Part 1 Basic Reloading of a Rifle Cartridge (223 Remington)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- This video is made for those who are new to or looking to get info on the basic steps of reloading. The first part takes you from start to priming while the second part goes over charging the cases and seating the bullet.
12 years later I’m using this video to learn very invested and excited to learn my .243 to its core
I'm new to reloading, and I greatly appreciate your time making and sharing this video to us reloading rookies. Just about have everything I need to get started your press looks just like my REDDING.
Watching these videos is a good way to start reloading but the best option is to find someone that is a reloader and go to them. All reloaders including myself are happy to help someone enjoy it. Take your components and have them show you how to reload by doing it hands on. You load and they guide you. There are small things they will be able to show you not available on a video. The first thing I suggest is read a reloading manual and then read it again. I have 11 different manuals and they don't all show the same loads for the same calibers. Also only the newer manuals show loads for the newer powders.
Yep, just as you said it would be. A no nonsense step by step fundamental rifle reloading. I think it's incredibly helpful to folks to see this and not just be told all the things that they need to reload. You even touched on some of the safety aspects. Reloading is dangerous. I clear my mind of everything and focus on just that when I do it. Great video man good job!
Watched Part 1 & 2. Thanks for taking the time to explain the process, it answered so many questions I had. Great job.
One of the best instructional videos I've seen on UA-cam! SO well done! Thanks!
For me its like a refresher corse in reloading Wish we had UA-cam in the 70's When I started Reloading back then etc.Had to sit and read thrpugh Manuals Boring as H**L But no other choise unless some friend took you through the steps etc.
Thank you for this video. I just got a reloading press for christmas and it made me feel a lot more safe about the process.
best simple video that explains it where anyone could understand. Good Job!
Probably one of the best and most thorough videos I’ve seen on the subject. Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Well here we are almost 5 yrs. later and your video is still great, very helpful and I'm glad I watched it, learned a lot and went back and checked with a bullet and realized I may not have gone all the way up with the brass while de-priming in order to re-size the neck. Just started reloading and buddy I'm watching your other video's :) THANKS for the help, I'm hard of hearing and you come out loud and clear (and a lot of video's I have to strain to hear) and understandable. Steve
This is the perfect intro reloading video. Thank you! The other videos I've watched get very complicated very quick.
Again, thank you for a great video!
Very understandable. I'm new to reloading and I've watched a few videos, but really liked the way you described setting up the de-primer and re-shaper die. I wasn't getting that from other videos. Glad so many are out there because everyone learns different.
im a beginner but have everything to get started. thank you for showing how to set up the dies, a lot of other videos leave that out.
I didn't see him say anything about case length and it is of vital importance to keep from having overpressure. Case prep is boring but vitally important. The dies you bought came with instructions so follow them. He gave wrong information if you use rcbs dies.
You backed off the sizing die a 1/4 turn from the shell plate. RCBS instructions say to turn the sizing die 1/4 turn into the shell holder after lowering the ram a bit. The way you did it will not do a full length resize. The dies that you are supposed to back off an eighth of a turn are the carbide pistol dies that are brittle so you don't want to cam into the die or you will damage the die. Most of the rifle dies are steel dies and you are supposed to cam the die into the shell plate an eighth to quarter turn.
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I need as someone looking into starting reloading.
Thank you, I just put my rock chucked together today and this video was just what I needed. Well done.
Thanks for making this video for us new to reloading
Great video, thanks for posting. Just getting into reloading and your video's have really helped clearify a few things that the books and other video's dont even really cover.
Thought it was a great illustration and example of single stage re-loading. The biggest hassle of re-loading is getting everything set up, not the re-loading itself. To me that's where a good little spiral notebook comes in handy, so if one is loading .223, .308, or 30-06 you can reference your previous settings, the last time you loaded for that caliber and it gets you back to the neighborhood so fine tuning is much quicker. I give it a thumbs up.
Absolutely amazing video thank you for taking your time step-by-step and sharing this video. I’m getting ready to get started in reloading soon 👍
You are correct with your comments about work hardening and cracks in cases, but you should also mention that annealing will re-soften the brass and extend useful case life significantly.
