300 AAC Blackout

[458 SOCOM]

I have spent the day cutting down 2000 prices of .223 brass for case forming the brass.

Taking a break to eat some supper, then back to the bench to cut them to proper length, chamfer and prime them.

After that I will load some and tomorrow is the range trip.

 

[ASP785]

Did it take you all day to cut them down?

I find this task to be incredibly boring and tedious.

 

[Kinetics]

what are you cutting them with? I was thinking about trying to cut a few hundred range pickup .223 that i have but don't know if i have anything to cut them with. may have to get me one of those mini chop saws.

 

[Profreedomokie]

I use a forming/trim die and cut them off with a hack saw. It is about a six step process to make a round of brass. I guess it's worth it when I'm firing my 300 Whisper AR with the AAC Cyclone and it sounds like an air rifle.

 

[tyromeo55]

Hey buddy,

2K cut and formed in a day (by hand) is hard core! let me know next time and you can come over and convert them here on the 650.

 

[ASP785]

Hey buddy,

2K cut and formed in a day (by hand) is hard core! let me know next time and you can come over and convert them here on the 650.

I use a mini chop saw. How are they converted on the 650?

 

[tyromeo55]

I have a dillon 1200 trimmer and a form die. It forms and trims to final length the 223 case as it goes up into the die. every time the handle is pulled it spits out a finished 300BLK case

Here is a crappy video and a picture of the trimmer setup if you look closely in the bullet tray you can see a 223 trim die also look at the toolhaed and see that it is milled down so the trimmer can reach the short case and have room to extract the shavings.

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[ASP785]

I have a dillon 1200 trimmer and a form die. It forms and trims to final length the 223 case as it goes up into the die. every time the handle is pulled it spits out a finished 300BLK case

Here is a crappy video and a picture of the trimmer setup if you look closely in the bullet tray you can see a 223 trim die also look at the toolhaed and see that it is milled down so the trimmer can reach the short case and have room to extract the shavings.

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That is a heck of a lot faster than what I am doing...How long does it take you to do say 1000?

 

[tyromeo55]

That is a heck of a lot faster than what I am doing...How long does it take you to do say 1000?

If I get into a groove around an hour

 

[jrguns]

That is a nice Dillon set up to case trim. 1000 an hour is nice.