loaded 550 .223 in the past week. I used an old Styrofoam .45 Colt box insert as a loading block. Works great, costs nothing, takes up less room on my crowded bench.
Great minds think a lot alike Sam.... must be from our practical Virginia roots..
Once in a while I'll just go over to the pistol range and pick a couple of the plastic box inserts for pistol ammo..
They are small.. fit easily on my over crowded reload bench, and don't cost me a nickel and last for years...
if one breaks, I stop by the trash can on the pistol range once again...
9mm inserts fit the 223 needs and a 45 fits the needs of anything with a .473 rim...
who in the hell needs a $200 solution to a 2 cent problem? democRATS that's who...