At the end of the second part a break down the cost for you. Comes out to 21 cents per round and you end up with a better more accurate round below the cost of the cheapest bulk ammo.
Price crying in 2021.
thanks for the video. it got me started when i got my rockchucker
Really good it is hard to find a straight forward video the last one I watch he went on about painting
I'm new to this thank you for explaining the process.
Fantastic video.
I thought u made a very nice video and did a great job narrating it.
Thanks for the help on this I really have been wanting how to reload
I feel that any Rifle Cases will last through 4--5 Reloading secions any longer than that it's best to discard them for new Brass , To be safe etc.
I Also reload the Rem 223, For mt T/C SUPER 14 Handgun, Great Coyote Buster, With any Bullets in the 50- 55 Gr. The Hornady V Max are Boss though, Thanks for sharing love all of your reloading Videos etc.
He sounds like the kind of guy who as a grandpa is going to tell his grandkids great stories from his childhood
Great video. Thank you!
Why don’t you do a video about what happens when you reload a rifle round and tumbling media remains/lodged in the brass. How it effects pressure, accuracy, and how likely it is to blow up the gun. You make awesome videos and I'm most grateful for all the work you do.
Before seating the new primer you need to clean the primer pocket with a small primer cleaning tool. Also, if you are using military cases you need to cut always some of the primer crimp from the case to allow the new primer to seat properly.
Simple and helpful video
I'm glad I could help you out! Any questions feel free to ask.
What press do you use
Great info, much much appreciated!!
Not all "Gunny's" are that freaking anal. You can call your dial calipers any damn thing you want too. Excellent video, I've watched about 10 hours of this stuff, since I'm new to reloading. Thanks for posting and I'll be watching part two now.
GREAT JOB AT DETAILS
I have not had a slam fire. I know that the cci41 primers you mention do have a thicker base in the primer cup which makes them less likely to have a slam fire. Just follow all safety rules and remember to work your loads up and you will be fine.
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You're not supposed to back it off 1/8 of a turn. You screw the die down until it touches the shell holder and turn it slightly more down so you can feel a slight "snap" in the die arm when you push the arm down. The rear of the case will not be flush with the case gauge doing it this way. I watched this video and they didn't fit the case gauge and had to resize all 200 cases.
Very very helpful thank you !!!!
Great video, thank you
Thanks for the good info.
@fishcop444 You're correct. I did leave out case trimming. I wanted this to be a bare bones basics in reloading. I feel like people are overwhelmed when looking at starting to reload with ALL the possible steps. Yes case trimming is necessary IF the cases have stretched far enough. But most of the time you can get a few loadings out of the brass before this is necessary. I'd hate for someone to not get started reloading because of 80ish buck trimmer that they could have done without for a while.
I agree, you might get three to five reloads out of a piece of brass before it needs trimming with 223 you may well lose it in the grass often times before then. For beginners the use of commercial brass like Winchester/Remington/Federal is better than using military surplus brass then you don't have to deal with the crimp in the primer pockets that the military brass has. Keep you brass in separate lots so you can keep track of how many times it has been been fired. Coffee can labeled with bullet power charge etc put empties in another can labeled #1, #2, etc so you can keep track of how many times fired. Right now in 2020 there is a buying panic and reloading components are near impossible to find-- we've been through this a couple times before, it will pass. I've been reloading since the 60's, hang in there guys---
@@edgoodman4259 Always label loads and if necessary color the case head with a colored sharpy. I have to do this because I load a lot of .357 for both rifle and pistol, I only have to look at the case head to determine which box it came from because each box is labeled with the case head color and different marking. Always label each box of ammo with all information on the label.
So that first piece of equipment that you called powder funnel is a powder measure. I was going to call it a powder charger lol.
Awesomo, thanks!👏🔥
RCBS states when setting up the re-szing die that you want to raise the ram till it touches the bottom of the die and then tighten an additional 1/4 turn so that you will have a cam action. I noticed that you backed it off an 1/8 of a turn with no identifiable cam action. Is there a reason that you did not get the cam action that RCBS recommends. thanks!
John Carroll no. he just did it wrong
Hi, thank you so much your video, I'm a new beginer, I'm so greatly appreciate your time to sharing with us, I have question if I don't want use small base full length die to resizing my case which is fired case from my ar15, just use neck sizing die to make case neck only and use on my ar15, Is that any problems? Appreciate your time!
