Welcome to the forum. You will find lots of great advice on here. First, where in the heck you from? I could spend a week driving to every gun shop in Michigan and still not come up with the variety of bullets and powder you have found. I am lucky to find 32gr vmax and I live within an hour of five ...

Here are the steps. I didnt include pictures of every one because they probably would not be noticeable. First one is through the bushing die with the bushing removed. The second one was trimmed and through the body die and the third one is necked tuned, final trim, chamfer , annealed and loaded. So...

Sorry my photos aren't as good as RIO's but computers are not my strong suit

Ramos I have enough components to get me through at least 2 years of prairie doggin unless I happen to run into such a heard that I need to call for back up. And now for the news I came home with a new baby today. I through a bushnell on her because that's what i had already at home(robbed it off an...

Thanks for all the replies guys. I have today off and I am heading to michiGUN to put my paddies on some guns. Every one warned me and you were right, I cant even look at other firearms the same way after getting my first cooper. All my shooting buddies keep making fun of me because I want another o...

Ok, here is my vamint arsenal 243, 22-250, 204, 20 vt, 19 badger and a couple rimfires I have been bitten by the cooper bug and will probably have another one before spring. Problem is I cant decide which caliber to get. The two I am considering are 223 something a little less warm then my 22-250 or...

Those coopers are great. I just bought my first one, barely had it a month and already trying to figure out how to get another.

I just pretty much use my calipers to measure neck thickness since I turn the necks with a K&M tool. Bodei Thats what I use is the K&M. I measured with my caipers tonight and it looks like it is about .0125. I have the pieces to show the steps I just need to get a photo and get them loaded ...

Pretty much my process too except I use the Redding .223-.221FB forming die as the first step, resulting in less case damage. What are you turning the necks to? .012"? There is a lot of satisfaction in making this brass, but it sure is a ton of labor! I dont have the tools to measure the neck ...

Yes it is 5.56 lake city and I will get some pics of the process here soon.

Just wanted to share my first experience forming 20 vt brass from once fired lc brass. First I took RIO,s advice and bought redding 3 die competition set. It included a body die, type s neck bushing die, and a competition seater die. I experimented with a few different things and this is my final pr...

I just received my first cooper in 20vt and like they say they are addicting. I am already trying to figure out what the next one is I am going to get. Lots of great guys on here with lots of great advice. Keep us posted on your progress. Also, unless you are dead set on a repeater the model 21 will...

Thats a big coyote there Glen. It sure looks alot bigger then the ones I get here in Michigan or maybe I just seem to get the pups.
I bet he didnt know what hit him.
Nice rifle

Outstanding. I want to get back into pistols now that I am reloading but too busy at the moment with work and getting rifles ready for pd season.