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I do like the Titan. Perfectly capable scope, and I wouldn't get rid if it, but I think the Arken is as good, but at half the price, and me being tight it's difficult to justify the extra cost.

@UKReloader fantastic thank you very much for getting back to me mate I just got the opportunity to get the titan second hand for £400 and I didn't know weather to get that or get the arken ep5 to put on my 6.5 x 47 lapua think I'll try the titan

​@richardwatkin1234 No problem. You won't be disappointed at £400. I think they are equally capable scopes. I've got my titan on my 6.5 creedmoor and the Arken will be going on the win mag. That's when I finally get my variation back from the police.😁😁 Enjoy ya shooting fella.

Ahh good tip. The first time I put the larger cap on I was twisting and twisting, and it did up the sunshade so tight I struggled to undo it again.🤣🤣

There's certainly lots to take in.

No worries. Have fun with the Derraco kit.

You can look up Tim Martin at facebook.com/groups/643360410957839/?ref=share He holds stock of them here in the UK. You can also order directly off the derraco engineering website. Cheng has also commented on my video of priming the brass. He's the inventor of the Ugly Annealer.

Oh they are, very well made precision stuff.

Hey, Yeah I looked at the EP2 before I bought the Ugly, and it was just a matter of cost why I chose the Ugly. As for changing stuff over, its just one Allen key to switch out calibres. Which I don't mind as I only anneal .223 and 6.5 at the moment. I am looking at getting a 300 win mag though.😁😁😁

No worries. You'll love it.

Hey, thanks for the spot, I hadn't noticed the ring before. I'll have to check my rounds to double check them now. I have watched a few videos on lapping the seating stem for a better fit, and I know a man that can do that for me. I was hoping I wouldn't have that issue as I'm using the ELDMs so figured as it's a Hornady round and die they would have a better fit. Guess I'm hoping for too much though.😂 I had that exact issue with some Lee dies I had, so got rid of them pretty much straightaway. Guess you get what you pay for these days. Thanks for the comment, and watching my videos. Really appreciate it. I'll let you know when I've checked the rest of my rounds for that mark.

I had to do a bullet seating stem polishing on a LEE Deluxe die set for my 9mm Luger seating stem. I used 600 grit sand paper and a bullet to mate the surfaces and repeatedly rotate for the metal conforming process. It worked for me well, no more circular ring on the projectile (bullet). I also purchased a RCBS Match Master die set for my M1 Garand about two years ago. I always clean new dies before using. I noticed that the bullet seating stem, bullet contact surface, had a huge amount of machining chips. I contacted RCBS to report this problem and they sent me a new seating stem!? That was stupid on RCBS’s side. I did not need a new seating stem, rather I was attempting to communicate that they have a post machining problem relative to removing machining debris from their final product. Ya, checking our new die sets is critical based on my recent purchases. I’m from Wisconsin state in the USA. I’m embarrassed of the quality I have received from my counties reloading dies!!! So be careful and and always clean new die sets and inspect the projectile seating surface for a ring caused by the bullet seating stem. Sorry you may have experienced this problem. It may have been the manufacturer’s problem or that they can’t produce a seating stem that fits all projectile profiles. I think the later is the biggest influence. So is handloaders need to look for this potential problem when we buy a new die or projectile type.

​@ericabig3471 I've had a look, and you're right, there is a small ring around most of the rounds, but not all of them. Perhaps an inconsistency of the bullets maybe. I'll take a look into lapping the stem. The issue we have here in the UK, is there is zero customer support from any of the manufacturers. I had an issue with my press, emailed Hornady, they asked for a video of the problem, duly obliged and haven't heard anything since.

I have seen on TH-cam that some die set manufactures offer alternative bullet seating stems for different bullet profiles to allow proper projectile seating without projectile “marking (rings)”. I think Hornady offers alternative projectile seating stems to avoid the problem you have experienced. I think it may come down to “normal” projectiles versus “ELD” projectiles. Just my memory that may be flawed. So, maybe research if your die manufacturer has alternative projectile seating stems for the projectile you are using. I don’t have a personal experience with this type of projectile choice. I rather use old school projectiles that I have experience with. Good luck! Whenever we choose to use a different projectile, this can be a problem we have to deal with. Unexpected projectile deformation that our current seating stem can not seat properly without deformation of the copper jacket. Always be observant and inspect our final hand loaded cartridge results. Not a criticism on my part, rather a sharing of my own experiences.

Hey, I like the eldx, but not for the long disrance shooting I do. As far as I'm aware it's mire of a long range hunting round. I can't remember off hand what my COAL length is, as I measure off the ogive rather than the overall length. I could definitely seat out a bit further though if I was willing to single load them, but I prefer to magazine feed them, and there's only about 3.5 thou between the two lengths. Thanks for the comment, its much appreciated 😁

Hey mate, I guess even with the same make of rifle you'll have a slightly different chamber size, which I assume would account for the difference in shoulder bump. These cases are on their third firing, so are all fire formed to my rifle. I could well be missing something though, but I do know if I don't shoulder bump to that measurement my rifle won't chamber the round. The first time I reloaded them I only bumped it 1 thou and my action was extremely stiff, and had 6 out of 50 that wouldn't chamber at all. Thanks for the sub, I've just had a look at your channel as well, and it looks like the sort of stuff I'm interested in, and have subbed to you as well.😁😁😁

@@UKReloader yeah it might be the difference in chamber size plus your on your third so yeah maybe that’s the difference. All good mate and thanks for the sub. Looking forward to future content Cheers

Haha I had no clue that's what PCP meant.😂😂 That's awesome. The PCP feels way more expensive than what it actually costs. I've recommended it to all the members of my club who reload.

Absolutely loving it mate. Makes life very easy indeed.

Will definitely be getting some of those when you've sorted them.

Learning slowly. Not as easy as I thought it would be.😂

@@UKReloader Has good stuff, except there is not any where near 35 minutes worth. With editing, and perhaps a retake or two, it could have been easily cut in half. Still good stuff in it worth watching.

​@@thetexasratYeah got lots to learn about making videos. Think I'm better at shooting than videoing 😂😂 I'll try and cut it down in the next one, didn't realise how long I rambled on for until I posted. Thanks for the critique though, anything that helps me improve the content.😁😁❤️

@@UKReloader Yeah, well hang in there and keep 'em coming. Try planning out what needs to be said ahead of time, then edit out what does not align or is not relative. Will see you in the next one.

Hey, cheers. If you anneal the cases, and depending how hot you load them, you should easily get 8-10 loadings, if not more. I know people loading stuff 15+ times.

Haha you know the score Mr Jones. Gotta have my fruity pastilles vape juice. Maybe flavours of the Dragon can sponsor the channel.😂😂😂

Thanks James. I was chuffed to be getting those group sizes, and 90% of what I learned was from youtube, and the other 10% from a couple of fellow club members. I'd like to be able to shoot sub 1/2 moa. That's my goal now, so I think the next stage will be rebarreling my rifle, and some more tweaking.

To get the brass clean. Is it necessary? No, not really. But I don't like loading dirty brass. You end up getting grime and crap in your dies, and this in turn can damage your brass.

that is why you better size after annealing.