I got the new carrier and small primer feed system in over the weekend. Everything fits perfectly, and I've been testing the function with very few problems.

I also started work on a sort of bench/table top that I can bolt the press onto. My garage space doesn't allow for a new work bench, so I'm taking a couple pieces of ply wood, screwed them together, and once I bolt the press on, I plan to simply clamp the assembly to my existing bench. This way I can keep my work space available when I'm not reloading.

I was hoping I would be able to get away with using Lee's universal depriming die, but I was taking another look at everything, and my 300 BLK pistol likes to beat the brass up a little when ejecting. The mouth of every case is somewhat flattened on one side. The universal die doesn't round the mouth out, or at least not that I can tell. I think what I'll end up having to do is use the universal die by itself to deprime all my .223/5.56 brass before sizing them, and then use the sizing/depriming die for the actual reloading process. I've read there can be issues being set up this way. If I run into any, I may add in the universal die and take out the depriming punch out of the sizing die. Hopefully, if I have to do it that way, the flattened mouths won't be an issue. (If anyone has had experience with this situation, please let me know what you did to solve it!)

Hopefully after the next paycheck I'll have enough to get a tumbler, so I can get some brass ready to go. It'll probably be a month or so before I can get the powder system, though. I'm not being very patient with this, but I can't spend money I don't have!