mikegideon

Put it next to your ear and shake it. Or, look in the mirror and see if your mustache is still there.

That's some ugly stuff. I would still tumble the crap out of it and see if it was just surface discoloration, or if it was structural. I think using a copper case is probably a bad idea :-)

I think you would have to put a real serious crease in it to create that much fatigue. If you look at the fire forming process to make 6mm dasher brass out of 6 br brass, that little ding in your necks is nothing. Just inspect the necks for cracks when you're done resizing. That needs to become a habit anyway, because it's probaby the main way to tell if your brass is unsafe for reloading. The second photo looks fine. I was talking about dealing with stains. I tumble the crap out of my brass so it looks good with my shiny new bullets :-)

I banned myself from Maker's. Woke up one morning, and my mustache was nowhere to be found. Had it since high school too. It grew back, but was still traumatic.

Great news!

Could be. I would tumble the bejesus out of it before I condemned it though. 30 minutes isn't long enough. I run my tumbler for 8 hours or more with walnut sometimes. You may even want to hit one of the stains with some steel wool and see how deep it goes. I'm not a reloading expert, but have seen thicker brass pieces survive in some harsh elements for decades without changing its properties.

The ejector dents will smooth out a lot when you full length size them. You may have to take something like the right sized punch to open up a couple of those necks enough to get the expander ball through them. As long as there are no splits in them after they're resized, you should be good to go.

Got any tiny dents in your forehead?

Caster speaks the truth! I think pretty much any decent press will do .223. These are surprisingly good for 16 bucks. I have a set. I use Redding dies now, but made a bunch of 400 and 600 yard shots with ammo loaded with the cheapies using 77gr Matchkings. RGB 2-Die Set 223 Remington

I have roll pin punches, and it can still be a bear to get one started. I think the worst one may be the gas tube pin. One of these days, I'll get some roll pin starter punches.

AMAX bullets are on my list. Playing with Berger 80gr VLD's right now. I have an 8 twist.

223 Remington 69 Grain Sierra MatchKing Hollow Point Box of 50 Black Hills Remanufactured Ammo 223 Remington 69 Grain Sierra MatchKing Hollow Point Boat Tail EDIT: I'm pretty sure 69 gr is as big as you wanna go in a 9 twist.

Barrel twist? Get some Black Hills loaded with Sierra Matchkings. not cheap, but accurate. Bullet weight will depend on barrel twist. I don't know if I would waste barrel life on Wolf. I shoot it in my AR carbines, but never in my varmint rifle. BTW... NICE rifle

Yep. I bought one, and already knew what was in it.

Cut the pin in half and just buy another pin. Dremel cutting wheel.

That was my favorite until I discovered Bookers.

The knife blade trick works so well that I kinda quit wanting a tool.

There's one video out there that uses a box cutter. That's how I do mine. Haven't launched a spring yet.

I can't resolve better than 1/10 grain or so on any of my scales (maybe a little better on the beam scale). So, the percentage you can actually read gets bigger as the charge weight decreases.

I make fun of Glocks, and it's one of my favorite pistols. They're fugly, and they WILL shoot you in the butt. It's been proven

You shot any tire weights thru it yet? BTW: between you and graycrait, you got enough Glocks to outfit the Clarksville militia.

I got a wild hair and swapped my P01 for a Gen 4 Glock 23. I loved the gun, but was loaded up on DA/SA pistols, and needed more plastic. I'm OK with the swap, but it pissed off my girlfriend.

That's a pretty slick setup. You're still relying on feel for your chamfer depths. I'm not good enough to keep that consistent. I plan to build my Gracey out of parts. Nothing says that it HAS to have a wood base. I'm thinking thick aluminum plate milled by Uncle Gordon's machine shop. I'll send drawings when I get the parts. I don't have the tools for metal, but have had quite a bit of machine tolerance stuff made. I do good drawings

Yep. I did the same research. Bear in mind that I'm not doing high volume. I may do the carbide blade replacement, but not from Giraud. This is the guy... http://www.bjonessights.com/CARBIDE.html The switch is cheap and easy. You are absolutely right on all your points. Right now, I'm just trying to get my ammo to a certain place, and have spent a lot of money to do it. Waiting on funds isn't my best option right now.