hand swagers work but from my experiences they need to be followed up with a chamfer tool to better "funnel" the primer into place. These will kill your fingers too... im really looking into getting a case prep station that will allow me to do both quickly.
That’s one of the main concerns I have with the FA. I plan on trimming a lot of 300 blk. I wonder how trimming 300 blk is on the Lyman trim mate express. I’m currently using the Lyman Ezee trim set with a drill and I like it pretty good I just wish I could find the 8/32 adapter for it to run it...
I'm planning on purchasing a case prep center soon and I'm trying to figure out the best path forward with respect to prepping AND trimming.
My first thought was to get the Lyman case prep xpress for about $130 on Amazon and then find or mill one of those adapters that allow you to mount the...
I just started reloading 300 blk subsonic loads this past week. Luckily i had some 300 blk range pickup brass. I also have 2000 rounds of 5.56 blank brass that i will be converting. I made an annealer and got the harbor freight saw and a jig off ebay… Dang this is a time consuming caliber...
That’s awesome! Definitely in for a build thread on that!
naw just sharing pics for the moment. There are plenty of diy case annealer tutorials out there plus I don’t have the time these days
Hahahaha. I wish we would have built a little bigger. That was 110 pound hog. More like 90 pounds once we had to cut the head off. He had almost $400 into that one. But you could set the pit temp on your phone and it would maintain it within five or 10°
Nice! I’ll give it a whirl! I’d like to build something that controls a damper and fan to control my grill temp. Here’s the pig pit me and my buddy made... complete with controller and mobile interface.