been a time since I set up a full length die. had to take it apart and clean the rust off. Still no idea why Lee claims their case lube causes no rust....

Trying to get it assembled, my method last time was a fired case inserted into the die on the shell holder, the mandrel inside and locking it in place when the die was closed. It worked well and all the cases came out the same.

Have a bag of ppu brass, and a lot of misshapen case mouths. So to go fix them up, the mandrel wont fit. Kill 3 cases by turning the necks inside the case, creepy but cute looking..

Noticed that a quick hit with the chamfer tool and the bullets seat almost perfectly as a friction fit in the mouth. just going to need a quick mouth expander jaunt, and all will be well,

is it common for brass to be almost on the right mouth diameter?

is the flaring die enough to smooth out a case mouth?
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