Reloading tip= take it easy on your dies.

[WarPig1976]

This brass was fired out of my Garand and as we all know M1's are hard on brass. I also do this to range pickups.
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I use a center punch to work the kinks outta the necks before running'em through the die, why be hard on your tools.
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So, If your new to reloading don't chuck it, it's still good.

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[browningautorifle]

Yup, been doing that for years...specially with .45 ACP.

[AK-103 Dude]

Its actually ok to do that? Huh. I threw out about 600 5.56 cases cuz they were dented like that and I wasn't sure my resizing die would cut it.
Oh well.. Im new to this addiction called reloading. I have a few thousand other assorted 5.56 and .223 cases so I guess Im ok. How do I stop my dies from denting the side of the case after I lube and resize them? It usually happens after I put a few thru the die. And yes I am lubing below the shoulder.

[browningautorifle]

How do I stop my dies from denting the side of the case after I lube and resize them?

Don't use so much lube on your pad. The lube doesn't need to be up on the shoulders, just the straight surfaces. Anyway. it's just hydraulic compression marks from the lube, use less.

[jmoore]

Don't use so much lube on your pad.

But be sure to use enough! .223 Rem is the only round which I've shorn off more than one rim during sizing. Getting the remains out of the die is a bother.

[browningautorifle]

shorn off more than one rim

I have the stuck case remover for just such an emergency. I was posted to the far side of the moon when I had my first stuck case. 30 cal and a Win casing. If you don't have the tools, you're hooped. I don't get that problem now, probably because I have the tool to fix it. You're quite right though, the two worst offenders seem to be 30-06 and .223. Long straight sides and not much rim. I was sure someone would bring this up though. I guess for his dents, if he just doesn't press so hard in the lube and just not quite so much...

[WarPig1976]

I had the same problem when I started. I would use too much an get dents then I used too little and ripped the head off one case, destroyed the die trying to remove it, so made a change after same investigation to imperial sizing wax. IMO its far superior to lube and one tiny jar will last a lifetime.

[WarPig1976]

Yup, Murphy's law BR...

[enfield303t]

I also use a dry lube on the inside of the neck, seems to make a real difference and the kit was inexpensive. Have had a couple of .223 cases split in half but is was always caused by the neck resizing ball on the upstroke of the press and the cases were only reloaded a couple of times.

I probably use too much case lube however have not had any problems so far. If you are getting hydraulic denting and only lubing the sides somehow there must be a migration to the neck which I have never experienced.

I enjoy reloading everything except .223.

[WarPig1976]

Enfield, when you say "kit" is there a kit or just the powder? My Lyman case prep center came with a little jar of it I haven't used it.