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    Quote Originally Posted by redbang View Post
    Howdy all , some noobie owner questions. . . .
    Welcome to the "Dark Side" RB
    Life is natures way of keeping meat fresh

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    Heeeeelp, I'm trapped in here now

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    Quote Originally Posted by P38 View Post
    Towley

    Something like this

    Attachment 25502

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    What no fluffy dice??
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikee View Post
    What no fluffy dice??
    Mikee

    Fluffy dice are not Tacticool.

    But I believe there is plenty of room for a swiss army knife.

    Cheers
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    Excellent photograph.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Thanks Rushy. Here's another one.

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    What sort of neck tension are you guys running in your AR reloads ? I've only got the lee die at the moment, and with the neck expander removed I've only got between .002"-.003" at the most. Will this be enough ? and are people using crimp dies ?
    I'm new to reloading for semi auto and don't want to stuff it up first time out, so any tips would be appreciated.
    Cheers, Red

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    I crimp for all semi auto rifles as I feel it's safer
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    I don't bother crimping. My Hornady seating die has been working fine.
    Just had to go to a small base body die as the Hornady FL wasn't sizing down enough. Had a few jams.
    Life is natures way of keeping meat fresh

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    I crimp as I like to seat my projectiles as long as possible so I'm a bit concerned about projectiles getting while knocked feeding from the mag

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    I don't crimp.
    Use normal Redding full length die (and for my .308 semi), didn't need to go to small base dies.

    Good info page for semi/service rifle reloading:

    exterior ballistics
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    Anybody brought in a complete upper?

    Upper Receiver w/5.56 cal, FT, 20" Std Barrel, Parkerized : AR-15 UPPER RECEIVER ASSEMBLIES | Brownells

    Or best to bring it in as individual components?
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    Don't buy DPMS. I got an import permit for a complete Spikes upper and lower. Haven't bought it yet.
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    Care to explain why he shouldnt by dpms? I prefer first hand experience than "my uncles cousins sons friends dad heard someone say on the internet..."

 

 

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