Howdy all.
I've reloaded pistol rounds before, all 9mm or 45acp. I just used Lee dies on my Lee progressive and pumped out good rounds at a good pace.
Getting into rifle loading with the grendel though has my head spinning. There are so many options out there and frankly I don't understand all the jargon.
I'll be using an old school Herters single stage press (my old man got it in the 70's, damn thing is so heavy duty you could use it as an anvil). I won't be using my Lee progressive.
I've got a pound each of IMR 8208 XBR and CFE 223, a mix of 123gr SMK, AMAX, and nosler CC coming to experiment with. Lapua brass and CCI primers en route as well.
All I need are dies, but for the life of me I can't decide which. Some sets have two dies, some three. Some have micrometer bullet seating dies some don't, etc etc.
Right now I'm leaning toward hornady dies with the Lee factory crimp die (I do want a good crimp). Am I giving anything up going this way?
I've reloaded pistol rounds before, all 9mm or 45acp. I just used Lee dies on my Lee progressive and pumped out good rounds at a good pace.
Getting into rifle loading with the grendel though has my head spinning. There are so many options out there and frankly I don't understand all the jargon.
I'll be using an old school Herters single stage press (my old man got it in the 70's, damn thing is so heavy duty you could use it as an anvil). I won't be using my Lee progressive.
I've got a pound each of IMR 8208 XBR and CFE 223, a mix of 123gr SMK, AMAX, and nosler CC coming to experiment with. Lapua brass and CCI primers en route as well.
All I need are dies, but for the life of me I can't decide which. Some sets have two dies, some three. Some have micrometer bullet seating dies some don't, etc etc.
Right now I'm leaning toward hornady dies with the Lee factory crimp die (I do want a good crimp). Am I giving anything up going this way?
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