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you guys can off topic quick. LOL

For the weather here is a quick link. I Hope it holds out and stays 30% or lower. http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/37801?dayNum=4

Nice Review Thanks for doing it

Well Our local Walmart use to sell 223 American Eagle black box for 5.19$ a box of 20. Today the price is up to 6.97$ I guess if walmart jumps the price then the race is on...................

I wish info like this could posted in the classifieds and everyone who sells a gun or parts there would have to read it before they post for sale........................

JUST REMEMBER if you dont win you can BUY one. Very cheap. fast shipping. I hope to see Dolomite get so many orders after this is over he is up for days getting them shipped out. Link to get info on how to order

I used Turbo Tufnut Media Lyman

Ummm Take a guess LOL Those are 223

Lets post and discuss some reloading tips. I know there is plenty out there but thought if we can get a few in one place others might find it useful. Tip: For those with electronic scales that seem to loose accurate readings after a few weighs I have found using some really soft foam under the scale helps. The foam seems to absorb the vibrations ( from moving around and such) and allow the scale to read quicker. Tip: I started by lubing the brass before I re-sized it by hand and with a lube pad. I found a can of spray called One Shot. I now put my cleaned brass in a bag and spray a few times on to the brass and then mix the brass up in the bag. I do this 2 times to get a good coverage of the spray lube on the brass. Tip: Most of us use a tumbler and media to clean brass. I had a hard time looking in the books and on the internet finding out how much media to use. I have found out to use a 60/40 mix of brass and media. 60% brass to 40% media by volume of what my tumbler will hold filled to 3/4 full. I have been getting the best and quickest results like this. Tip: I did some research on is it ok to NOT clean primer pockets. I found many on the net says it is OK to not clean and just press a new primer in and forget it. After testing some ammo that I did not clean vs some I did clean the pocket on I see more accurate ammo with the cleaned. On 223/5.56 brass I use a small flat tip screwdriver along with an ice pick that makes the pockets look almost new. Yes this slow but it gives me time to inspect each piece of brass plus remove any media that might be lodged in the primer hole. Tip: My biggest tip I can give and have found to help my ammo is to be constant and clean. Load your powder the same way each time. Clean your brass. By this I mean I wipe each piece of brass down with a cloth as I clean the primer pockets. Yes it slow. But I feel ammo when shot is dirty why add more with dirty brass or to much lube on the brass. These tips I have found loading 223 and 308 brass and running a single stage press. I look forward to reading others TIPS and discussions about tips.

Just some range brass that seemed to turn out well. Lets see your Brass Porn here is some of mine.

OH NO! Where is the BAN button!!! Welcome GT good to have you around.

well Ill be different and go with a 22 if it was "the only handgun I can own" Cheap ammo easy to find ammo. Quite. or more so that others. Ammo is easy to store and carry. And yes it will defend when one learns how to shoot it.

Just contact them RR and have them send you one Phone calls work best. Then go shoot without it. No harm done without it.

333 I am only half as evil as Ohshoot Very nice kits and instructions. This kit WILL help (improve) your AR trigger. I have one.

Ok let me ask a silly question on Case length. Lets use the .223 for example. case length should be around 1.760 What happens if I use some brass that's 1.770 or 1.780 ?

Ok guys tear me apart. This is what I came up with for the 223 round. I know many out there say loading your own ammo will SAVE you money. So I thought Id try to figure out if thats true. I will not factor in the cost of the equipment. As over time the per round will all but disappear. These prices are not the best but they represent fair ammo (but one I feel is as accurate as most high end factory loads) and not the cheap plinking loads. All this is for 223 rifle ammo Low cost CFE223 surplus powder 100$ for 8 pounds This will do about 2200 loads. Bullets Sierra 55gr 190$ per thousand Primers CCI small rifle 40$ per thousand Brass I am using some I have saved up ( I will get what 7-8 loads on each?) so I did not factor in brass price But Looking the best price on once fired brass runs about 5 cents each Ok this comes to $5.70 for a box of 20 or 28.5 cents per round. This is for ammo so far I have found to be much more accurate than lets say PMC in this price range. You can find PMC for around 5.99$ a box. Now lets factor in my time spent. Yes I use a single stage press and I know a progressive can crank out near 10 times as much ammo as I can with a single stage. BUT the progressive will only produce ammo near as accurate as the PMC. ( this is due to the powder drop not being 100% consistent) Plus a few other factors. A break down of what I do. Clean the brass in a tumbler. My time per 100 rounds 10 mins. The tumbler will run for a few hours but my time is loading the media and brass then unloading it and shaking the media from the brass De-capping, and checking the brass for dents and cracks 100 cases 40 mins. Check each case for OAL and cut to size if needed and cleaning the lube off . 100 cases 60 mins New primers. With my hand held I can do 100 cases in 5 mins Powder charge and seating the bullet. Stage each round in a block the weigh each charge before dropped in the case and then using the press to seat the bullet and spot checking one round for OAL every 10 rounds. 100 rounds takes me 80 mins. Total time invested in 100 rounds is about 2 1/2 hours. This time is conservative by my standards. Plus weighing and sorting the cases by head stamps. I didnt factor that time in So a box of 20 rounds takes 30 mins and if I pay myself 8$ and hour thats $4 a box. So we add 4$ to the 5.70 for a total 9.70 a box of 20 223 rounds that in my opinion would cost around 20$ to get the same accuracy I am saving about half IF I pay myself 8$ and hour. Would I set and do this for 8$ and hour for someone other than myself? NO Id do it for maybe 15$ or double that and still have as accurate ammo as some of the best factory ammo out there. I am sure some will not agree with my prices and or times I have listed. This is what I have found and I tried to be fair and Ill be happy to listen to any and all who may have a different view than I do. And I am sure as time goes by my times will get better but I do not see that by much. As I will not load any rounds that are not 100% checked and consistent.

We had some good guesses. There was 2 that tied for the most right. With 11 right. TnShooter83 MrBrian I will call you both the winner. List of what the rounds are: Left to Right: 1- .45acp 2- .30 Herrett 3- .25-06 Remington 4- .257 Roberts 5- .220 Swift 6- 45-70 Govt. 7- 12ga, 2-3/4†shotshell 8- 7.62×25mm Tokarev 9- 9×18mm Makarov 10- .223 Remington (5.56x45mm) 11- .38 spl shotshell 12-.308 Winchester 13- .22 Magnum (.22 WMR) Ill have your Benefactors added to this week some time. Congratulations

This is now Closed!!! I will sort the guesses out and post the results.

Here is what I did. Weaver 4x28. So far I like it but not shot enough rounds to give a review.

Left to Right: 1-45acp 2- Herrett 30 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 12ga shotshell 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 22 Magnum or 22WMR

This will not last much longer. Get your guesses in

Ill start adding a bit of help: Left to Right: 1-45acp 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 12ga shotshell 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 22 Magnum or 22WMR

Sorry but I cant make it this time or date. If the date changes then I am sure I can.