Reloading ?'s

Nonsequitur

October 26, 2002 17:03

1) Can you use .222 brass to re-load .223? If so, any problems/tips I should know about? Is there any difference between the two?
2) How many times can you (safely/or recommended) re-load brass with new primers (pistol/rifle/shotgun) without removing the gunk (reaming) the flash hole?
3) In re-loading, what does OAL stand for?
Thanks for any help.

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  jonk

  October 26, 2002 18:03

  OAL= Over all Length. Cartridges should not exceed this for any specified bullet/load.
  
  You should clean the flashole every time but so long as you can seat the primer w/o undue difficulty I don't know of any reason why not cleaning would be unsafe.
  
  Don't know about 222 in a 223 but why would you want to? .223 is far cheaper anyhow.
  
  "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf

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  Nonsequitur

  October 26, 2002 18:17

  Thanks for responding Jonk. The reason I asked about the .222 was because I recently received my dad's Ruger Mini-14 in .223 and he had a lot of .222 store bought brass(for re-loading). I didn't know if he used to have a .222 or if you could re-load them for .223.

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  woodsrunner

  October 26, 2002 18:59

  .222 brass would be too short to use for .223's, but you could probably sell them for more than the same quantity of 223 would cost. The cheap surplus ammo for the 223 has caused the market to be flooded with once fired brass. If you do sell the 222 brass to buy 223 brass, be sure to get brass with a headstamp known for it's quality, i.e. LC for Lake City. The quality of brass used by the various makers is pretty variable.
  
  Woods

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  Sunray

  October 26, 2002 19:15

  1) No. Two very different cases. Good reason, note, reason, not an excuse, to go buy a .222 rifle. Or use 'em as trading goods.
  2) Like Jonk says, every time you load. Makes for a good seating of the primer. You can get a really inexpensive hand tool to do it with in any gun store. Takes a while if you're loading a bunch of cases, but it's better to do it every time. Set in frontof the TV with a vat of dirty and a new vat for clean. Speed cleaning can be done with a brush in a hand drill.
  3)OAL, like Jonk says it's Over All Length. It applies to the case AND the loaded ammo. If you don't have a loading manual you need one.

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  Nonsequitur

  October 27, 2002 04:04

  thanks for the help.

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