Made a spur of the moment decision and bought an expensive .223 cartridge gauge today.
Bought everything from Custom Defense Solutions at the Mill. Originally went looking for a PCC but couldn’t make up my mind and figured I couldn’t leave without something at least.
Finally figured out my .223 “not chambering” issue and I narrowed it down to the dies I was using that I had received in the lot of stuff when I first started.
Bought new RCBS dies last week and finally put them to use tonight and made up 50 .223 w/ 55gr Hornady FMJ-BT and 50 .223 w/ 55gr Hornady soft points as I mistakenly bought the wrong projectiles but whatever. Both types are sitting on 23.9gn of BL-C(2).
They all chamber checked in my AR so I think I’m good to go as that’s the farthest I’ve gotten lol. If these all work out next weekend, I think I’m confident enough to start on some .300BO and .308 for my brother. Fingers crossed for sure.
![490C94F6-F0C0-47DA-B8BD-DCF211ABFDA4.jpeg 490C94F6-F0C0-47DA-B8BD-DCF211ABFDA4.jpeg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/538/538784-9836f07144fc34f8e2c3a33a126a53a2.jpg)
Bought everything from Custom Defense Solutions at the Mill. Originally went looking for a PCC but couldn’t make up my mind and figured I couldn’t leave without something at least.
Finally figured out my .223 “not chambering” issue and I narrowed it down to the dies I was using that I had received in the lot of stuff when I first started.
Bought new RCBS dies last week and finally put them to use tonight and made up 50 .223 w/ 55gr Hornady FMJ-BT and 50 .223 w/ 55gr Hornady soft points as I mistakenly bought the wrong projectiles but whatever. Both types are sitting on 23.9gn of BL-C(2).
They all chamber checked in my AR so I think I’m good to go as that’s the farthest I’ve gotten lol. If these all work out next weekend, I think I’m confident enough to start on some .300BO and .308 for my brother. Fingers crossed for sure.
![0DE1D45B-F43B-434D-8BEC-D791A6EC6A3E.jpeg 0DE1D45B-F43B-434D-8BEC-D791A6EC6A3E.jpeg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/538/538785-951f7ffe98848eed3c1ccd07daea0fd4.jpg)