resizing

Have a 1966 era savage 110 in 7mm Rem Mag. Remington factory ammunition loads fine with no resistance. However, when I insert a freshly resized and trimmed once fired federal cases when I close the bolt I can feel some drag. Is this something to be concerned about. I am using lee dies and full...

I have a RCBS with laymen dies. When I attempt to full length resize, the shell does not fit totally into my cartridge gauge. It seems to be hanging up at the rim. Any help would be appreciated. The shell does appear to be in touch with the shell holder

Since I haven't had anyone definitively explain to me how to bump the shoulder back other than what the books that I have read and the videos I've watched and perhaps most importantly, me being an idiot, I'm not sure what is what. Here's the problem. I use RCBS dies for resizing my .308 rifle...

Yesterday I resized around 250 military and commercial 30-06 brass. I have been using Forster dies for rifle calibers for some time now. Previously I had disassembled the dies to clean. During this process I did not screw the expander ball back down to it lowest position. This would position it...

I am just starting to purchase my equipment for reloading. I am uncertain about the lubing thing, do I need to buy a seperate press for this lubing and resizing ? OR, can I also powder coat these bullets and then do the resizing in my main press ? While I still have choice, this can help me...

I had a few life distractions and I am not 100% certain if I resized some .223 brass before loading the casings. Normally I am quite systematic, but I am questioning myself on this one. So here are my questions: 1) How can i verify if I resized my brass or not? 2) If the cases are under the...

A little background: I reload cartridges in small batches (never more than 200 at a time; mostly 50 or 100) on a single stage press. I prepare my brass through the priming stage, but may not load it until later. The reason is that I don't necessarily have the load I intend to use fully...

And I'm not talking about what you might hear on CB radio. I had recently to picked up some "previously fired" Federal 556 brass from someone who didn't care for Federal brass. I know the reasons people don't like Federal brass, but none of this brass had been decapped and the primers were...

Background: I tumble brass in walnut media. Previously-fired cases are decaped, washed and tumbled. When resizing, I use Hornady Unique. After resizing, cases are tumbled to remove the lubricant. The same media is used for both tumbling operations. The media is thrown out when it starts to take...

Hello, I recently purchased two sporterized Remington Bertheirs. They were pretty bad looking on the surface and I got both for $100. I am aspiring to become a gunsmith so I got them to practice on cleaning and refinishing. After cleaning up one of them it turns out that they just have...

My Lee die has the deprimer pin retracting into the die when using. I figured out how to unscrew the deprimer and get the pin to stick out where it should. I continued deprimer/resizer and the pin moved a bit. So instead of messing around with it, I used my universal decapper to process the 500...

Hello all, I am a longtime reader, first time poster. I have been reloading for around 7-years and shooting for about 16 years; some of which with the US Army, and some of that shooting in Iraq (OIF). The question I have been pondering is as such: "Why would there be case lube on a finished...

Between 1993 and 2015, I suffered from a neurological condition (ultimately successfully treated) that kept me away from my reloading bench. Like Rip Van Winkle, the world of reloading changed dramatically during those 22 years. The biggest thing I have had to get used to has been the new...