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I thought I was gonna need tweezers to pick the "little devils" up. The smallest thing I 've loaded in a long time is a 139 grain, 6.5 I haven't loaded any .223's in many years! Had a pretty decent amount loaded, and don't shoot it much! Hoping to shoot more soon! In the first 30 minutes, I think I dropped more than I loaded!  memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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Try 17 cal bullets, I pinch my finger alot seating these bullets, can't use my hydraulic Co Ax for seating or I would be missing fingers.
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I picked up a set of RCBS 222 competition dies many years ago. They sure simplify handling little bullets. I bought the parts to do both 17 and 6mm with mine. No more pinched fingers with those 17's. ![[Linked Image]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Reloading/i-q5Zvbt4/0/L/IMG_1152-L.jpg)
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I cannot even imagine loading 17's! While the .223's are getting a little easier with practice, I'm much "smoother" with something above .338 cal! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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holy cow, I thought you were talking about .17 calibers to start with.
I've got 4 .17 calibers that I load for, glad I don't need tweezers to do it.
Laws aren't preventative measures. In other words, more laws won't prevent gun crime from happening.
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I picked up a set of RCBS 222 competition dies many years ago. They sure simplify handling little bullets. I bought the parts to do both 17 and 6mm with mine. No more pinched fingers with those 17's. I need something like that.
They say everything happens for a reason.
For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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I use a VLD chamfer seems to help them to sit up straighter in the case to get the seating started.
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