Just finishing up another batch of 500 .223 cases. I have to finish annealing them and then they get loaded along with the rest I did previously, all with Federal primers and juiced with H335. I bent the stem that carries the sizing ball in my RCBS 223 competition die set somehow, so I called RCBS in Oroville California and talked to them about buying a new stem and sizing ball and interestingly (I didn't know it) but RCBS die sets are guaranteed for life and they replaced the stem and seater ball (and the new seater ball is machined for headed decap pins, not that I use them as I decap with either a Redding Decap die or my Frankfort Arsenal decapping tool.
Anyway, they sent me one via Fed-Ex, no charge. I found that very refreshing because in today's world, nothing is guaranteed for life. Guess RCBS reloading products are..
Nice folks to talk to on the phone as well and they found it interesting that because I own and operate my own machine and fabrication shop, I make my own custom seater stems for various bullets and I also make my own die bushings for the Whidden and Redding bushing dies I use with my 30, 338 and 300 Win Mag reloads. I do seat all of them with a RCBS micrometer seater and make the seater stems to order. I bore, ream and then heat treat the bushings from oil hard drill rod btw and the seater stems from either mild steel bar stock or in the case of ballistic tipped bullets, aluminum bar stock.
All my handload cases get annealed (rifle) as well as my handgun reloads in magnum calibers because the heavy required crimp work hardens the crimped end and causes them to fail (crack) prematurely so I anneal just the ends of them to extend case life. Quality brass isn't cheap today but I am so I do it.