ok, got the my 4 turret press mounted, fitted the deprime/prime die and deprimed about 120 cartridges. i know im suppose to clean and tumble them but, i was originally going to load processed brass which i got from wgs.  but what the heck i was interested (impatient) to see how the press worked. may wash the brass tomorrow with some water softener and dawn soap, dry them, size, deburr and chamfer.  ill probably prime, charge and seat about 20 rounds friday to see how well i did saturday - wanna take it one step at a time.  shoulda bought a single stage press.

 

If you only want to go to one place then I will suggest either X-Ring, Young Guns or WGS. If you want to save a little money I would suggest buying your powder and primers at Security Equipment (SEC) and then going to one of the above mentioned LGS and buy your bullets there. SEC does not carry a lot of bullets. They may have some. In which case you can buy them there. But just in case they don't SEC has the best prices on powder and primers usually.

I prefer H335 for 55gr bullets. But you can also use (in no particular order) CFE223, Varget, BLC-2, IMR3031, IMR4064, IMR8028 XBR, IMR4895, H4895, Winchester 748. There are many others but these I know work for .223 loads. I have used all of these powders for 55gr .223 loads with varying success. Some of the these powders work better than others. For instance the Varget will work better with heavier bullets around 64gr and heavier. Same goes for some of the others I mention here. But all will work. That is what reloading is all about for me. Experimentation to find the best combinations.

Let us know what you come up with?

Thank you everyone for your help - went to SEC today got me some H355 not bad $31.55, 300 CCI small rifle primers, WGS for some processed brass, and hornady bullets
now i am waiting on midway for the lee double disk kit to be shipped to me!  hopefully, reloading in a week or 2 - in the meantime more reading of reloading, etc.

Thank you for the good info Inspector!  as soon as i make the move ill share - i found a website usreloading.com for bullets which they were selling bullets for $10.38 per 100 with free shipping - ordered a couple hundred bullets - will see how that works out when i get them.

powder and primers looks like one of the shops you mentioned! 

Aloha

The April new member winner is "just for kiks".
He gets a nice messenger bag, 22 ammo, 12 ga ammo music cd's and 2A stickers

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Nice! congrats!

I was cruzing the web today and came across the 48th Lyman Reloading book in PDF, is this volume ok to use or is it necessary to purchase the 49th Book. 

 

Ask questions if not sure. A lot of helpful guys on this forum. Better safe than sorry.


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Yo Everyone!

Thank you for your suggestions,comments, and wisdoms - just ordered a lee 4 turret press deluxe kit from Midway - hoping to save a few bucks making my own!  hope i dont screw up too much costing more to reload than buying packaged goods from the store.

Aloha

a really good buddy of mines is attending the current dlnr hunting class and he mentioned to me in a conversation the instructors mentioned the Pittman Robertson Act which tax collected from the guns and ammo we buy goes into the PTA trust fund and if i got this correct a portion of that fund goes toward hunter education, including construction or maintenance of target ranges.  being a newbie, just asking and mentioning, totally agree KHSC really needs an upgrade, why not use federal funds, makes more sense for federal dollars to improve this worthwhile facility much less a useless rail.

wouldnt know where to start but just thought i throw this out there hoping someone may have a connection

Aloha Everyone!

thank you for the feedback OF! 

if this thread is still alive keith from honolulu - just received my handgun cert and picked up a vp9 and sig mosquito - also got me an m&p 22 lr  and ati 5.56/.223 - too bad shooting hours are so limited during the week - hopefully the city will upgrade the facility and allow further distances to shoot - aloha