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nf1e
10-25-2023, 04:11
Primed 300 new Starline .223 cases this morning before sunrise. Sure like working with this stuff. Whatta Hobby!





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bruce
10-25-2023, 12:48
Starline certainly is excellent brass. Thought Lapua was your preferrence. Sincerely. bruce.

S.A. Boggs
10-26-2023, 03:41
Primed 300 new Starline .223 cases this morning before sunrise. Sure like working with this stuff. Whatta Hobby!





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Do you dedicate when you load?
Sam

nf1e
10-26-2023, 04:40
Do you dedicate when you load?
Sam

Define dedicate.
If you mean for a specific rifle, no.

S.A. Boggs
10-26-2023, 04:53
I learned to reload back in the day from a local lawyer who went to Perry every year shooting his .45acp. He said that accuracy occurs when all your "mistakes" are the same. I am getting ready to load 15/m 5.56 M193 with WC844 and WC846. I start with once fired mixed brass which I:
deprime, tumble wash, swage, resize to minimum, trim to minimum, VLD chamfer, trim flash hole of any punched brass to create a uniform flash point. Now comes the fun part where I segregate first by headstamp, then using a bell curve to weight.
I load in lots of 1/m to maintain consistency and I buy my components accordingly.
Sam

nf1e
10-29-2023, 06:42
Got out in the rain this morning for a final test of my load for Starline .223 brass. 73 gn Berger bullet over 23 gn of Varget set off with BR-4 primers. Decided that this really needs a dozen shots to settle down in a clean barrel. First 4 shots started out just under an inch to the left and as things warmed up they moved right into the X.
Now, with the rain I can go down into the shop and load the 250 new cases that I have primed. Whatta Hobby!





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