Great video pretty straight forward. Of course don't know dick about reloading, but I now know that I'll just buy my rounds. I learned that it takes a special person with alot of patience to reload their own rounds...yeah. Thanks
very good video thank you
Can you get plastic / polymer cases? Surely they would be so much cheaper and easier and much cheaper to manufacture?
The cases made from those material are one time use. They don't hold the same flexibility properties as brass. Steel cases are much cheaper than brass but have the same non flexible properties as plastics.
Great vid except you left out case trimming (if needed). Also primer pocket swaging would be a good thing to put in. Cheers!
Thank you.. I thought I was supposed to use CCI #41 but I saw you using 400s
I always wanted to know, is cleaning brass necessary every time? A little carbon shouldn't hurt anything, right? I imagine if the brass is older then it'll need some cleaning to keep grit out of the dies
@John Beige good idea 💡
Wash it and let it dry. Cleaning is important but tumbling is not. Even though I've never confronted it a large carbon build up could cause higher pressure than you want because of less space in the case.
Question?/ i have a bag full of Rem 223 Brass that i bought years ago & want to reload them I do not know if they wer already Resized when I bought them or not i tried to put in a bullet in the neck but it is Tight & will not fit into the case like you show here in your Video so does that mean that these cases were already resized.? If so I would hate to have to re lub them & put them through my resizing Die again if I do not have to etc Thanks for sharing etc,
What would be the best 223 powder out of tcm. 4227. Titegroup. Or winchester autocomp?????
Thanks again
Always welcome
hello, what would happen if I took the bullet out of the case, put some glue and put it back in the same case?
would it work?
If your answering questions ?
What’s the sequence
1 tumble
2 lube
3 size & deprime
4 trim?
5 clean primer pocket?
6 install primers
Never saw you trim or clean primer pocket. & what about the military crimp brass isn’t that spozed to be harder to get out requiring a different tool?
I just use my case mouth tool to trim the crimp on 5.56 cases and tumbling is not necessary if you just wash the cases.
You skipped over the Case tumbeling to clean them firse, Before priming thei again etc.
When you show how to set up the resizing dye you did it the opposite of how rcbs says to set up their dyes. Turn it down to contact the shell holder and then turn it down a eighth of a turn not back up.
I have never had a problem running 400's. So I will continue to use them till I see a reason not to. Thanks for watching.
Show us how to reload accurate ammo for storage when you need it you can break it open and use iy
Can you manipulate the range by under packing it in some way?
Need to clean and check primer pocket for crimp. Even some commercial brass has military style crimp
Yes it does and you will find out as soon as you try to insert a new primer. For this very reason I use a hand primer when repriming everything.
Yah dude, you need to cam over not back resizing/deprime die. Bring in till touches the case holder lower arm the bring die IN 1/8 turn to get cam over effect wich takes any play out. Without this your cases will never GO guage all the way. Now ask me how I know this. Lol
Yes absolutely you don't back off the die. You turn it in bout 1/8 to 1/4 turn.
AR 223/5.56 SHOULD RELOAD with SMALL BASE DIE SET. Your Die set is good for bolt rifles, but AUTOMATIC 223 needs SB DIE SET so that the brass doesn't get stuck in chamber. ( Some barrels need SB Dies others don't )
Those Igloo lunchbox trays are hard to come by nowadays....
I thought after the die is touching the ram you go down further a quarter turn not back out some?
Thanks for the great video. How often do you have to grease/lube your press ?
pretty new at this. What was the lube type, brand etc. that you used to spray the brass before resizing?
does this acctually bring down the price of bullets, and by doing this how much is it per bullet
If I buy new brass do I still need to trim re sizes them ?
Yup you do, of coarse you probably know this by now.
well...annealing the casings helps elongate the life of the case.
Is it cheaper to reload cases than buying new cartridges?
will the lube make the powder stick?
How much is the setup and materials to make them
Which priming tool are you using?
Can you reload 556 empty case with the 223 dies ?
Yes, the outside of the cases is exactly the same.
did that (example case) that was cracked. did you (or whoever had it) not anneal it? arnt you supposed too anneal and then re size? i am new too reloading and have no practice but ive been researching.
surely i have a point but does it not matter with 223?
