I have reloaded some .223 before for prairie dog shoots, and som WBY Mag for my elk rifle, but always using a friend's equipment with his supervision (well, if you call drinking beer and sitting on an ice chest next to the loading bench supervisiong)
Anyway -- now i have my own setup and die sets for .223 and .45 LC.
After tumbling all the brass i had (not much) i started in on re-sizing and de-capping the .223's --- well little did i know that some Berdan primed junk
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I got through that ordeal and thought to myself, ---- ahhhh-- on to .45 LC, no way there is gonna be any weird primers in those ! I slide in the #20 shell holder specified on the front of the RCBS dieset box, and bingo ------ Case wont fit -- not even close. .45 rim is too thick. I am loading a combination of Winchester and CBC brass, so i mic'd the rim thickness for both and they are identical, so it is likely not the brass. .44 Made rim, which is slightly thinner, fits, but the holder i have acts as if it wasnt finished, as i cannot push a .44 Mag case onto the holder either. .357 fits loose and sloppy, so it seems like it might be a .41 mag shell holder
Any way --------- what the heck shell holder do some of the rest of you who load .45 use? If you all use the #20, i guess i'll go get another one and try it. If thats not the right one, please share your superior knowledge ? Currently, all equipment i have been using is RCBS but am not married to big Green if something is better
This has been quite a fun first reloading day -- i went to Sportsman's warehouse twice due to the de-capping ordeal, and i wont mention the miles i drove
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whew
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