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556 military brass resizing issue
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<blockquote data-quote="bigedp51" data-source="post: 1133242" data-attributes="member: 28965"><p>tailbon3</p><p></p><p>We live in a plus and minus manufacturing world and no two reloading dies and rifle chambers are the same.</p><p></p><p>I do not use my Lyman full length .223 die because it sizes the case diameter smaller than my RCBS small base die. And when adjusted as per the instructions with the press reaching cam over it pushes the case shoulder back .009 shorter than my GO gauge. Meaning this Lyman die is in the "minus" side of the manufacturing world. I have several .223 dies of different manufacture and they all vary in how much they size my .223 cases.</p><p></p><p>That being said I buy once fired Lake City brass and the first time they are sized with a RCBS small base die. Some of these once fired cases require more effort to size because Lake City brass is harder in the base area than any other commercial .223 case. "BUT" no where near the effort you describe in your posting. Many new dies need polishing to lower the sizing effort but you "may" have a defective die that skipped the polishing operation during manufacture. </p><p></p><p>Questions. </p><p></p><p>At the top of the ram stroke can you see daylight between the bottom of the die and the shell holder?</p><p></p><p>Are you using Hornady one shot dry film case lube?</p><p></p><p>Is the resizing die new and did you clean the die as per the cleaning instructions. Many newer dies are using a dry film preservative and if not cleaned properly the preservative film will put the breaks on your sizing operation.</p><p></p><p>If needed you can lap the top of your shell holder to allow the case to be pushed further into the die. If your die keeps giving you problems I would recommend buying a Forster full length die with the high mounted expander that greatly reduces neck runout.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigedp51, post: 1133242, member: 28965"] tailbon3 We live in a plus and minus manufacturing world and no two reloading dies and rifle chambers are the same. I do not use my Lyman full length .223 die because it sizes the case diameter smaller than my RCBS small base die. And when adjusted as per the instructions with the press reaching cam over it pushes the case shoulder back .009 shorter than my GO gauge. Meaning this Lyman die is in the "minus" side of the manufacturing world. I have several .223 dies of different manufacture and they all vary in how much they size my .223 cases. That being said I buy once fired Lake City brass and the first time they are sized with a RCBS small base die. Some of these once fired cases require more effort to size because Lake City brass is harder in the base area than any other commercial .223 case. "BUT" no where near the effort you describe in your posting. Many new dies need polishing to lower the sizing effort but you "may" have a defective die that skipped the polishing operation during manufacture. Questions. At the top of the ram stroke can you see daylight between the bottom of the die and the shell holder? Are you using Hornady one shot dry film case lube? Is the resizing die new and did you clean the die as per the cleaning instructions. Many newer dies are using a dry film preservative and if not cleaned properly the preservative film will put the breaks on your sizing operation. If needed you can lap the top of your shell holder to allow the case to be pushed further into the die. If your die keeps giving you problems I would recommend buying a Forster full length die with the high mounted expander that greatly reduces neck runout. [/QUOTE]
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