I’m now looking to reload my 223/5.56x45 shells. I can’t seem to find a starter kit that contains everything I will need to reload my brass. It is true that I will need a brass tumbler right?
And if there is one, can anyone show me a place or website that has everything I will need to start, inlcuding all the tools ill need to reload once and twice fired brass
(but minus brass, primers etc)?
2007-10-24 04:42:32 · 5 answers · asked by notthenameiwanted 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
If you're getting into handloading, you're going to become fast friends with Midway, MidSouth Shooters Supply, etc.
You can start without a tumbler. They make the brass shiny, and I don't want to do without mine, but that's a later add-on. You need a deburring/chamfering tool, press, die set, powder scale and dispenser, caliper, lubricant and components. You can make something to clean your primer pockets, and before you spend money on a tumbler, you'll want to have a chronograph, which isn't a part of the loading process but is immeasurably useful in developing loads.
2007-10-24 06:53:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd look on Ebay for a LEE Loader and a Lortone 3LB tumbler. You can get the hulls to load the tumbler at Cabelas.
2007-10-24 05:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lee has some great sales on now for everything you want or need for your purpose. Just search Lee Reloading..* This is all new not used equipment.*
2007-10-24 06:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1+WWD
here are a few links you may find interesting.
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=96660#Post96660
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/6mmbr?forum=12202
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/
http://www.midwayusa.com/
http://www.sinclairintl.com/
I started out with a Lyman t-mag package from gander mountain many many years ago and I now have four different presses and more than two dozen sets of dies.
good luck on your new hobby! :)
2007-10-25 13:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest that you try Midway USA's website. they have everything you need to start re-loading. Here is a link to their home page and one to a .223 press:
http://www.midwayusa.com/
http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/browse?TabID=1&Categoryid=19593&categorystring=9315***731***680***8604***19591***
Good Luck!
2007-10-24 05:33:29 · answer #5 · answered by flucolax35 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