Heavy Resistance to Sizing After Powder Coatingl
I apologize if this has already been addressed, however, with much reading have failed to find the topic.
I’ve been away from casting for quite some time, getting started again ....also powder coating.
I thoroughly cleaned my Lyman 4500 and dies prior to staring sizing the powder coated bullets. There was high resistance to the down stroke....and promptly broke the bottom off off my Lyman on the return/reverse stroke. Next step...profanities!
I was told on another website, to merely push them all the way through by placing another bullet on the top of the first bullet. This further increased the resistance.....much more bullet surface area in the die. Next failure....promptly broke the “link” that the press handle screws into! Following step.....extreme profanities!
Parts are not available.... so, I manufactured ( pretty crude) a new one piece handle/link assembly!
I have since lubed my die and bullets with Hornady One Shot case lube spray....which has helped quite a bit!
So, has anyone experienced a similar issue with “high resistance” to sizing....and what did you do to remedy?
Thanks to any and all replies....even the ones that insult my intelligence! 😋 memtb