I will be looking into this especially since I currently reside in California and don't agree with our current ammo purchasing laws.
Yes most definitely to go and buy new ammo that is good quality, your looking at least $1+per shot but to reload if you can buy powder and projectiles in bulk I can reload them for about $0.41 per shot. If you are to buy brass as well it will cost a bit more for the first time but then if you keep your brass as you shoot then it's a lot cheaper from then on.
Not just cost effective but you can build some incredibly accurate ammo to suit your rifle if that’s your thing. If you’re saving 50/60c a shot and shoot a fair bit, it wouldn’t take long to see a return on the reloading gear investment
@@goreinator007I have never actually used a semi auto 223 or reloaded for one but I think I may have heard that somewhere before about they should be crimped but I’m not sure sorry. But for bolt actions etc just a full resize die does the job fine as the projectile is quite tight in the neck of the shell and if you do have to pull one, they certainly take a bit to get them out.
