Hey all, This probably a long-shot but I am at my wits end. I purchased some reformed 35 Rem brass from Grumpa before he passed and trying to resize it is a real bear. I have a set of Lee and RCBS dies and both provide the same results. Both die sets have been thoroughly cleaned and lubed. I have tried lubing with synthetic motor oil, lanolin, silicone based lubes and Imperial sizing wax. Nothing seems to help. I almost alays end up pulling the rim off the case or cutting the case in half to get the expander out.
It takes all of my 240lbs on the press handle to get the necks sized and then they usually become stuck in the die. If I can get them out the expander ball will usually not pull through the neck. I sent the Lee die back and Lee said it was fine and sent me a new expander as mine was damaged from trying to resize this brass.
My only thought is the cases may be too hard and need to be annealed. I was pretty sure he said he annealed the cases during the process but they not look typical of annealed cases.
I just want to get these to work in the worst way as using them once is not very cost effective.
Rondell
P.S. factory ammo resizes just fine in both sets of dies.