The CH Die company was founded by Charles Heckman who was a shooter/ gu n writer from the 50-60s. I had a two die set for 38 special and the use of a single die to size, decap and bell the cases was a bit odd as noted in this video. Belling a case mouth and sizing it in the same die is somewhat counterproductive and wouldnt work at all if it were not for the resilency of brass cases. Your charge of unique sounds about right for the 200 grain bullet. 2.5 grains of unique under a .361 round nose lead at 145 grains is a close duplicate for those factor loads in the video. That bullet diameter is standard for the cartridge though Colt revolvers in that chambering are identical or very close to the .357-358" diameter of the 38 special.Speer reloading manuals often list loads with .357 speer wadcutters regardless of the make of the revolver.

Those powder prices 😭

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Which De Priming die is that?

Hey, I have a question about your iron C press. I have similar press and the ram is developing some play. is there a remedy that you know of?

I’m a new reloaded and this is one of the most helpful videos I’ve watched. Simplified my setup. Thank you!

Teach me Obi-wan…

right on the money with this one RR, Hav the same experience. Try Eggleston nice poly coat bullets

major question: I did what he said and the crimp on my round now looks like ribs along the top of the casing near the round. What is that/??

Excellent explanation of a confusing process for a newbie like me. Thank you!!!

Why does the checker say 44amg/special instead of 44mag?

Made the light come on in this old brain. Thank You!

Where can we get the stl files for these items?

this guy knows what he's talkin about. this is the simplest way to do it.👍👍👍

If you look for it you can get sherwin williams powder coat for about half of eastwood and it is the same time of coating.

One important note. Your cases should ALL be trimmed to the same length. If you have a case that is too long you will start the crimp too soon and it will be too deep. If the case is too short you will get a very weak or possibly no crimp at all.

There’s no such thing as a “re-sizing die.”

Hey Reloader, how long does this walkie talkie survives just listening without transmitting? like with an AA batteries?

I've been curious about reloading for a long time and didn't realize i could get into it for so cheap! I'm getting one of these kits!

this is vey cool, thanks for the new content. if you make a caulk mark on the wall and run a test you can use that a a registration mark to keep you head in the frame. Just an FYI

I put a piece of rubber hose over the threaded rod on the tumbler to prevent the threaded rod from scratching my cases.

I have just bought one of these in 308. Only extra thing I bought was a set of digital scales. It produces really good, consistent and accurate rounds using X-Terminator Powder and 168Gr PPU Match Bullets. I am never in a rush to load ammo and can produce 50 ish in an hour. Perfectly adequate for my needs.

cool stuff RR.

But why an ass. Like i get its just anywhere but come on 🤣

I liked your video and think I might give it a try, I have been casting for 30+ years now. The observation I made is your uncoated bullet seems wrinkley to me. I always cast HOT! I think it fills the mold better and makes the base and lube bands crisper. I like them frosty. That may help the powder coating stick in a more😮 uniform manner. Great video.

This is a great tool, The only problem with it is if you are seating purposely oversized cast lead bullets, this will swage them down a bit and accuracy can suffer. I use mine in 38 special and 32 S&W Long when loading Hollow base wadcutters. I skip the initial resizing step since that necks down the brass too much to seat a long wadcutter bullet in some cases without deforming them - then I seat and crimp the wadcutters flush with the case mouth, and then run them through these carbide factory crimp dies to make them feed through my various revolvers of the same caliber. It makes all the rounds uniform and any slight deformation in Hollow base wadcutter diameter caused by the carbide fcd does not seem to affect performance and I avoid messing up the nose of the soft wadcutters by trying to force them into a too-narrow case.

Good afternoon. I've recently started loading for the 7.62x39. I'm using Accurate 2200. I'm 1/10th over max. 2300fps out of 16" ruger ranch bolt gun. That's with a 123 gr Hornaday sst

It's sad part about it if you can't deal with somebody.They claim they've been loaded forever but they don't know what they're doing and you don't know what you're doing

I've been reloading a long time and have never used one. I've been told how much it's almost magical, but this is the first time I've seen the benefit of it explained. Out of curiosity, has anyone used a LFCD with cast bullets and pulled the bullet to see if it got resized along with the brass?

I hope it works out for you but it looks like a toy compared to most other presses.

Mine seem to be catching in the middle. So they won't quit go all the way into the gauge. I've checked all my dimensions against the reloading data and also my other rounds that drop into the case gauge freely. The dimensions seem fine. I can see a very slight wear ring around where the base of the bullet sits inside the case. I have no idea what is causing this to happen.

I like that kicker.

Nicely done

Данный станок лучше подходит для пистолетных патронов!!!

Apreciate the video.

Love the "dummy round". I have always used a "live round" to "preset my bullet seating die". I take a "crimped" round and PUSH the round with bullet facing a table and PUSH! If it moves in, I crimp a little bit more. I also check my loaded rounds with a "Sheridan test die" that is OPEN so I can SEE how the rounds fit. Sheridan also sells "closed test dies".

Hello from New Zealand. Thanks so much for this video. I am new to reloading and am about to purchase this exact kit. Very informative and helpful.

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These are convinient setups when you get a new to you gun and want to play with a couple variables. Get to know the gun and what it likes and doesnt like. Fire off a some factory ammo as a start point. Chrono, work from there.

Thanks a lot

I've learned in life that I gravitate towards people that are capable of explaining the things that they preach over people who can't. I also tend to listen to older folk as they've " been there and done that" long before I've come along. If you don't have a n explanation as to why I'm having an issue you don't have answer worth hearing.

hi, do you have a link to print this ramp please?

Hi from France! Thanks for that cool and interesting video! Thanks to share. I wait mine to reload 38 special too for my S&W 64.

I like the descriptions and explanations. Really helpful that the details are there and not rushed through like so many other vids. Great for newbies like myself. Only been reloading for 5 years, but the components were unobtanium for so long, I got off to a slow start. Really like your videos.

What powder charge did you use with the semi-wadcutters and the true blue?

People are just too stuck on using a 4-die set over a 3-die set not realizing the only difference is the fourth die is a Crimp die so you don’t have to do both in the 3rd die which you are going to show you can! Hope that helps!?

This is where i am right now. 50 jacketed and 50 hi tek coated. My first time reloading in a long time. My press is even similar to yours. Very odd. I guess i need one of those blocks to check my rounds when I'm finished crimping. Thanks for this. the answer to a very specific question I had I'm subbing right now RR. Really, thanks a lot.

Im just getting into reloading. You explain the steps very well. I’m starting with shot shells first than to rifle and pistol.

Very well made 💯🇺🇲

I have found that the cheaper powder will lead your barrel. I have never had any leading with Eastwood powder. After 1000 rounds the barrel looks spotless. The Eastwood powder is well worth the extra money since you can coat several thousand bullets with one pound. I always size after coating.