reloading.223

Reloading .223, I have always enjoyed the mid range calibres like .223 .243 .257 .708 these are some of the best, and the six mil I recently had an old six mil in an ww1 sniper with a 26 inch barrel and lots of features for ranging targets built in.The gun was in great shape and I got it cheap but resold it to a guy that was looking for it and wanted it bad. I never even got to shoot it much.

I here that so many people are shooting the .223 that its hard to get the brass for this gun. I can see this being a real pain in the butt because that's the great part of this calibre is you can shoot it all day and still enjoy it. They have very good accuracy potential and would make a really fun varmint rifle in most brands.<a href="http://precisionreloading.ca/componants/reloading-223/"><b> More Reloading.223</b></a></p>

This is a great way to spend the week end or any time is good as long as you love shooting and hunting. The set up in the picture looks pretty awesome.

When I first started reloading, getting prepared for the season sounded like a lot of work. The idea of reloading for precision and long range was not in my strategy then until I actually got my first seven mm Remington Mag. This was the first time I had a long range gun with enough stopping power to kill moose at three hundred yards and more. Then I started to learn the stuff I needed to hit at that range. It was like learning how to hunt again and it was fun and exciting. I must have checked the stats on my caliber ten times just to make sure it was that flat shooting. I practically shot my barrel out trying to learn all the range and wind variables. Then I shot a enormous bull at over five hundred yards. I have never lost that feeling of accomplishment.

Some of the best things I learned was from other shooters at competitions.  The idea of using a brass polisher and case length re size tool helped. I still have to remember to write it all down as I shoot test rounds and keep and mark the targets. The possibilities are huge when you think of how limited a person who does not reload is. I still have to catch myself trying to skip checking brass for flaws following each reload and I do this after cleaning the pin hole under the primer and the primer pocket.  A good tool for the pin hole is a drill bit because they come in all sizes and are cheap.  I found it harder to find and clean the primer pocket. I did find a brush for my drill for this but it can  be a job.

Bench rest and varmint shooters know that best accuracy is nearly always obtained when the bullet is seated such that the ogive of the bullet lightly touches the rifling. When a bullet has a long ”jump” at the rifling, as in normal factory loads, it has a chance to yaw or enter the lands slightly tipped. This adversely affects accuracy. To figure this and get it as near as possible I used a candle to smoke the bullet and keep chambering the round until the bullet marks from the lands just show in the black smoke.  When you have done the setting it is best to make a dummy round and save it for the next round of reloading. Remember to keep it well marked.  Another aid in improving accuracy is checking the run out or checking if the bullet is seated straight in the brass.  An easy check can be done using a mirror and rolling a bullet across it, reloaders can clearly see .003 inch run out a .006 inch looks like a bent axle.