What else do I need for this setup?

[wdeister08]

Loading for a bolt 223 and 3 ARs.

So far I'm getting:
RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme Master Kit - https://www.midwayusa.com/product/93...tage-press-kit

Rock Chucker Supreme Single Stage press
M500 scale
Uniflow Powder Measure
Nosler Reloading Manual
Hand priming tool with small and large primer plugs
Folding Hex Key Set
Universal Case Loading Block
Case Lube Kit
Powder Funnel
Chamfer and deburring tool

Powder Trickler: https://www.midwayusa.com/product/11...owder-trickler

Lyman Shellholder #26 (223 Rem): https://www.midwayusa.com/product/55...-223-remington

Hornady Custom 2-Die Set (Full length/Decap + Seater): https://www.midwayusa.com/product/44...-223-remington

I also have about 700 .224 bullets coming, and 250 pieces of new Hornady unprimed brass. I already own a set of digital calipers. I have a variety of mixed once-fired 223/556 brass also to be processed.

I know I need powders and primers. I figure for the once fired brass I need a case trimmer, and a swager for the 556 fired casings.

I've read some guys don't tumble their brass, just use a cleaning mixture to clean in a container of some kind. If I don't care about shiny cases is this okay?

 

[Eddie Gunks]

I buy already processed brass for my autoloader. A far better use if resources for my applications.

A light tumble is good to get off dirt. Dirt is bad for your dies.

If your brass is clean. Just run it.

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

Get a case gauge / "plunk tester". There are several makers to choose from. They are a quick and easy way to save your face.

One, for example - https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/456614/le-wilson-case-length-headspace-gauge-223-remington

Whatever case lube you decide on, also get a tin of Imperial Sizing Wax. You won't use it often, but you'll want THAT for some specific jobs.

Might as well get a "bullet puller" if you have the budget, since you'll end up with one, anyway. Kinetic "hammer" types are cheap work great for occasional screwups. Camlock types are better for unf*cking the last few hundred rounds you want to reseat, but cost a little more. https://www.midwayusa.com/s?userSearchQuery=bullet+puller

You need a proper Journal to track your loads and how they worked. Get a mechanical pencil to write your notes with. Don't go with a pile of post-it notes. Get something that'll last a few decades. It'll be your reloading bible.

A roll of that blue painter's tape (masking tape) is a wonderful thing.

Some old Folgers or Maxwell House coffee containers, etc, to store brass in. For obvious reasons, you might choose to keep the brass from your bolt gun separate from the stuff from your autoloaders.


Congrats on your new hobby! You'll enjoy it!

 

[HighlandLofts]

Pick up a. Lee Universal decapping die and a tumbler & coarse walnut hulls from Harbor Freight to tumble the brass. Use lemmi shine and what ever else the guys use on here
Harbor Freight has the small pick set foe just $1:99. Use the straight one to knock out the pieces of walnut hulls stuck in the primer hole between the primer pocket and cartridge.

Look at the "RELOADING PICTURE THREAD" FOR some neat ideas on benched and set ups. .

Full length resizing die for semi auto and neck resizing for bolt action.

A few more things,

Peg board on wall behind reloading bench, harbor freight 50 piece peg board hook kit
Item # 67581. $6:99
Pic Set Item# 63697. 63765. 66835.
$1:99

T-handle Hex Allen wrench set SEA item # 62161. 69369. $6:99
Metric, Item # 69370. 62173.

Wrenches that you will use to re-adjust the dies.screw drivers, a pair of vice grips and a set of channel lock (grooved joint pliers).

Used dryer sheet cut up to put in the tumbler to help keep the dust down.

A plastic peanut butter to.keep the garbage primers in.

A SMALL bucket to hold the junk brass until you scrap i.

I squeeze the garbage brass with plyers or with the channel locks before tossing in the garbage brass bucket.

 

[MilesTeg]

You also will need a way to remove the primer crimp. All the main companies make a tool for it.

 

[HighlandLofts]

For marking the containers I bought the Dymo lable maker from Wal-Mart and extra label cartridgs ? If I remember right I think it was around $30.

For records I use index cards and index card holders, three of them . One for test loads,
One for need loads,
One for good loads with the gun used and bullet information.

I also use nice see through Tupperware like containers from Wal-Mart to hold the brass on. Labels on caliber, then half an index card to write down what stage you are with the reloading process.
Just deprived.
Resized.
Neck expanded if pistol brass.
Any other useful information.

These containers are see through, they stack really nice. Are cheap, about $3 apiece.
I have ne here at my brothers place. I'll take a picture tomorrow to post and give the info on these containers. I like these a whole lot better then the golfer plastic containers. For only $3 They are like a soar dick, can't beat it, don't even want to try.

 

[Acer-m14]

prep station .. your hands will thank you ..
calipers ... digital is nice till the battery dies so might want to get a mechanical dial one too ..
shell trays to hold them upright ..

for case lube .. liquid lanolin and heet drygas ( 99% alcohol ) see you tube for mixing

a single stage press ... comes in handy at times .. doubles as a bullet puller with wire crimper's