twintips16
WKR
So I did a bad thing and bought a new 7PRC and with that I needed to set myself all up reloading wise for that caliber. I bought all new dies, 100 Peterson cases, and several high BC bullets to try. I am a 7mm RM fan and have several I reload for but nothing over 160grain and whats the fun of not at least trying some high BC stuff right?
Anyways the dies I bought were Redding Master Hunter. And I seated the pre-sized Peterson brass flawlessly. I loved that die and want to get more of them for other calibers. I went to run the sizing die for the first time 2 weeks ago and about pulled my hair out. Mind you I have been reloading for 25 plus years and for 30 some calibers. Im not perfect and have had a dimple pop up here and there. Nothing a little cleaning of the die and back off on sizing lube......
Well I cleaned the die and tried again. Same thing. I got through 7 or 8 cases and gave up. Cleaned the die 3 times and tried 2 different lubes. I walked away as I was getting to frustrated. Fast forward to today. I scrubbed the sizing die. Sprayed it with brake clean, used different size brushes to make sure I was getting the different areas. then went to reload again.
First case dimpled. I'm using imperial sizing lube so I tried some Hornady spray lube. Same thing. Cleaned the die again, THROUGHLY! Started with no lube, couldn't get the case in 20%. Added just a little Imperial to just the body, hardly any. Could only get it in about 40% of the way. Added a bit more, and got to about 70%. Mind you I am using way less then I ever have. Anyways I finally got it to size and it dimpled. I worked my way though 50 cases all of which dimpled. I also tried many times without the depriming stem. No change either.
Extremely Frustrating and produced the worst loads I have ever seen come out of my reloading room by far.
Ok guys bare with me, I know we have all seen the dimple posts everywhere and 99% of the time its too much lube. I believe this might be the case but I tried several times with several pieces of brass on a fresh clean with extremely little lube and couldn't get them to cycle. Could this be a bad die that's maybe to rough? Does that even happen? It looked normal to the naked eye.
Just to prove to myself I sized 50 .243 right after without a hiccup, sized like butter with no dimpling and little effort. Also in RCBS dies which is almost all I own. This is the first time I have used Redding and for the price I paid for the dies I cant same I'm impressed with the set.... I love the seating die however.
Any advice from the gallery?
Anyways the dies I bought were Redding Master Hunter. And I seated the pre-sized Peterson brass flawlessly. I loved that die and want to get more of them for other calibers. I went to run the sizing die for the first time 2 weeks ago and about pulled my hair out. Mind you I have been reloading for 25 plus years and for 30 some calibers. Im not perfect and have had a dimple pop up here and there. Nothing a little cleaning of the die and back off on sizing lube......
Well I cleaned the die and tried again. Same thing. I got through 7 or 8 cases and gave up. Cleaned the die 3 times and tried 2 different lubes. I walked away as I was getting to frustrated. Fast forward to today. I scrubbed the sizing die. Sprayed it with brake clean, used different size brushes to make sure I was getting the different areas. then went to reload again.
First case dimpled. I'm using imperial sizing lube so I tried some Hornady spray lube. Same thing. Cleaned the die again, THROUGHLY! Started with no lube, couldn't get the case in 20%. Added just a little Imperial to just the body, hardly any. Could only get it in about 40% of the way. Added a bit more, and got to about 70%. Mind you I am using way less then I ever have. Anyways I finally got it to size and it dimpled. I worked my way though 50 cases all of which dimpled. I also tried many times without the depriming stem. No change either.
Extremely Frustrating and produced the worst loads I have ever seen come out of my reloading room by far.
Ok guys bare with me, I know we have all seen the dimple posts everywhere and 99% of the time its too much lube. I believe this might be the case but I tried several times with several pieces of brass on a fresh clean with extremely little lube and couldn't get them to cycle. Could this be a bad die that's maybe to rough? Does that even happen? It looked normal to the naked eye.
Just to prove to myself I sized 50 .243 right after without a hiccup, sized like butter with no dimpling and little effort. Also in RCBS dies which is almost all I own. This is the first time I have used Redding and for the price I paid for the dies I cant same I'm impressed with the set.... I love the seating die however.
Any advice from the gallery?
