44 Magnum Lee Loader effort?

[victorfox]

Very nice sir. We'll keep an eye

[Bmi48219]

Sometimes you have to use a heavier pounder. My personal choice for sizing .30 carbine & .45 acp is a 3 lb. mallet with rawhide tips, a leftover from when I used to earn a living. I lube the carbine brass but the 45's go in dry. Either size is flush with the die with one hit, two max. the rawhide doesn't bounce like rubber or synthetic.

[ironhead7544]

A vice will also work.

[Old Ironsights]

Straight wall cases are tougher to resize than bottleneck cases. That being said, I have sized thousands of straight walled cases with the Lee "whack-a-mole". For size, weight, and simplicity, it can't be beat. ... And yes, pine will get chewed up pretty quick. I use a piece of hardwood and a rubber mallet.

I use a cast "funky alloy" mallet... then re-cast it when it gets too chewed up.

That said, I have done .45Colt, and .44Mag, and regularly use .45ACP, .410, 9mm & .357/.38 (and have each for my BoB) I generally stop using Classic Lee Loaders with straight-wall cases at .357. ... unless there is nothing else available.