Got my Lee 7.7 reloading dies,need loading info.

[jeep]

Lee sent the die back today,(4 day turn-a-round). They pulled the stuck case and put new deprimer in it for free!! Great service. The lube I used was the Frankford Arsenal case lube. Lee says this is not recommended. First time I tryed the Frankford lube and the last. It was given to me and now I know why. Will use the Lee lube which works for me. To hot in the garage to try it,but I have plently of tumbled cases ready to go. The 7.7die was in spec.

[jeep]

Lee 7.7 dies working great with hornady bullet lube. Its wax type will even winterproof boots! 42.grs. of ww748 and the 150gr. work great.

[riceone]

Drill a hole and tap it out to 5/16" - the take a 5/8" nut and set on the end of the die over the case with rim pulled off. Take a 5/16" cap screw with a washer and screw the cap screw into the base of the case till it is pulled out.

There was nothing wrong with your die. All 99 chambers are bad oversize and produce a bulge that makes it hard to resize. Lube the case, push it in part way, pull out and relub may have to do it again.

The very best lubricant I have found is a product sold by dealers who sell PVC underground pipe that use a rubber gasket to seal the joint. It is water soluable and come in different size containers but the quart size will last alife time. I'll try to remember tomorrow and get the name and post it here. riceone.

[Patrick Chadwick]

I have done the drill/tap trick myself, and found the whole business rather annoying, since the stuck case could have been driven out with a steel rod from above IF the decapping rod assembly had also been removable from above.
Having had several bad experiences with various milsurp cases (Arg. Mauser, Carcano, Arisaka, Martini-Henry) for exactly the same reason, I now follow 2 basic rules:

1) In all cases where a neck sizer is available, use neck sizing only. That is the best solution for brass life AND improved accuracy.
2) If no neck sizer is available, remove the decapper from the full-length sizer, and use a separate decapper as a precautionary measure against stuck dies.

and if someone could tell me how to do it without FUBARing the dies, I would, for instance simply grind out my full-length sizers just enough to suit the above-mentioned rifles.

Patrick

[ireload2]

Just learn to clean the dies out well then generously lube the first case. Take it easy sizing the first case until the lube is transfered to the die surface. Imperial Case Lube works well as does several others. All stuck case problems are operator problems. Either not enough lube is used or the wrong shell holder is used.

[jeep]

The lee die has a die as a friction nut on the mouth exspander ball rod which can be loosened and so you can hammer out the case with it.