You are the OP. What earlier posts are you talking about?hdwhit said:As noted in earlier posts
I use Dillon/RCBS/Lee dies and actually have three 9mm Lee die sets. During 400,000+ rounds of 380/38Spl/9mm/40S&W/45ACP/45Colt reloads, I did not need to lube pistol brass when using brass tumbled with untreated/treated corn cob/walnut media.9mm ... 3-die set ... Lee carbide resizing die often required extraordinary force to resize cases (even when they were lubricated) even though some were easily resized. This difficulty occurred regardless of whether I was using the Lee resizing lubricant, the RCBS resizing lubricant or Hornady Unique. The resizer also left vertical lines on the resized cases even after a through cleaning.
Variation of flare on case mouth is from resized cases being different lengths.Lee Powder-Through expander die either expanded the case so little that seating the bullet caused the case's sidewall to collapse or made the case mouth look like a Pilgrim's blunderbuss.
I would inspect the seating stem for crud build up and clean as necessary. Improper flare could contribute to bullet seating problem so I would address the resizing/case flare issues before bullet seating issue.no matter how carefully the bullet was aligned on the top of the case or how slowly the ram was raised, the Lee seater inevitably seated the bullet off-center leaving a bulge in one side of the case. Further, the sharp start of the crimp ring in the seating die regularly caused cases to hang up during the seating operation even though the die had been adjusted to not crimp the cases at all.
So your point is even a caveman can properly set up RCBS dies but a four decade seasoned reloader cannot?All in all, the problems with my 9mm reloads that I couldn't resolve by tinkering with my Lee dies were all fully resolved within the 30 minutes it took to set up my RCBS dies according to the instructions that came with them. The cases virtually "jumped into" the sizer die. The expander allowed adjustment in the amount of expansion within 0.001 inch and the cases didn't hang up on a sharp ridge at the start of the crimping throat.
I know the Lee enthusiasts are going to blame my problems with the Lee dies on my own incompetence. And that's fine. Despite nearly four decades experience reloading, I will accept that my problems are attributable to my own incompetence. But, when I accept that, the fact of the matter remains that in spite of that incompetence, I was able to set up dies from RCBS and resolve ALL of my problems within 30 minutes. Somehow, RCBS has developed a "fool proof" system for letting incompetents set up dies as accurately and precisely as experienced experts.
... As noted in earlier posts, the Lee carbide resizing die often required extraordinary force to resize cases (even when they were lubricated) ...
Vertical lines and "extraordinary force" required (and I bet that it makes a scraping noise).... The resizer also left vertical lines on the resized cases even after a through cleaning. ...
So your point is even a caveman can properly set up RCBS dies but a four decade seasoned reloader cannot?
While I do not consider Lee dies to be the "best" on the market, I do believe there are many reloaders new to Lee dies (and to reloading) who may not experience what you experienced.
Yes, another Lee bashing thread.