I came down with a cold and am not feeling very well. What to do? Retreat to the basement and size some cases of course!
I have questions on the 2 cases pictured below. They're completely different situations but I'm curious and would like people's opinions.
The setup: RCBS Rock Chucker single stage; RCBS .223 FL Die Set; RCBS case lube and lube pad; I lube inside the neck using RCBS brush every 3 cases or so.
The Case On The Left
When this case went in the die I felt resistance when the case was roughly 50% into the die. I've never felt this before. Normally I feel some resistance early (presumably when expander goes into the neck) and at the end when the base of the shell goes into the die and the press cams over. On this I felt the normal resistance early, then another piece of resistance, then the final piece of resistance at the end.
When I pulled out the case I saw the crescent shaped mark - which is in the brass. I can feel it with my fingernail. The marks above it (scoring?) feel completely smooth.
I don't know if the case was this way prior to going into the die. This could be range-scrounged brass - I'm not sure because I tend to mix scrounge with stuff I've shot that day. BTW, I probably had 4 shells out of a few hundred tonight that felt this way. This is the only one that came out looking like this. Lastly, I gave the sizing die a really good cleaning after the sizing session. The first shell this odd resistance sequence happened (not the one pictured) I actually thought I crinkled the case. When I pulled the case out of the die I figured it would have been a wreck, but it was fine. BTW, I'm pretty sure it was NOT over-lubed. As the night went on I could feel the lube lightening up on the pad. I had previous cases with more lube than this one and they were fine.
The Case On The Right
I know that dent was in the shoulder before it was sized. And the sizing die did nothing to change it. Is it shootable (assuming it passes the plunk test)? I presume so but wanted to check.
Any info folks might have I'd appreciate. BTW, I've only been loading about 6 months. So I don't want to represent this as something that has happened for the first time in thousands of rounds. I've loaded roughly 800 rounds of .223 and shot probably 400. But this is the first time I've had the situation I describe above.
Thanks!
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I have questions on the 2 cases pictured below. They're completely different situations but I'm curious and would like people's opinions.
The setup: RCBS Rock Chucker single stage; RCBS .223 FL Die Set; RCBS case lube and lube pad; I lube inside the neck using RCBS brush every 3 cases or so.
The Case On The Left
When this case went in the die I felt resistance when the case was roughly 50% into the die. I've never felt this before. Normally I feel some resistance early (presumably when expander goes into the neck) and at the end when the base of the shell goes into the die and the press cams over. On this I felt the normal resistance early, then another piece of resistance, then the final piece of resistance at the end.
When I pulled out the case I saw the crescent shaped mark - which is in the brass. I can feel it with my fingernail. The marks above it (scoring?) feel completely smooth.
I don't know if the case was this way prior to going into the die. This could be range-scrounged brass - I'm not sure because I tend to mix scrounge with stuff I've shot that day. BTW, I probably had 4 shells out of a few hundred tonight that felt this way. This is the only one that came out looking like this. Lastly, I gave the sizing die a really good cleaning after the sizing session. The first shell this odd resistance sequence happened (not the one pictured) I actually thought I crinkled the case. When I pulled the case out of the die I figured it would have been a wreck, but it was fine. BTW, I'm pretty sure it was NOT over-lubed. As the night went on I could feel the lube lightening up on the pad. I had previous cases with more lube than this one and they were fine.
The Case On The Right
I know that dent was in the shoulder before it was sized. And the sizing die did nothing to change it. Is it shootable (assuming it passes the plunk test)? I presume so but wanted to check.
Any info folks might have I'd appreciate. BTW, I've only been loading about 6 months. So I don't want to represent this as something that has happened for the first time in thousands of rounds. I've loaded roughly 800 rounds of .223 and shot probably 400. But this is the first time I've had the situation I describe above.
Thanks!
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