I deprimed/sized, trimmed, and removed the military type crimp from about 60 pieces of .223 brass this evening. I did every thing but wet tumble them, which I will do tomorrow. I cleaned about 150 pieces of .45 ACP brass, too.
600 pieces of 90% LC and 10% misc 223 brass all ready for the next big load after test fire but first!.....its off to San Diego for a college recruitment sports tournament -5 days 68 degrees- with 17 year old (*he's already recruited to Colorado Mesa U with an athletic scholarship but he's been with the same lacrosse team since 6th grade(
Full range report on these 20 sometime in Jan.
Might I add, I'm only 1/3 through resizing and removing mil crimps on all the mil brass! Good gravy! This is real work!
I deprimed/sized, trimmed, and removed the military type crimp from about 60 pieces of .223 brass this evening. I did every thing but wet tumble them, which I will do tomorrow. I cleaned about 150 pieces of .45 ACP brass, too.
I just do mine different. I got into wet tumbling last year. The way I do .223 is:
Shoot it
resize/deprime it
chamfer/deburr it
Wet tumble it
use Dillon to load it as usual but skip the resize deprime because it is already done
On the .45 ACP, I use a universal depriming die and then clean them (wet tumble) and then just run them through the Dillon as usual but just don't deprime.
Others will have to tell you Mak, I still use corn cob media and am ignorant of the wet tumbling other than I know it exists and more than a few guys like it.
I'm not against trying the new stuff but what I have works and has worked for 40 or 50 years, besides, if I buy new "stuff" it takes away from my firearm purchasing funds. I'd rather have a "new to me" old rifle as a new tumbler...
Here is the part of the .45 I did this afternoon/evening. The firs one is right after I dumped them into a wire strainer and the other is a few that I had dropped into the baking soda rinse. I put them into the strainer and run water over them and then drop them into the baking soda for a few minutes to counteract the Lemishime (citric acid) in use while tumbling.
Something to think about, that I didn't realize until after I built my first AR. The next time you buy primers, look for CCI 41. They're designed to be used with the auto feed floating firing pin. Next time you go to the range, chamber one like you mean it. Then without firing, eject it and look at the primer. You will most likely see a dimple where the firing pin contacted it. The CCI 41 has a slightly harder (or thicker) cup to prevent slam fires.
Thks, will do!
I talked to my local reload expert Thor at Pinto's when I picked up primer and powdern and he recommended CCI, he mentioned they they had the 400 and I believe 450 magnum, the latter he said I did not need for 223.
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