Post by erjdriver on Jul 12, 2015 9:33:45 GMT -5
Good morning all!
I come to this board because I KNOW all of you possess a wealth of experience and information when it comes to reloading...I'm a mere novice and neophyte. I'm sure I've mentioned that venturing into rifle reloading, specifically .223 Remington, is a new endeavor for me. I loaded 25 test rounds about 6 weeks ago and I was very pleased at the outcome...just a couple of crumpled/bulged cases after crimping, they all went "bang" out of the chamber, and ejected nicely. I learned A LOT in those few 25 test rounds and feel confident of my process using both my RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme and Pro2000 Auto-Indexing Progressive.
Process:
After I deprime a bunch of brass on the Rock Chucker, I wet tumble the brass in stainless media. Next, I'll sit down in front of the TV and lube however many cases I want to reload in a session, usually 100-200, with Imperial Sizing Wax. Then it's back to the Rock Chucker to resize the lubed cases and then trim/prep on the Hornady L-N-L Case Prep Center. After that is finished, I tumble the brass in nice, clean 20/40 grit corn cob polishing media in my dry tumbler to remove any wax residue and smooth out any burring or rough edges on the case mouth from trimming...it does get an inside and outside chamfer on the case prep center. Once it's nice and polished from the corn cob, I prime the brass in a separate step on the Pro2000...just a personal preference.
Once that is all complete, the lot of brass is ready for the final stages on the Pro2000. So far, the setup is:
All of that background information to get to my ultimate question...
Since I have available stations on the Pro2000, I've convinced myself it would be best to separate the seating and crimping function into two separate steps. I'm not reloading for match shooting and don't necessarily need to put all my rounds in the same hole, but I think it WOULD enhance the quality of my reloaded cartridges if I seat and crimp in two stages. So here's what I'm looking at...
So with all the foregoing, is there a different seating and/or crimping die y'all would recommend under these circumstances? Any and all suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!
I know it might be a bit overkill for my non-competition reloading purposes and I don't mind spending the money, but like I said, I want the best reloads I can make.
Thanks y'all!!!
God BLESS America!!
I come to this board because I KNOW all of you possess a wealth of experience and information when it comes to reloading...I'm a mere novice and neophyte. I'm sure I've mentioned that venturing into rifle reloading, specifically .223 Remington, is a new endeavor for me. I loaded 25 test rounds about 6 weeks ago and I was very pleased at the outcome...just a couple of crumpled/bulged cases after crimping, they all went "bang" out of the chamber, and ejected nicely. I learned A LOT in those few 25 test rounds and feel confident of my process using both my RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme and Pro2000 Auto-Indexing Progressive.
Process:
After I deprime a bunch of brass on the Rock Chucker, I wet tumble the brass in stainless media. Next, I'll sit down in front of the TV and lube however many cases I want to reload in a session, usually 100-200, with Imperial Sizing Wax. Then it's back to the Rock Chucker to resize the lubed cases and then trim/prep on the Hornady L-N-L Case Prep Center. After that is finished, I tumble the brass in nice, clean 20/40 grit corn cob polishing media in my dry tumbler to remove any wax residue and smooth out any burring or rough edges on the case mouth from trimming...it does get an inside and outside chamfer on the case prep center. Once it's nice and polished from the corn cob, I prime the brass in a separate step on the Pro2000...just a personal preference.
Once that is all complete, the lot of brass is ready for the final stages on the Pro2000. So far, the setup is:
- Station 1 - blank
- Station 2 - blank
- Station 3 - Powder drop
- Station 4 - RCBS Powder Checker Die
- Station 5 - RCBS Taper Crimp Seating Die
All of that background information to get to my ultimate question...
Since I have available stations on the Pro2000, I've convinced myself it would be best to separate the seating and crimping function into two separate steps. I'm not reloading for match shooting and don't necessarily need to put all my rounds in the same hole, but I think it WOULD enhance the quality of my reloaded cartridges if I seat and crimp in two stages. So here's what I'm looking at...
So with all the foregoing, is there a different seating and/or crimping die y'all would recommend under these circumstances? Any and all suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!
I know it might be a bit overkill for my non-competition reloading purposes and I don't mind spending the money, but like I said, I want the best reloads I can make.
Thanks y'all!!!
God BLESS America!!
My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
