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<blockquote data-quote="74honker" data-source="post: 2149827" data-attributes="member: 113930"><p>I don't want to make your head spin so sorry if I do but IMHO, if you are planning to load for an AR, you most likely DO NOT need small base dies. When I was just starting out, a salsman said that's what I needed. After countless rounds and chasing my tail with brass issues, did alot of research and found that when using small base dies almost always undersize the brass to the point it causes case head separations and show all sorts of pressure related issues and make you think you're doing something wrong when in fact it's just the dies. I spoke with a tech rep at Redding at great length about this and he even said that though they make them, they don't necessarily recommend them. I went to a regular set of .223 dies and got them set up properly and all my issues went away. I'm not saying the small base stuff is all bad I'm just saying they didn't work for me or anything I was making ammo for with them. It was just a really hard lesson when I was just getting started learning and being very cautious and meticulous with all my processes and then having to sort out an issue that was created by equipment that you didn't even realize was doing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="74honker, post: 2149827, member: 113930"] I don't want to make your head spin so sorry if I do but IMHO, if you are planning to load for an AR, you most likely DO NOT need small base dies. When I was just starting out, a salsman said that's what I needed. After countless rounds and chasing my tail with brass issues, did alot of research and found that when using small base dies almost always undersize the brass to the point it causes case head separations and show all sorts of pressure related issues and make you think you're doing something wrong when in fact it's just the dies. I spoke with a tech rep at Redding at great length about this and he even said that though they make them, they don't necessarily recommend them. I went to a regular set of .223 dies and got them set up properly and all my issues went away. I'm not saying the small base stuff is all bad I'm just saying they didn't work for me or anything I was making ammo for with them. It was just a really hard lesson when I was just getting started learning and being very cautious and meticulous with all my processes and then having to sort out an issue that was created by equipment that you didn't even realize was doing it. [/QUOTE]
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