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Would anyone know the best place to get .223 ammunition please in cheshire/staffs area, as in best selection, cheapest, helpful RFD, as my local shop doesnt keep much stock in in advance

A&D Northwich
Leek shooting supplies
Trent Firearms

Your reloading press.

zanes wrote:Your reloading press.

THIS

You can get set up to reload for .223 for less than the cost of 100 factory rounds

The Lee hand kit (Lee Loader) is ideal to learn on & priced about the same as a set of dies.
Somewhat slower than a normal press to use, but an ideal learning tool which is more than capable of turning out highly accurate reloads at a massive cost saving

Hell - here's an offer - I'll send you 50 re-sized cases to get you started.
Anyone want to donate 50 bullets?

I'd donate some but we'd need to see an FAC wouldn't we? I'll donate some case prep kit though, de-burrer and primer pocket cleaner.

safetyfirst wrote:I'd donate some but we'd need to see an FAC wouldn't we? I'll donate some case prep kit though, de-burrer and primer pocket cleaner.

No FAC needed - only for live ammo/live primers (non-Shotgun)

Cool

Anyone have a few bullets (FMJ or OTM) to add to the pot?

saddler wrote:

zanes wrote:Your reloading press.

THIS

You can get set up to reload for .223 for less than the cost of 100 factory rounds

The Lee hand kit (Lee Loader) is ideal to learn on & priced about the same as a set of dies.
Somewhat slower than a normal press to use, but an ideal learning tool which is more than capable of turning out highly accurate reloads at a massive cost saving

Hell - here's an offer - I'll send you 50 re-sized cases to get you started.
Anyone want to donate 50 bullets?

I'd suggest future proofing the setup with one of the proper press kits Lee do. About £125 at Kranks.

Those Lee Loaders look like hard work for anything more than a few rounds at a time, though I haven't tried them.

zanes wrote:

saddler wrote:

zanes wrote:Your reloading press.

THIS

You can get set up to reload for .223 for less than the cost of 100 factory rounds

The Lee hand kit (Lee Loader) is ideal to learn on & priced about the same as a set of dies.
Somewhat slower than a normal press to use, but an ideal learning tool which is more than capable of turning out highly accurate reloads at a massive cost saving

Hell - here's an offer - I'll send you 50 re-sized cases to get you started.
Anyone want to donate 50 bullets?

I'd suggest future proofing the setup with one of the proper press kits Lee do. About £125 at Kranks.

Those Lee Loaders look like hard work for anything more than a few rounds at a time, though I haven't tried them.

Lee Loaders are very very easy to use.
Also handy to have to make up test rounds without adjusting dies or powder measures.

Thank you for your responses, and thank you for your offers i really appreciate your help, i am going to get a couple of books and check out the internet, whats the best book to buy

General introduction to reloading? ABCs of Reloading edited by C. Rodney James.

Get your load data from powder manufacturers websites and/or books.