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8/17/2012 4:14:48 PM EDT
Well, last Sunday i took a couple AR's to Banner that haven't seen action for a while.(as well as the usual suspects)
While the 2 i've been shooting for accuracy at 100yds with irons shot fine, the 2 "guests" were nothing but FTF's and FTE and have to knock cases out.
Wel... maybe they're dirty....
Long story short, my .223 dies  i bought in 1977 have slowly wore out and all my reloads are too big.
They chamber in a couple rifles,(2 at least)  but not all.
I sent the dies back to RCBS,(they replace them for free, for life, but it takes 2-4 weeks)  but in order to not be dead in the water, i bought another set today.
The difference betwween the old dies and the new dies is .015"
.015" might as well as BE a inch, thats HUGE.
That's untold thousands of pulls on that handle.
Now i have to decide whether i just shoot the "big " ammo in the rifles that will, or pull bullets and start over.
And i'm not talking about 100 rounds either.
It's bad enough i have to re-resize all the brass that just got resized, but pulling all them bullets would not be fun.
I tried taking the decapping / neck sizer rod out and resizing a live round, didn't work so well, that's out. Not to mention scary.
I'm so happy i could just fart.
8/17/2012 5:13:48 PM EDT
[#1]
Quoted:
Well, last Sunday i took a couple AR's to Banner that haven't seen action for a while.(as well as the usual suspects)
While the 2 i've been shooting for accuracy at 100yds with irons shot fine, the 2 "guests" were nothing but FTF's and FTE and have to knock cases out.
Wel... maybe they're dirty....
Long story short, my .223 dies  i bought in 1977 have slowly wore out and all my reloads are too big.
They chamber in a couple rifles,(2 at least)  but not all.
I sent the dies back to RCBS,(they replace them for free, for life, but it takes 2-4 weeks)  but in order to not be dead in the water, i bought another set today.
The difference betwween the old dies and the new dies is .015"
.015" might as well as BE a inch, thats HUGE.
That's untold thousands of pulls on that handle.
Now i have to decide whether i just shoot the "big " ammo in the rifles that will, or pull bullets and start over.
And i'm not talking about 100 rounds either.
It's bad enough i have to re-resize all the brass that just got resized, but pulling all them bullets would not be fun.
I tried taking the decapping / neck sizer rod out and resizing a live round, didn't work so well, that's out. Not to mention scary.
I'm so happy i could just fart.


I'm not recommending it, but it'll work


8/17/2012 5:18:39 PM EDT
[#2]
nah, didn't like sqeezing the outside of the neck with a bullet in place.
pushed back the shoulder (crushed the case) plus it made me cringe.
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