Reloading for Straight pull 223

[Ronin]

best practice for straight pulls (AR15 type)

 

 

Full Length resize ??

 

Looking at using 77 SMK

 

Powder of choice / load pointers please?

 

 

Considering Vit 140 or RS52 or RL15?

 

 

Brass - milsurp or Lapua, or other??

 

 

Any help gratefully received

 

 

Think ice better get a new shell plate for the Dillon too!

 

 

[DaveT]

FLS every time and set back @ .003" is the advice I have from Baldie.

 

Lapua brass great but spendy....GGG brass seems good.

 

SMK 77g with 24.5g N140 seems to be a standard go-to load....usual caveats.

[farmer7]

Whilst I believe best practice is to full length size every time I dont personally and haven't had any extraction issues whatsoever.

 

I use a Lee collet die to neck size everytime and run them through a redding body die every second firing. If i was shooting comps I would probably full length size for piece of mind. I'm sure it would suck in competition if you did get a stuck case from not sizing properly!

 

Powder wise I use N140 since Varget got harder to get and actually prefer it and get better results with it too.

[Andrew]

Buy a small base sizing die.~Andrew

[Mattnall]

Whilst I believe best practice is to full length size every time I dont personally and haven't had any extraction issues whatsoever.

I FLS mainly because the rounds have to be used in more than one rifle. Otherwise I may only neck size.

[Ronin]

Cheers guys,

 

dies ordered now, rifle coming next week, looking forward to this...