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Need some suggestions on this process. When loading 1000 or more rounds of ammo, what is the best way to lube cases for resizing. Which powders offer clean burning, but don't bridge in the measure easily? ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | ||
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For clean burning,and excellent flowing through a measure BenchMark is hard to beat. I load on a single stage, no fancy progressives, turrets, ect, for me! Anyway I can`t help with lube except to say I`ve never found fault with Imperial for my purposes. It would be slow though for your requirement. ------------------------------------ The trouble with the Internet is that it's replacing masturbation as a leisure activity. ~Patrick Murray "Why shouldn`t truth be stranger then fiction? Fiction after all has to make sense." (Samual Clemens) "Saepe errans, numquam dubitans --Frequently in error, never in doubt". | |||
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Best way to lube cases in volume is with a spray lube. Period. My method is to use a plastic tub, like an old 1 gallon plastic ice cream container. toss the brass in there, give it a spray, shake a bit, spray again, then hold the tub at a 45 degree angle and shake some more. The cases will all line up base down and mouth upward, then hit the case mouths with another shot of lube. You don't have to get every one of them, just 95-98% of them so if you miss a couple on the edges it's OK. I used to load a lot of 223 but don't so much any more so off the top of my head I don't remember what powders I liked to use, but as a rule of thumb find a ball powder and chances are you'll be happy with metering. I'm sure others will chime in here too. for every hour in front of the computer you should have 3 hours outside | |||
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WW748 meters extremely well. Peter. Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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The Dillon 650 with case feeder is my way!!!! I use a Dillon carbide die and dump about 100 cases in a cardboard box and spray them for about two seconds while tumbling them by hand. You really don't need a lot of lube with a carbide die. I use a ball powder BL(C)-2 and have no trouble cranking out 1,000 rounds in an evening. Warning:.....buy the low powder warning buzzer as it is neasy to load a few with no powder in them! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Ditto ; VapoDog !.  X Shoot Straight Know Your Target . ...  | |||
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Ditto on the Dillon 650. I like the Dillon case lube as well, it works great........................DJ ....Remember that this is all supposed to be for fun!.................. | |||
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Are the Carbide dies worth the extra money? I only plan on loading about 1500 rounds a year. ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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Not for 1500rds a year. Std dies should last you 20-30+ years at that rate..........................DJ ....Remember that this is all supposed to be for fun!.................. | |||
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I use a Dillon 1050 with a carbide die set, a separate taper crimp die, and spray lube. I use DP2200, 748, and BL(C)-2 as they meter very, very well. The 1050 reforms the primer pocket on the fly. It can and has done a thousand rounds an hour. I clean brass before loading it, and wipe down the cases to get the lube off of them after loading. Wiping the cases takes longer than loading them! I think the Dillon 650 would be another very nice choice for this application as well. If you are only doing 1000 to 1500 rnds a year the carbide dies are probably not an issue. The only .223 I load on a non-progressing press is match quality stuff that I'll use for varmints. Mike -------------- DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ... Knifemaker, http://www.mstarling.com | |||
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I easily load 1500 rounds of .223 ammo a year on a single stage press. And I use a stamp pad oiler for my lube. I don't do 1500 in an evening however. It depends of where you're wanting to go with your reloading: Volume or accuracy. Of the various powders I tried, H335 has given me the best accuracy. I haven't tried any of the stick powders in the .223. | |||
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I can normally stay amused with a radio for 1,000 rounds of .223 with a single stage. But for 7,000 rounds of .223 primer pocket de crimping, I set up in the living room in front of the TV. | |||
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  This is 2,350 rounds I loaded up a few months ago. The cases are of mixed headstamp. I first resized and deprimed all of them. I use Dillon spray lube. After that, I ran all of them through my Giruad Automatic Case trimmer. I then tumbled them in ground corn cob with Dillon Rapid Polish for several hours, then ran them through my Dillon RL-450. Bullets were Winchester 55 Grain FMJBT. I loaded them with 25.0 Grains of AA-2230C. All were crimped with a Lee Factory Crimp Die. Bill T. | |||
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I also swear by Dillon's. Mine is an old 500, but it makes good ammo. I ditto the spray lube and found AA 2520 to be very useful. Kudude | |||
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