I have one of those "black rifles". It shoots the 223. I have been handloading pistol cartridges for years along with some 30-06 rifle. I am as cheap as they come. (Just trying to set the stage here, be patient with me!
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OK, all of that being said, I felt the need to start handloading for my 223. There is an indoor range close by and one of the employees is kind enough to collect brass for me. I have about 500 rounds now and they are different headstamps. Lake City, Federal, Fiocchi and others. I have a Dillon primer swaging tool and in order to use it you have to deprime the case. I do that in a Lee Turret press with the indexing rod removed. Hornady Sure Shot for a lube and about every 20th case and it gets stuck in the die. Sometimes I can tell when they are going to get stuck so I don't push them all the way into it but then I have to throw the brass aside.
That's problem #1.
Now onto problem #2.
In the Lee Turret Press, I had no problem with powder "sloshing" out of the case during processing. I am using Varget, which works really well under the 69gr Nosler HPBT match grade bullets I am currently loading. One hole groups @100 yards, I like that. Varget fills the case so full though that when I run them on my XL650 some of the powder comes out of the case. I am looking at BLC(2) or H335 for use in the future. I am going to experiment with powder no matter what. Any suggestions will help.
After the primer pockets are swaged things go really well on the XL650. It is a great machine to be honest. Intimidating at first because there are a lot of things going on all at once.
At any rate, any help you wise folks can supply will be taken with gratitude!
Thanks,
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