NJKen

It is a very absorbing hobby. It will absorb some of your time and money. If you shoot a lot like I do you will realize that you should have started years ago. Starting out with good used stuff is the best way to make sure you like it without having a ton of money into it. If you want to know anything about reloading on a budget, im the king! The only things I bought new are dies, and lots of em do to having problems loading .223. I finally found that Lee dies do the best job. Ken

Im with you on this one Ken

i meant weds and fri. They are not open thurs. Ken

If its busy, you wait. If they have a slot for you, you tell them how long you will be there. Either get there first thing when they open (on weekends) or early afternoon. On weds and thurs they are usually not too busy and you can get in and out at your schedule. they seem to be the slowest in the middle of summer. Once hunting season is near, stay away! Ken

ill be there. Im ready to join now (have the cash!) Ken

Just a word of advice... Reloading in a distracting environment can be disastrous. I personally like the solitude of going to my basement and reloading. I know everyone works differently in different environments but one little slip up could, at the least, cost you a good gun. At the worst, not good at all. Im not trying to come off like some kind of jerk but I do like to throw my $.02 in once and a while. Ken

Ill find some and give it a try. Ken

Now that there looks like a darn good idea. Thanks for the suggestion! Ken

Thats what I found with the expander also. I tried the one shot spray and the RCBS lube pad. I do make sure to get into the case mouth with a brush with the RCBS lube and I spray the one shot in a manner that gets it in there also. I have reloaded many thousands of rounds this way and only got one stuck case. I dont think its the lube you use as much as its the proper application that makes it work or fail. The one shot is just so quick and easy. Ken

measured all my .223 brass and set it out as already needs to be trimmed and under the limit. After resizing the under the limit brass with the RCBS dies they where over the limit. some growing as much as .01 With the lee dies they only grow .001 or so. Both sets of dies are full lentgh resizing dies not small base dies. All other dimensions are well within normal and within a few thousandths of an inch between the dies. The lee set seem to make the tapered part of the case look more uniform but both dies get it to 23degrees. I think it may be because of the expander ball on the RCBS dies has a little too much drag against the brass. When the shell is pulled out of the die the neck expander pulls too hard? I dont know, I do know that using the Lee dies = a lot less trimming! BTW, both die sets are new, cases cleaned and lubed with hornady 1shot case lube (including inside the neck!). and I also tried RCBS lube pad and brush. I had the same results either way. Ken Added in edit- I am very meticulous about my reloading. went through 3 sets of dies to find ones im happy with! All loading was done with a rockchucker one stage at a time.

I have been trimming the hell out of my 223 brass lately. It got me thinking...... I tried a new set of RCBS FL dies and a set of Lee dies to confirm my thoughts. The new RCBS dies stretched my brass up to .01" that put most of my rounds into the trim group. I wanted to try a set of X dies but I could not find them. I decided to take a chance on the Lee 2 die set for .223 With the Lee dies the brass measured a strech of .0005" - .002"! I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed similar... If not I wanted to offer others the chance to compare. Brass trimming sucks! Ken

more than fair price. goods as promised. Thanks! Ken

I tried that. it lists a bunch of shops that dont answer the phone when you call or online retailers. I have found that the best search engine for this stuff is members here that have been to all the differernt shops. As it turns out, I was slightly wrong, its the members here that have the brass I want!Ken

PM'd Ken

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lake city brass is all dried up. I should have ordered it when it was everywhere. you snooze, you loose! Ken

I think I asked him already. I'll try to catch him in chat some time and ask again though.Ken

Since I now have a cast on my foot i have all the time in the world to work up a bunch of different loads and no brass.... Is there anyone in this state that sells brass? I really only need 100 - 200 .308 and the same for 223. I have a lot of different combo's I want to try out and nothing but time to do it. I suppose if I have to I can go to the range and make myself some empties Ken

Ray Ray is rite. That site is a big gimmick. Use a fake email if you sign anything there. Ken

If hes selling and you want it, just get the money and go get it! Thanks for the Five seveN. I took her to the range today and I am not regretting my purchase at all. Ken

Thanks! I try Ken

Leave him the hell alone! they put brail buttons on drive through ATMs! We all know that you can drive a car while blind in new jersey so why not let him keep his collection. What kills more, cars or guns!? Ken

On a serious note,... Walmart has never had any decent deals on ammo that I have found. Ken

There.s Dick's all over new jersey. I saw quite a few of them in my travels today.... Ken

Im not a gunsmith! Now that we got that out of the way... I had a similar issue with a Mosin (98-30). Strip the gun down to nothing but parts. The trigger works on a spring that catches the firing pin as you close the bolt. This spring may need some serious cleaning. Mine actually had a burr on it and a little work with a diamond file fixed the problem. The burr was causing it to not keep the firing pin because of poor contact. As for the sticking bolt, I use a very light coating of Tetra gun grease on it and it helps.....a lot! Sorry for the crummy description. I hope it helps you some. Ken