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Need suggestions on brass going into sizing die very hard
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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 373291" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>Boomtube, I do respect your opinion, and thank you for your advise, heres what I think. </p><p>Maybe I phrased this wrong. I dont have a pollished die,but I think Im gonna try it. OK, the die I have is a finniky s.o.b. Too little lube in ANY one spot and the brass GRINDS AND POPS, and MASSIVE amounts of force are required to get your ruined brass back out of your die. This is BAD! </p><p>On the other hand too much lube and you dimple the cases on the shoulders. Also bad!</p><p>Heres what I was trying to say </p><p>I have to use (what I think is) excessive lube wax and keep it warm, and keep the press moving. As soon as I stop for any longer than 5 min. the wax gets hard again, and dimples the case shoulder on the very next brass or two. Its not that I ''over lube'' the shoulder, the wax just seems to gradualy build up over time, and gets hard as it cools. </p><p>Like I said, theres an art to using wax and an F/L die. I have just resigned to cleaning my dies after 50 brass in a row.As long as the die stays warm, and brass is just out of my fingers warm and it works.(it has not been above 53 degrees or colder than -10 below 0 in my garage where I load since I set up my equipment) However, from what Ive seen at buddies(who are single and can do this) Thier press and equipment is inside the house where its nice and warm, and you can get away with ALOT less lube when everything stays warm. J.M.O. from my experience, thanks for the ''hint'' about soft shoulders tho.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 373291, member: 22166"] Boomtube, I do respect your opinion, and thank you for your advise, heres what I think. Maybe I phrased this wrong. I dont have a pollished die,but I think Im gonna try it. OK, the die I have is a finniky s.o.b. Too little lube in ANY one spot and the brass GRINDS AND POPS, and MASSIVE amounts of force are required to get your ruined brass back out of your die. This is BAD! On the other hand too much lube and you dimple the cases on the shoulders. Also bad! Heres what I was trying to say I have to use (what I think is) excessive lube wax and keep it warm, and keep the press moving. As soon as I stop for any longer than 5 min. the wax gets hard again, and dimples the case shoulder on the very next brass or two. Its not that I ''over lube'' the shoulder, the wax just seems to gradualy build up over time, and gets hard as it cools. Like I said, theres an art to using wax and an F/L die. I have just resigned to cleaning my dies after 50 brass in a row.As long as the die stays warm, and brass is just out of my fingers warm and it works.(it has not been above 53 degrees or colder than -10 below 0 in my garage where I load since I set up my equipment) However, from what Ive seen at buddies(who are single and can do this) Thier press and equipment is inside the house where its nice and warm, and you can get away with ALOT less lube when everything stays warm. J.M.O. from my experience, thanks for the ''hint'' about soft shoulders tho.:) [/QUOTE]
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