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Sizing die problem
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<blockquote data-quote="jdyoung" data-source="post: 1939708" data-attributes="member: 113391"><p>I was wondering if the necks of the new out of the package cases were pushed in farther that the abilities of the die to restore without a little help. I've had some new cases with necks that way. I just took a pair of needle nose pliers and coaxed them into a form that the die could handle successfully. ( any object with a smooth taper like a punch etc would have worked). </p><p>As to a new press, my press is an ancient Lyman Orange Crusher that I bought used in the early '90's. I never had any problem feeding any cartridges into it. </p><p>Only difficulty I ever had with it was the primer punch pin would snag, (bent a couple),from time to time on the inside of the flash hole when running the case up into the die. With some cases I had to do an assist with my left hand to thread the case correctly into the die. It bothered me enough that just for giggles, I laid a level, ( one of those line levels ) across the top of the ram ( no shell holder). I turned it in all directions. While the press was mounted on a new sturdy bench, the level on the ram indicated it was out of plumb about 3/32" low on the right side. I slipped a broken hack saw blade between the press base and the benchtop. That brought the ram into plumb and I haven't had that trouble except with a very few factory loaded fired rounds that haven't had the inside flash hole deburred. </p><p>I'm not sayin' this is the problem you are having, just that sometime there are little details like the case neck being dented too severe or the press not being plumb causing the case to take an irregular stance when entering the die. </p><p>Just don't go runnin' out and throwin' money at the problem till you have it figured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdyoung, post: 1939708, member: 113391"] I was wondering if the necks of the new out of the package cases were pushed in farther that the abilities of the die to restore without a little help. I've had some new cases with necks that way. I just took a pair of needle nose pliers and coaxed them into a form that the die could handle successfully. ( any object with a smooth taper like a punch etc would have worked). As to a new press, my press is an ancient Lyman Orange Crusher that I bought used in the early '90's. I never had any problem feeding any cartridges into it. Only difficulty I ever had with it was the primer punch pin would snag, (bent a couple),from time to time on the inside of the flash hole when running the case up into the die. With some cases I had to do an assist with my left hand to thread the case correctly into the die. It bothered me enough that just for giggles, I laid a level, ( one of those line levels ) across the top of the ram ( no shell holder). I turned it in all directions. While the press was mounted on a new sturdy bench, the level on the ram indicated it was out of plumb about 3/32" low on the right side. I slipped a broken hack saw blade between the press base and the benchtop. That brought the ram into plumb and I haven't had that trouble except with a very few factory loaded fired rounds that haven't had the inside flash hole deburred. I'm not sayin' this is the problem you are having, just that sometime there are little details like the case neck being dented too severe or the press not being plumb causing the case to take an irregular stance when entering the die. Just don't go runnin' out and throwin' money at the problem till you have it figured. [/QUOTE]
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