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Neck sizing and case getting harder to pull out?
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<blockquote data-quote="ronedog" data-source="post: 1509618" data-attributes="member: 21087"><p>Ok, thanks for the help. Heres some updates from what I did today. I was curious if I could chamber my fired brass, so I put it in my gun and it chambered and didn't stick, nor was hard to push down the bolt. I was of the impression that fired brass needed to be resized, or else it would not chamber...I actually have never tried this, until I read another post. So this tells me that my brass has not blown out to the point it wouldn't chamber, therefore, there is still room for the brass to expand in the chamber, which implies that the initial sticking had more to do with the dust, or grime in the chamber, rather than the brass expanding too far. Have I got this thinking correct?</p><p></p><p>Also, I'm using Winchester Brass...I don't think I mentioned that anywhere.</p><p></p><p>2nd, I removed the decapper/mandrel from my lee FL die and ran a few shells through it. The first shell still stuck a bit when I pulled it out it out it ended up longer in the headspace. Then I thought I'd lube up the case a lot more to see if it would be smoother in and out...I use the Lee Lube (for now...but have ordered some Hornady Unique). This seemed to help and I got the shoulders to bump back. I followed the same procedures on 3 other shells and was able to get them to all read the same head space .... woo hoo, progress! Then on the 4th one, I got a reading a bit longer again, so I thought, maybe just push the lee press ram down a bit harder...then that shell read .005 too short as compared to the others, so it bumped it back too much now. </p><p></p><p>So, next question, if I'm looking for consistency in the headspace arena, it appears that using this lee press, or lee die, I have to also control the downward pressure I use on the ram with my arm. Is this correct thinking? I thought the Die would control this so any inconsistencies in my arm pressure would not matter? Thoughts on this? I'm really hoping for consistent repeatable processes. Is the Lee Die the wrong way to go? Does the Reeding Die do this too? Or have I just done something wrong that needs a bit of guidance on? Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ronedog, post: 1509618, member: 21087"] Ok, thanks for the help. Heres some updates from what I did today. I was curious if I could chamber my fired brass, so I put it in my gun and it chambered and didn't stick, nor was hard to push down the bolt. I was of the impression that fired brass needed to be resized, or else it would not chamber...I actually have never tried this, until I read another post. So this tells me that my brass has not blown out to the point it wouldn't chamber, therefore, there is still room for the brass to expand in the chamber, which implies that the initial sticking had more to do with the dust, or grime in the chamber, rather than the brass expanding too far. Have I got this thinking correct? Also, I'm using Winchester Brass...I don't think I mentioned that anywhere. 2nd, I removed the decapper/mandrel from my lee FL die and ran a few shells through it. The first shell still stuck a bit when I pulled it out it out it ended up longer in the headspace. Then I thought I'd lube up the case a lot more to see if it would be smoother in and out...I use the Lee Lube (for now...but have ordered some Hornady Unique). This seemed to help and I got the shoulders to bump back. I followed the same procedures on 3 other shells and was able to get them to all read the same head space .... woo hoo, progress! Then on the 4th one, I got a reading a bit longer again, so I thought, maybe just push the lee press ram down a bit harder...then that shell read .005 too short as compared to the others, so it bumped it back too much now. So, next question, if I'm looking for consistency in the headspace arena, it appears that using this lee press, or lee die, I have to also control the downward pressure I use on the ram with my arm. Is this correct thinking? I thought the Die would control this so any inconsistencies in my arm pressure would not matter? Thoughts on this? I'm really hoping for consistent repeatable processes. Is the Lee Die the wrong way to go? Does the Reeding Die do this too? Or have I just done something wrong that needs a bit of guidance on? Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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