CJP1 wrote:I recently bought one made by Lyman. This really cuts down on the number of cases that I have to resize. If my empty cases don't fit in the checker I then use a modified shell holder (Thanks Hoot) to take out minute bulge left in cases closer to the head that were fired in AR or Bolt Action platforms. I have used the checker on my reloaded rounds but the bullets are set too far out so rounds don't fit into it. It is a handy tool to have on your bench, especially if you have both a single shot CVA Scout and a Ruger bolt action like I do.
So, the Lyman gauge just showed up. (My reloading room is about to become a guest room for 2 weeks, so one quick playtime then closed for business until after Tax Day... Good thing I love my daughter and her wedding is not a burden, and good thing I love my mother-in-law). Anyway, all the .223/5.56 cases I had resized drop right into it just by gravity. No pushing necessary. the. Base is inside the top step at the back and slightly above the bottom step (I think that’s what Lyman wants- between the steps). I trimmed them and they’re all at, or slightly inside, the other end of the gauge.
This is all according to Hoyle, right? If the case drops in the gauge and is right at, both ends, I can load them and they should cycle through our AR’s just fine (clearly some range time is required before making that hypotheses a fact). After I get some bullets stuffed, I’ll do it again. You’re saying that they might not chamber in the gauge, but will still work in the rifle?