Reloading 101: Die Setting, Lubing, and Resizing

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Welcome to Reloading 101. This is a video series about ammunition loading taught as a short course. This is intended for those new to reloading, and those considering getting into it. I have designed the videos to be short, sweet, and to the point. I don't want you sitting here watching videos all day, I want you to watch the video, learn something, and then go apply it.

This is Part 4: Die Setting, Lubing, and Resizing - This is an introduction to how to set up your dies on your press, properly lubricate, and then configure for best results. I briefly talk about the different types of dies, and what they are used for in a bottle-neck rifle use-case.

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High Desert Drew 6 years ago

Just wanted to make a quick post, I'm still working on the rest of the video series, however I have had some family stuff that has required my attention and caused me to lose a week in filming, and tied me up while trying to edit. I need to get some more footage for Part 5, but I should be on it later this week. I appreciate your patience!

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trbdlb13 6 years ago

Off-topic but I don't know where else to check. Off topic but I don't know off-topic but I don't know where else to check. Based on volume I had a hundred 25 grain bullet that I did not have enough room in volume to find a gunpowder that would fit without compressing. It came out to only three grains of powder. So in the end I ended up mixing HP 38 and clays 1.5 grains of each. I understand this is not recommended but I was able to get the volume of gunpowder to sit. Both gun powders at 3 grains tends to have the same close to the same pressures and speed but pressure is more important..? else to chec

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High Desert Drew 6 years ago

hmm... I don't know what cartridge you're loading, or what the specifications of your cartridge are. With a 25gr bullet, I'm guessing you were loading one of the little .17's however without knowing what the application was (rifle or pistol) I'm not sure I can answer your question specifically. Possibly the strangest cartridge I've ever loaded was a .17-Bee (.218 bee necked to .17) this used a rifle powder (748 IIRC) filled to the case mouth, and then compressed. Compression isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's not recommended unless you have a powder that can handle it. Certain powders like Varget will tolerate compression, however the most frequent problem with compression is ignition characteristics, in that sometimes the powder is so close it won't ignite. My suggestion is to look for a very low density powder, in this case I would recommend Titegroup. If you can give me some more info I might be able to expand my recommendation beyond that.

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Reloading 101 - High Desert Drew

Reloading 101: Die Setting, Lubing, and Resizing