Prepping precision brass on 750 has never easier or faster
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People always ask how I prep brass on my 750 so I thought I'd just show a quick video of it in action. Easy peezie lemon squeezie.....
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For those that notice the brass falling out of the case feeder tube, I forgot to swap the out the magnum tube for the standard one so the brass was popping out once in a while and I fixed it after making the video.
Hey John, very impressive setup.
I'm curious about how you handle cleaning and lubricating your brass before and after sizing.
Can you do us a full rundown on all your reloading kit and how do you powder charge on a Dillon
What dreams are made of. Awesome set up Mr John.
Thank you for the kind words.
@f-class John So here’s a weird one. A couple of friends and I are a bit superstitious on our reloading practices. In particular, whatever amount of brass is prepped, must be reloaded in the same sitting. Finding time to do some testing, but have you ever found an issue with prepping brass, and not loading it for a couple of day, weeks, etc?
To clarify, this is for PRS, so less rigorous than F-Class with regards to accuracy. My prep is FL sizing, bumping the shoulder and then a mandrel in the neck. Load and go.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
I don't have any issue prepping brass weeks or even months ahead of time BUT I also run my gage pin (expander) when I actually load so I'm more confident of my neck tension no matter when I actually load.
@@FClassJohn Thanks. Reloading psychosis is never ending.
Like your set up, you're saving me some money . I may start shooting ftr soon. A big thank you.
how's ur FTR shooting been going?
@@Gnolomweb back to shooting pd's lack of bullets, etc.
Love your videos John. Keep them coming. What kind of consistency are you getting with shoulder bump?
I see that you are full length sizing your brass on a Dillon 650/750. I assume you are putting on some type of grease/lubricant on the brass and then loading them into the brass hopper. My question is Doesn't your hopper and brass flex tube get contaminated with the grease? Since you have set up other toolheads for other functions how often do you have to clean them?
I wish i could afford that kind of set up lol, awesome !!
Hello sir. I’m getting into reloading 223. I have a 750 that I load 9 with. When it comes to case prep, I have a ton of mixed 223 that measure in the 1.740 to 1.750 range after resizing. Are those acceptable numbers? Others are longer than 1.760 which I trim down but wondering on the shorter ones. Thank you sir.
Love your videos, great information. Have you seen anyway to trim and chamfer/debur on the dillon? Really wanting to brass prep and trim on press.
Well funny you ask. I'm actually working to adapt the Giraud trimmer to my Dillon but it's slow going as I need to make some parts for it to work properly. Other than that there's really no trimmer system that works on a progressive that trims AND deburs/chamfers.
@@FClassJohn I'm very interested in your progress here. The more of your videos I watch the more I become allergic to touching brass...
Is having the die touch the shell plate good enough for the shoulder bump? My auto drive wont cam over because during calibration it finds the hard stops. Have any tips to fix this?
That's an awesome setup!
Thank you.
Hi John, thanks for the vids. What do the rubber bands indicate?
I use rubber bands for several things. I'll hold my priming system back with them to make sure it doesn't creep forward on accident. I use them to hold down dies sometimes when they're free floating and sometimes I shoot them at people when they come into my reloading area.
Ooof, that's a sweet setup 👍
Thank you
Great video and thanks for the insight. Did you do anything to the shellholder or underneath the shellholder to ensure that it is concentric?Also what is the purpose of the rubber band around the dies?
Thank you. Yes I hone the bottom of my shell holder with 400 and 1000 grit wet sandpaper. The rubber band is to allow the floating dies to stay floating while holding them held to one side. Not totally necessary but just a habit I'm in.
@@FClassJohn when you hone it, how do you ensure it is flat?
@@fordcobra37 I do it on a piece of granite until there's no wobble of any kind when I screw the plate down.
Thank you for sharing!!
Do you run dirty brass threw your FL die?? If not do you clean as well after you deprime??
Nope it's cleaned brass and I don't worry about the pockets.
Awesome setup man. When I prep on mine I leave the primer bar forward. Any advantage to leaving it back?
I leave mine back just to avoid any chance of the autodrive breaking something. I'd hate for the primer cup to get hung up for some silly reason and hurt something.
F-Class John good point. I don’t have to worry about the automated part. That would be awful for something to bind up somehow.
Davy Lytle yes it is and to be fair I’ve done it in another way and it’s horrible.
Do you use any apply any lubricant on your cases when you prepp them? and if so, do you clean your case feeder tube before loading?
I use One Shot and it doesn’t leave much if any residue behind.
@@FClassJohn thanks :)
What is the purpose of the rubber band on the floating lock rings? Thanks.
I've used the to hold floating dies to one side or the other. This allows the die to float but also keep them at a more consistent height since it keeps them from moving left to right a little. Probably unnecessary for the most part but I've saved .001" in variance doing it.
I was thinking about this exact set up. I sing the 750 as a processing machine. How hard is it changing calipers with the auto drive?
The Autodrive doesn’t affect caliber changes. Anything you’d do to change over a caliber would be the same.
If only all of that was availiable in Europe... Where did you get the gage Pin and the die to hold it?
Here's my video on the gage pin die th-cam.com/video/FX9zMgY5kt8/w-d-xo.html. As for getting my carbide gage pin, they're custom made a pretty pricey. However standard gage pins are readily available on the internet. Hope this helps.
That Dillon setup goes “cha-ching!” Because it is.
Yeah I don't disagree but every cha-ching it makes just means it's amortized itself that much more. But more than anything, I get good gear that reduces strain on my body. I suffer from hand and arm pain so any help I can get makes my life better.
F-Class John fair enough. I am just deeply jealous. It’s unfortunate this handloading hobby often results in mild forms of carpal tunnel due to small repetitive motions during brass prep.
When do you anneal, before or after this step? It sounds like you trim after this, but just trying to figure out where annealing fits into your process.
In short terms, I clean then anneal then size then trim/debur/chamfer
@@FClassJohn trim/anneal/chamfer? Or do you mean trim/debur/chamfer? Since you have the Giraud trimmer.
@@trevorschuetz1530 oops, yes thank you. I fixed it. sorry about that.
@@FClassJohn Gotcha, no worries haha. Thanks for the info! Love the videos, keep it up!
@@FClassJohn One more question, is that the 21st century expander mandrel? And what size is it since you're expanding the neck again with the gauge pin when you load these?
i have a question: why do you wear, what appears to be, latex gloves?
For two reasons. First is that I don't want any solvents, greases or lubes on my hands. Second is that I don't want my own oils from my fingers on my components. Good for me and good for my body.
@@FClassJohn thanks!
Can you recommend a fl die for 308 f class?
Whidden, Redding S series and Wilson are all ones I’ve really enjoyed using.
@@FClassJohn Thanks
Yeah, I can sneak a few toys in the garage without the wife saying much, but I better have diamonds in the other hand.
sweet, only like 6k? yeah?
Wait, wut? You don't sort your brass at all?
uhhhhh, no I don't. That being said I'm going to a new caliber and I'll be doing things just a little different in terms of how many pieces of brass will be in a batch however I still won't sort any of them.
That. Is. Bad. Ass. :)
Thank you for the kind words.