Press pulling hard, brass shavings - Page 2

Jeff2131 · October 16, 2013, 09:55 PM

Um....buy rcbs carbide 9mm dies. Problem solved. $35 to stop all your headaches.

JustSomeGuy · October 17, 2013, 02:06 AM

I dunno... I do use Hornady One Shot even though I have carbide dies and am using mostly Dillon 650's to reload with. I do have an LNL also, but it is dedicated to .45 and large primers, and none of the machines with their recommended dies exhibit this problem. However, I have heard of this before and a rough decapping die/neck resizer or rough belling die can cause some problems. Sometimes the solution is as simple as polishing until the problem subsides, but generally something more than very fine steel wool is required. Polishing wheels can be attached to a grinder or, if you don't have one of those, even a dremel tool with a polishing wheel can be used if you mount it solidly (like in a vise) and rotate the offending die part against the spinning wheel of the dremel that has a polishing compound on the wheel. Smooth is good! Out of round is bad!

Elerius · October 17, 2013, 08:32 PM

The dies are not really covered under the return/replace info on the website. It took 5 minutes of polishing with Mothers to smooth it out, so I decided not to bother with the hassel for such a small inexpensive piece.

However, I got a Redhawk in 44 magnum and received a set of Lee dies with that also. The belling die is smoother but also pulls a bit on some cases, and had a lot of built up brass dust in that one also from the previous owner. I'm feeling more like its the Lee dies in general at this point.

SVTCobra306 · October 17, 2013, 09:54 PM

My 9mm and .45acp Lee dies act this way as well. Early on I had a couple that were really rough when you pulled the brass out.. I decided I was flaring too much and set the die to not bell as much. This really seems to have eliminated the brass shaving as well as calming down the "thunk" on pullout. Sometimes if I get a longer than normal brass I get a good thunk again, I just measure to make sure it's in spec and drive on.

October 16, 2013, 09:55 PM	#26
Jeff2131 Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2012 Location: Spring City, PA Posts: 497	Um....buy rcbs carbide 9mm dies. Problem solved. $35 to stop all your headaches. __________________ ---I DON'T DIAL 911---

October 17, 2013, 02:06 AM	#27
JustSomeGuy Member Join Date: October 2, 2013 Location: Oregon Posts: 49	I dunno... I do use Hornady One Shot even though I have carbide dies and am using mostly Dillon 650's to reload with. I do have an LNL also, but it is dedicated to .45 and large primers, and none of the machines with their recommended dies exhibit this problem. However, I have heard of this before and a rough decapping die/neck resizer or rough belling die can cause some problems. Sometimes the solution is as simple as polishing until the problem subsides, but generally something more than very fine steel wool is required. Polishing wheels can be attached to a grinder or, if you don't have one of those, even a dremel tool with a polishing wheel can be used if you mount it solidly (like in a vise) and rotate the offending die part against the spinning wheel of the dremel that has a polishing compound on the wheel. Smooth is good! Out of round is bad! __________________ I, Procrastitron will destroy evil.... eventually.

October 17, 2013, 08:32 PM	#28
Elerius Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2013 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 365	The dies are not really covered under the return/replace info on the website. It took 5 minutes of polishing with Mothers to smooth it out, so I decided not to bother with the hassel for such a small inexpensive piece. However, I got a Redhawk in 44 magnum and received a set of Lee dies with that also. The belling die is smoother but also pulls a bit on some cases, and had a lot of built up brass dust in that one also from the previous owner. I'm feeling more like its the Lee dies in general at this point.

October 17, 2013, 09:54 PM	#29
SVTCobra306 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2013 Posts: 434	My 9mm and .45acp Lee dies act this way as well. Early on I had a couple that were really rough when you pulled the brass out.. I decided I was flaring too much and set the die to not bell as much. This really seems to have eliminated the brass shaving as well as calming down the "thunk" on pullout. Sometimes if I get a longer than normal brass I get a good thunk again, I just measure to make sure it's in spec and drive on.