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According to Brian Enos, one cause could be no mixture in the cup.

I lube regardless carbide or steel that's just me, it is less friction. Quick matter to just spray lube them all at once.

A good reminder what can happen in moments of complacency, taking for granted, distractions, even in things we've done a million times before. The worst is if we injured someone else at the range. Glad the OP wasn't seriously injured.

Hard to understand written description, a photo will GREATLY help.

Old, how old are we talking about? Do not get rid of anything, what you don't care about at the moment, maybe something you wish had kept.

I agree, that RCBS lockring set screw on the die threads metal to metal is a terrible design. I've found a fix however, got a 3/4 - 1" neoprene O ring at the hardware, cut a small piece of it with razor, (less than 1/8"), drop into set screw hole, don't overtighten. Neoprene is oil resistant...

I use MBC, ACME, and Brazos, they all shoot great and haven't had any problems with leading at all even with velocities up to 1100+

That's pretty much me too. Oh, I look into each when in the loading block just to see if anythings amiss but that's it.

Got the Powder Cop yesterday and been playing with it, it does seem to work well enough, it'll be a nice addition to looking in each case. After the shoot this week, I'll have a bunch more to load so will give a it real time workout. I'm sure the lockout (press stopping) die is a fine item and...

Thanks tightgroup tiger, I appreciate it just the same.

Thanks everyone! that's a interesting device GW Staar. In considering how I work the press, all I want is a second simple visual method, no lockup for me at this time. I've been looking into each and every case for close to 30 years and I prefer it that way, I believe in developing the senses to...

I made squib rods from material I had at home. Got solid steel rods of a diameter just a bit smaller than the bore, wrap with electrical tape totally like bicycle handlebar tape fashion. Have one each for the calibers I shoot. don't bother with cleaning rods, or anything really flimsy, besides...

Thinking of getting either the Hornady Powder Cop or RCBS Powder Check (not lockout) Yes, I certainly do check the powder level of each case as it comes around to the seating die but want to play with a checker, I'm a gadget freak. I do have a question: due to the compressible nature of powder...

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I tumble soon as I get home from the range. Then size and decap. I tried decap before tumbling but for me it didn't clean the pockets that well so felt it wasn't worth it. I usually don't clean primer pockets on pistol brass. I use the RCBS bench mounted priming tool and really like it. Tried...

Thanks for the replies. I must admit, I shot exclusively 38 spl with this revolver for a long while, perhaps years. It's just within the past couple months when I first tried 357's the problem occurred. I would not say it's neglected cleaning exactly, I clean my guns after each shoot very well...

Need to clean up those dies especially the insides.

I'm using Lee dies of that vintage as well as RCBS, Hornady, Redding, all working perfectly and producing good ammo as the day I got them.

During my highpower rifle competition days, I tried perhaps eight different powders and settled on H4895 for .308 with 168 gr. Sierra or Hornady HPBT. Can't speak too much about primers but I used WLR or Remington.

With a 200gr RNFP coated lead bullet, I load with Unique 11.0 gr. or 2400 17.0 - 17.2 gr. Not max but lively.