jonk
11-17-2008, 11:56 AM
So yesterday I figured I'd resize all my 30/40 brass, maybe 80 pieces in total right? Lee dies, lee lube, Rockchucker press. Something I've done a hundred times before, or at least a dozen times with this die set right?
So I size a few and the decapper rod pulls out and gets stuck in the case. WTH? I've had this happen 2, 3 times in my years of reloading. Not a problem says I. Bang bang, hammer it into the case, slop some more lube in, loosen the collet, resinert it, tighten the collet as hard as I can... ok, works fine.
Now this was irritating the first time but then proceeded to happen another half dozen times!
All this was cleaned, tumbled brass. I lubed inside each case neck using a Q tip. There was no binding on the outside of the case, just the neck. Using dies I've used a lot before.
Very strange. The gods just weren't with me yesterday.
Finally the last 20 cases or so I got out the Lanolin and used that on the inside case necks. Slick as butter as always but a pain to use and a pain to remove.
I did get some nice .329 and .357 casting done though.
So I size a few and the decapper rod pulls out and gets stuck in the case. WTH? I've had this happen 2, 3 times in my years of reloading. Not a problem says I. Bang bang, hammer it into the case, slop some more lube in, loosen the collet, resinert it, tighten the collet as hard as I can... ok, works fine.
Now this was irritating the first time but then proceeded to happen another half dozen times!
All this was cleaned, tumbled brass. I lubed inside each case neck using a Q tip. There was no binding on the outside of the case, just the neck. Using dies I've used a lot before.
Very strange. The gods just weren't with me yesterday.
Finally the last 20 cases or so I got out the Lanolin and used that on the inside case necks. Slick as butter as always but a pain to use and a pain to remove.
I did get some nice .329 and .357 casting done though.