Good evening everyone, hope y'all are doing well and thanks for popping in to help.
As the title suggests I'm just starting my learning process into reloading and I'm having a difficult time of trying to figure out the differences between the two cartridges. As far as I can tell, 556 is loaded with higher pressures and has a 0.125 longer ....neck?....
What id like to know is there any consideration when reloading them all for my 556 chambered rifle? Will I need to separate the 223 and 556 and treat them differently or......?
I'm trying to pay attention to all the details and so far I've gotten as far as the "full size and primer removal" stage. I just spent alot of time adjusting the die so that my case-to-shoulder length is within .002-.004 of a factory made 556 round. My round was 1.520 and my casings after resizing were generally 1.5180. Is this acceptable?
Thanks again for the time an help
As the title suggests I'm just starting my learning process into reloading and I'm having a difficult time of trying to figure out the differences between the two cartridges. As far as I can tell, 556 is loaded with higher pressures and has a 0.125 longer ....neck?....
What id like to know is there any consideration when reloading them all for my 556 chambered rifle? Will I need to separate the 223 and 556 and treat them differently or......?
I'm trying to pay attention to all the details and so far I've gotten as far as the "full size and primer removal" stage. I just spent alot of time adjusting the die so that my case-to-shoulder length is within .002-.004 of a factory made 556 round. My round was 1.520 and my casings after resizing were generally 1.5180. Is this acceptable?
Thanks again for the time an help