.223 Handloads

[dlewis45auto]

How are you belling the mouths of the cases? Usually, a rifle case neck is sized down, after the expanded ball has passed thru the neck. Then the expanded ball is pulled thru the neck to expand it to the necessary diameter. I'm pretty sure those bullets are boattails, so there should not be a problem with aligement between the case mouth and bullet.

First I would re-double check powder charge weight...(always), and second made sure the case mouth is not hanging up on the bottom edge of the die. Compressed powder charges usually just push out the bullet, until until enough pressure is released. You can change the amount of grip by adjusting the diameter of the expander ball, to help retain the bullet in the case.

I just loaded 500 rounds of 223 with the hornady 68 hpbt with Ramshot TAC.

Hope this helps...

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