My advice, don't be "scared," but if something does look, feel, or seem "right" stop and ask someone (people are quick to respond here).

Saint Cloud has started as well, the employees I talked to didn't have too much info about what all will be carried when everything comes in but they had a good selection of dies anyway.

223 will be marked 223. 5.56 can have just about anything.

I've been using Lee Quick Trim works fine as far as I can tell.

What is the difference between the Lee Auto prime and other hand primers (hornady, RCBS, etc,) that you recommend it, just the price difference?

Depend on how much you are planning to load at a time and how much in general. An AP press would be a waste for me, make sure the press you get best matches what you plan to do.

JFettig wrote:Any info on these neat projectiles?

http://www.mnguntalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=44402

Not only did he post it first he did it better.

Uh-oh!! The old seat and crimp in one step gremlin!! It likes to sneak up and bite noobs on the butt.... Yep, still a noob. I tossed the ones that were really bad, reread directions a few more times everything looks and feels right now. The way the press felt should have been my first clue that I w...

I am having a similar problem with some .45 ACP cases and there isn't an expander ball involved. They fit snugly in the mouth of the case, but once I seat the bullet (depth is correct) they simply fall down until the powder stops them. I've been going nuts about this. It only occurs in a few cases,...

Everything is in spec. I took one of the cases that was loose and sized it without the expanding rod and seated the bullet. Found out two things I was using a tad too much crimp before (looking really close and feeling the case it is slightly deformed) and something odd happened when I originally si...

I just realized I duped it as well the pictures are in the ammo section.

I thought I had the bullet seated right and a good crimp but things are not right. So I need help determining the cause and solution. What is happening is when seating the bullet drops completely into the case sometimes other times it crimps but the bullet can spin. The cases are once fired Lake Cit...

I prefer Redding Dies, but RCBS and Hornady dies can be accurate also. If you use a universal de-capping die, then I modify the sizing die to put expander up near neck in sizing die. Lube case, inside neck and outside, stroke case up into sizing die, adjust expander rod up until it contacts brass i...

Just when I thought I was starting to get a handle on this stuff, guess I got some homework. I have a 1:7 twist so the fast load. For arguments sake lets say I want this to be as accurate as I can get (at this point I'm just making practice ammo that won't ruin my day) what tools/equipment should I ...

The three sources I checked for COL listed 2.20 when I measured while getting the bullet depth I got 2.21 so that should be good. I haven't chambered a dummy round yet, but I will this afternoon. There your go! If the particular rifle is an autoloader, ease the dummy round into position, feeling al...