Recent content by LongShot73

Hey guys, with your advice I've now reloaded for the first time. Thanks! So as our snow melts I'm looking forward to getting out to my favorite shooting area and seeing what I've done. So I have five each of cases loaded with 68 - 70.5 grains of retumbo in half grain increments topped with 160...

I made slight progress this evening. I took it apart and it all looks good. There is some marks on the mandrel which makes me think it was binding up. I lubed it with a small amount of the Lee resizing lube that I had handy and ran my brass through again. I'm now showing a neck size of .283...

Well perhaps this is all the tighter the neck should be. I just went for it while bracing the press with one hand and pushing with the other. I crushed the case in. Should I be able to push a bullet in and pull it back out. It doesn't slide in and out with ease but I can do it.

This is the first round I've ever tried to make and I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. After spending all night on YouTube and reading forums I don't know what that is. I take my 7mm rem mag case and put it in the Lee collet die. It punches out the primer but doesn't size the neck at all. After...

GONE. Now 979 bucks. Someone got a great deal!

My "do all" rifle is a factory model 700 bdl 7mm rem mag with a 24" barrel. Im going to hand load for the first time with a lee classic. For starters besides that kit and a digital scale what else should buy? Next ive been pouring over load data and am just overwhelmed. Id like bullet...