Great bunch of posts. Hands down the best forum I read. As a beginner, I reload 9mm, 223, 308 and 45. I started a year or so ago with a Lee Classic Turret kit. I pretty much use the turret as a single press. I cannot afford much of the really good stuff, but I try as best I can to load for accuracy. One oddity; I got a bunch of that green tip 5.56 NATO that has a steel core. I can't use them at my range due to danger of damage to the overhead bullet catchers. I'm replacing the bullets (only) with like shape FMJ bullets. The hammer like bullet extractor doesn't work on that M855 ammo so. I use a collet type extractor mounted in my press. I use a Harbor Freight ultra sonic cleaner with household CLR to clean fired brass. I trim as needed with the Lee trimmer and a drill motor. I resize one at a time with :Lee dies in the Classic Press. I lube with Lanolin mixed with Methanol. I use a Lee powder scoop and fine tune with a manual trickler. I use a little digital scale and weigh powder to a tenth of a grain and load cases with a funnel. Good thing I don't have to make my living doing this.
I don't shoot very good, so I am more into practice then fine tuning my loads. When I think I can outshoot the gun, I'll start on tuning the gun(s). My guns are M1A, Mini-14 and 10/22. Yeh, I know, there are more accurate guns, but I'm not even that good yet. Going to be 87 this year. Maybe I'll never be better then the guns. I'm having some fun though; what else counts?
I don't shoot very good, so I am more into practice then fine tuning my loads. When I think I can outshoot the gun, I'll start on tuning the gun(s). My guns are M1A, Mini-14 and 10/22. Yeh, I know, there are more accurate guns, but I'm not even that good yet. Going to be 87 this year. Maybe I'll never be better then the guns. I'm having some fun though; what else counts?
