Day: March 19, 2020

Date:____________                                                   Date:____________

Rifle Caliber:__________                                Rifle Caliber:__________

LPP_____SPP_____                                                      LPP_____SPP_____

COUNT:__________ea                                                   COUNT:________ea

_____ Deprime

_____ Clean

_____ Primer pocket go / no-go

_____ Swager (if Necessary)

_____ Anneal (if necessary)

_____ Lube/Resize

_____ De-Bur flash hole (if Necessary)

_____ Trim/Chamfer

            223/5.56 trim to 1.745*

            224 Val trim to 1.590**

            300 AAC Blackout 1.358***

            6.5 Creedmoor 1.910****

_____ Clean

_____Load

*  223 REM The 2015 standard is 1.760″-0.030″, so 1.730″-1.760″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.745″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length.

** 224 VAL The 2018 standard is  1.600″-0.020″, so 1.580″-1.600″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.590″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length.

*** 300 BLK The 2015 standard is 1.368″-0.020″, so 1.348″-1.368″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.358″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length.

**** 6.5 CREED The 2015 standard is 1.920″-0.020″, so 1.900″-1.920″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.910″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length

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This is for the Harbor Freight Tumbler

In each tumbler drum I put:

• 1 ½ lb of stainless steel media (at the most)
• About 1 lb of brass
• Water up to the lip or just below
• Lemi-shine (1/4 teaspoon)
• Squirt of Dawn (enough that when you open the drum you see soap suds)
• Tumble for 2 hours.