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Ike666:
The way the die works, as you probably already know, is that a collet with a tapered surface is closed down on the neck of the brass case as the collet pushes against a tapered surface in the body of the die. In another great Lee's materials choice (at least on my Lee Collet Die purchased years ago) used the same steel alloy for both parts. That can lead to galling of the surfaces and mine suffered from that. Some lube there would help and you have to occasionally take the die apart and maybe smooth out the galled surfaces with a stone.
I'll admit that a new one might have had the problem solved by a better choice of steel alloys (different for each piece) but I have no info or usage of a new one. It is just something to be aware of and inspect the die for. Other than that the die works fine.
LDBennett
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