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Help with Redding body only sizing die
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<blockquote data-quote="25WSM" data-source="post: 2003993" data-attributes="member: 38048"><p>Carbide it is. Yes they are very hard. But only on the surface. Once you cut a little off they cut like butter. I add back some chamfer and polish them up. Amazing what a little flitz will do for your sizing die. And I've had dies that chattered when sizing and have had to run fine grit wet/dry paper in them and then flitz and then they worked fine. Then you get dies that scratch your brass no matter how clean you get everything. Once again some fine grit and flitz will usually fix them. If the dies don't clean up real quick then they need sent back to be replaced. There is not much you can take and still have them size. I start at 600 grit and go up to 3000. Then a quick run of flitz on a cloth. I'm sure all of you reading this has had dies that ran brass as smooth as silk and dies that ran like it was going to give you arm pump. Sometimes it's the size of your fired brass causing it to some extent. But a quick hit with the papers and they do run much better. Just one last thing I promise. After you get them nice and polished and then clean put just a little extra lube on the first couple pieces of brass you run. It seems mirror polished dies can stick a case easier if you don't. But once the die is lubed they run real slick.</p><p>Shep</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="25WSM, post: 2003993, member: 38048"] Carbide it is. Yes they are very hard. But only on the surface. Once you cut a little off they cut like butter. I add back some chamfer and polish them up. Amazing what a little flitz will do for your sizing die. And I've had dies that chattered when sizing and have had to run fine grit wet/dry paper in them and then flitz and then they worked fine. Then you get dies that scratch your brass no matter how clean you get everything. Once again some fine grit and flitz will usually fix them. If the dies don't clean up real quick then they need sent back to be replaced. There is not much you can take and still have them size. I start at 600 grit and go up to 3000. Then a quick run of flitz on a cloth. I'm sure all of you reading this has had dies that ran brass as smooth as silk and dies that ran like it was going to give you arm pump. Sometimes it's the size of your fired brass causing it to some extent. But a quick hit with the papers and they do run much better. Just one last thing I promise. After you get them nice and polished and then clean put just a little extra lube on the first couple pieces of brass you run. It seems mirror polished dies can stick a case easier if you don't. But once the die is lubed they run real slick. Shep [/QUOTE]
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