Aidan steel , annealing adds maybe 1or 2 reloads to a piece of brass... it is not a necessity but it helps to prolong case life....
Hi a friend of mine is geting in to reloading and he was told to just use cci 41 primers but i see you use just sr primers have you ever had a slam fire? that is why they told him not to use sr primers ? he knows u need to go by the book but the books jont say a lot about primers ! thank and nice videos !
Wrong. You need to read your RCBS book suppose to turn the die down to the shell holder 1/8” to 1/4” for the camming action on the press
How do you make this one at home.
That’s a caliper not a micrometer....
How much force should it take to pop the primer out and resize? I got a piece of brass jammed in the die and split the 2 inch thick desk I had it mounted to because of the force required for the first two.
The Indoor Outdoorsman probably a military style of brass that was not box primed
Lube, lube, lube. A small amount of force is needed but it shouldn't require a metal bench. Clean the die, lubes the cases making sure to get a small amount of lube inside the neck of the case and not to much on the shoulder or it will cause ripples in the shoulder. The ripples will not ruin the case though. I did the same thing to my bench but I was sizing some cast bullets.
@@russellkeeling4387 You don't think I figured it out after three years? 😂
Also it was indeed lack of case lube.
Don’t trim your brass after resizing? Big mistake.
You stated that if the projectile goes in and it is to big throw the case away. Is there any way that the neck can be reset to fit in new condition for the projectile
Of course, if the case isn't damaged and is just the wrong size just resize it. If you are a beginner I won't go into annealing the cases.
@@russellkeeling4387 thank you so much for responding back with me i know that my orginal quote was sometime back.
Is there a to short or minimum size I have some brass that is trimmed a bit short so the overall length after seating the bullet to the crimp is 2.20
Kevin OKeefe I've never had a problem with trimming. I trim as low as I can as I'm pretty paranoid about overpressure. If you trim them super short you may get reliability issues but that's all I can think of. Bullet seating on the other hand can be very bad if you seat too low.
Hi I am really green and thinking of getting into reloading. Do you need to tumble the brass? Also do you need to even clean it at all?
Washing the brass is a good idea but it is not necessary to tumble the brass to make it shiny. Tarnished brass loads and fires just as well as shiny brass. Some even say tumbling brass adds ware to the brass. I've done both and I don't tumble my brass any more.
So if the primer is to far out of the case, do you press it out and then just insert another primer?
Always seat the primer to the bottom. If it's sticking out put it back in the priming tool and finish pushing it in to seat it.
I have a question and was hoping someone can help me out. I am new to hunting and really am interested in a 25/45 sharps ( I have a 308) as a general go to rifle and use my 308 for larger game as it kicks like a mule. I own a ar-15 in 223-5.56 but want a little more hitting power. This leads to my question 2 actually. (1) can you reload, or load a 25 caliber in the 223 cases and what do I need to do that? (2). Can you take a 223 bolt action rifle and put the 25/45 sharps barrel on it?
Both of the things you ask about can be done but I question why. If I understand correctly the 25/45 Sharps is a pretty new caliber and I once wanted one until I looked up load data. That data called for loads that would not fit inside a .223 size case so I felt the caliber was more hype than fact. I looked at the caliber because in my state it is illegal to hunt big game with any firearm shooting any bullet smaller than .24 caliber. This is just my opinion.
could you re-purpose the cracked case to a 300 blackout round or does it have to be discarded?
Chuck it. I'm not sure where everyone came up with the idea that 300 blackout is a necked out .223 case cuz it is actually a .221 fireball case necked out.
can you make a list of the equipment
Why don't you lube the inside of the case throat?
Is case trimming not needed? I was under the impression that was needed.
Check the length of the case each time you reload them. If they are to long trim them. Long cases can cause dangerous pressure levels.
How many reloads can you get out of one case?
How much does all of this cost?
Where do you get your projectiles and you powder.
It looks like alot of work! Is it really worth it?
To me it is absolutely worth it. To someone that just goes to the range and blasts away a bunch of ammo it may not be worth the time and expense as long as you ammo caliber is available.
Dont you need to clean your brass first?