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  • ScS

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    The expander ball doesn't flair the neck. Just makes it straight after the resize die makes it too tight. Chamfer helps with flat base bullets. Knife edge can be a bad thing if you go to far, but I have loaded lots of rounds with knife edge, never had a problem.
     

    deemus

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    What do you use to expand the neck? Just the Lee universal neck expander?

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    The powder through expanding die is what I use. The flare is adjusted by the depth of the die. You kind of have to play with it until you are happy.
     

    deemus

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    Loaded 100 rounds of 300 Blk. 200 to go.

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    Well I happened into a box of Berry's fmj-bt 224 bullets today. Anyone ever used those before? I didn't know Betty's made 224 bullets. It says they're fmj as well so they should be good for full velocity. What do you guys think about them?

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    Gonna load up a couple hundred of these to play with this weekend. Taking Twerpy (my daughter) to the Farm. Gonna work on the Bronco, and do some shooting.



    I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...

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    Gummi Bear

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    Decided after only having 5 loaded in 15 minutes, it was time to go to the trusty Redding 3BR manual thrower.

    Now I remember why I don't use the Hornady on pistol loads except for development.

    Ugh. Painfully slow.

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    Happily cranking them out now.

    I'll load up another bin and call it a night.

    That ought to be enough keep the Pet Kid and me occupied for an afternoon.



    I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...

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    ed308

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    Loaded 85 Starline SR 6.5 CM cases with H4350. Breaking in my a new AR10 at the range today. Got some factory ammo too.
     
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    rp-

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    I picked up 2 mecs and a texan loader. Plus a trash can full of hulls and a bunch of wads. What's the going rate for used hulls?
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