So I have a 3 die set of lee 9mm reloading dies. When I first got them, I loaded about 10 dummy rounds while dialing in the dies, so I know all the dies used to work fine. They then sat for 2-3 months. I just recently went and tried to reload some bullets and found the shells would get stuck in the resizing/ depriming die, which has the carbide collar. I had to put my full body weight on the press handle to get it to go all the way into the die.
I am currently using a Holleywood single stage turret press. I have reloaded lots of 45 acp with it, so I know nothing is badly misaligned.
For things I have tried to fix it:
I removed the depriming pin and shells still get stuck. I visually inspected it for rust and oxidation of which there is none. Following that I took it to a friends house and we set it up in two different presses if his. The die performed just fine. So I went back to my press, and decided to try the die in multiple locations on the turret, including where my 45 die is, with no luck. So, with some case lube from the friend, I tried using the die again and found that shells run though the die fine with a little lube on them. The previous steps show that shouldn't be necessary though, and I don't want to have to use case lube on them forever.
Does anyone have any other ideas on what to do? I will be looking at used progressive presses in the coming months.
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I am currently using a Holleywood single stage turret press. I have reloaded lots of 45 acp with it, so I know nothing is badly misaligned.
For things I have tried to fix it:
I removed the depriming pin and shells still get stuck. I visually inspected it for rust and oxidation of which there is none. Following that I took it to a friends house and we set it up in two different presses if his. The die performed just fine. So I went back to my press, and decided to try the die in multiple locations on the turret, including where my 45 die is, with no luck. So, with some case lube from the friend, I tried using the die again and found that shells run though the die fine with a little lube on them. The previous steps show that shouldn't be necessary though, and I don't want to have to use case lube on them forever.
Does anyone have any other ideas on what to do? I will be looking at used progressive presses in the coming months.
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