Well, i got defeated. 6.5CM set and .308 sets worked out ok.
.223 was a disaster. My 20" stealth Larue apparently has much fatter chamber than the 16" pencil barrel one. so, the shot brass from 20" one ends up at .376 3 mm from the rim. new brass is .372 there, and .370 up.
FL redding die was barely setting it to .373, and it made it getting hopelessly stuck in the 16" barrel, it was almost impossible to pull charging handle out.
plus, the brass was getting constantly stuck in the die. it was cleaned, tumbled and sprayed - but it was useless. i got is stuck there twice almost permanently, and got one stem destroyed extracting it. it would only work pretty much only it i would drop hoppes #9 on the shell, rub it around plenty, then it would go up into the die and get out without ripping off the rim and getting stuck. i am pretty sure it is not supposed to be like that, as it is retarded, but, the worst part that even after all that trouble FL resizing would still have shells too large to fit properly into 16" barrel. it is really frustrating.
i am now trying to order cheap rcbs die set and will get dillon original .223 set as well - as redding premium 3 die set for $137 ended up being useless. very frustrating. that i still do not understand is why it was getting stuck so bad and why it would not resize it back to at least .371 and would keep it at .373. sad waste of time.
.223 was a disaster. My 20" stealth Larue apparently has much fatter chamber than the 16" pencil barrel one. so, the shot brass from 20" one ends up at .376 3 mm from the rim. new brass is .372 there, and .370 up.
FL redding die was barely setting it to .373, and it made it getting hopelessly stuck in the 16" barrel, it was almost impossible to pull charging handle out.
plus, the brass was getting constantly stuck in the die. it was cleaned, tumbled and sprayed - but it was useless. i got is stuck there twice almost permanently, and got one stem destroyed extracting it. it would only work pretty much only it i would drop hoppes #9 on the shell, rub it around plenty, then it would go up into the die and get out without ripping off the rim and getting stuck. i am pretty sure it is not supposed to be like that, as it is retarded, but, the worst part that even after all that trouble FL resizing would still have shells too large to fit properly into 16" barrel. it is really frustrating.
i am now trying to order cheap rcbs die set and will get dillon original .223 set as well - as redding premium 3 die set for $137 ended up being useless. very frustrating. that i still do not understand is why it was getting stuck so bad and why it would not resize it back to at least .371 and would keep it at .373. sad waste of time.