Rcbs rockchucker and reloading mods to help make your life more enjoyable.
Inline fabrication makes some great accessories to add to just about any press, the primer catch system for the chucker is the best upgrade you can do, everything else is going to be by preference. The primer tube priming system upgrade works wonders if you clean your brass and then size and prime but if you deprime and then clean, I suggest priming by hand or a bench mounted system. If you multiple presses and you want to use the same dies for multiple presses you can make this happen by running the ram up with the same shell holder in each press you can take measurements and machine or grind the insert such that the height from the top of the shell holder to the top of the 7/8 insert is the same on all of them. Reducing inserts for the chargemaster and any electronic dispensers is the cats meow and reduces overthrows to almost zero, less than 1%. I also like having my shellholders very close by for when I want to switch. Most dies now come with lock rings but if you are using lee dies, get lock rings from Hornady or a place like McMasterCarr, this way your dies are set and can be quickly changed. Area419 makes some great products as well, this is more swag but the aluminum makes powder flow better and reduces static, so check out the funnel and powder cups. As far as case lube I have had very good luck with the Hornady sizing wax which also works well with the Willis belted magnum sizer.
If you want very clean brass, I highly suggest the stainless tumbling media followed up with some corn cob media to dry the cases out.
I am also testing salt bath annealing currently, I like it so far especially the controlled temperature. I haven’t tested this at the Range yet to see how consistent the cases are performing. 5-6 seconds and doing two cases at a time does cool the salt very quickly, so 50 cases and wait about 5 minutes to let the temp come up, I’ve found that you can anneal about 10 cases, trim 10 cases and then anneal and keep that process going makes the process very fluid, you can also substitute sizing with trimming.
Inline fabrication makes some great accessories to add to just about any press, the primer catch system for the chucker is the best upgrade you can do, everything else is going to be by preference. The primer tube priming system upgrade works wonders if you clean your brass and then size and prime but if you deprime and then clean, I suggest priming by hand or a bench mounted system. If you multiple presses and you want to use the same dies for multiple presses you can make this happen by running the ram up with the same shell holder in each press you can take measurements and machine or grind the insert such that the height from the top of the shell holder to the top of the 7/8 insert is the same on all of them. Reducing inserts for the chargemaster and any electronic dispensers is the cats meow and reduces overthrows to almost zero, less than 1%. I also like having my shellholders very close by for when I want to switch. Most dies now come with lock rings but if you are using lee dies, get lock rings from Hornady or a place like McMasterCarr, this way your dies are set and can be quickly changed. Area419 makes some great products as well, this is more swag but the aluminum makes powder flow better and reduces static, so check out the funnel and powder cups. As far as case lube I have had very good luck with the Hornady sizing wax which also works well with the Willis belted magnum sizer.
If you want very clean brass, I highly suggest the stainless tumbling media followed up with some corn cob media to dry the cases out.
I am also testing salt bath annealing currently, I like it so far especially the controlled temperature. I haven’t tested this at the Range yet to see how consistent the cases are performing. 5-6 seconds and doing two cases at a time does cool the salt very quickly, so 50 cases and wait about 5 minutes to let the temp come up, I’ve found that you can anneal about 10 cases, trim 10 cases and then anneal and keep that process going makes the process very fluid, you can also substitute sizing with trimming.
