In the past I have swore I would never become a rifle shooter as I just didn't have an interest and I don't hunt. That was until I started working the outdoor rifle range. Which led me to buying a very nice used Savage Axis 223.
This is going to be a whole new experience for me, from the shooting to the reloading. I have never reloaded bottleneck cases.
So this past week I started to gather all the needed tools and supplies. Starting with Lee RGB dies and adding a Short rifle powder die and a Collet FCD for rifle. Also picked up a Universal Decapping die because I never bought one.
For brass I am starting with PMC non-crimped to try and eliminate one step to start with and while sorting this brass out I seemed to notice PMC used 2 different headstamps so I sorted by those also. Also have a couple ice cream buckets of LC brass set aside to process.
Found 2 powders at the local BPS; Hodgdon BL-C2 and Ramshot TAC. The Tac wasn't even listed on their website so I was surprised to see it.
For bullets I found some Hornady; one box Varmint 55gr SP with Cannelure and one box 55gr SP w/o. Then one box of Match 68gr BTHP.
This weekend is shot in the pants as the daughter is getting Married today.
This is going to be a whole new experience for me, from the shooting to the reloading. I have never reloaded bottleneck cases.
So this past week I started to gather all the needed tools and supplies. Starting with Lee RGB dies and adding a Short rifle powder die and a Collet FCD for rifle. Also picked up a Universal Decapping die because I never bought one.
For brass I am starting with PMC non-crimped to try and eliminate one step to start with and while sorting this brass out I seemed to notice PMC used 2 different headstamps so I sorted by those also. Also have a couple ice cream buckets of LC brass set aside to process.
Found 2 powders at the local BPS; Hodgdon BL-C2 and Ramshot TAC. The Tac wasn't even listed on their website so I was surprised to see it.
For bullets I found some Hornady; one box Varmint 55gr SP with Cannelure and one box 55gr SP w/o. Then one box of Match 68gr BTHP.
This weekend is shot in the pants as the daughter is getting Married today.