My Lee 223 FLS dies leave scratches/marks on the necks

[Kelsey Cooter]

Heres a photo of before and after resizing. I FLS because i have 2 223s and before i started reloading i didnt think to seperate the 2 guns emptys. When comparing the 2 cases I can actually feel the line with my thumb nail.

[GQshayne]

The line around the base of the neck happens on my Lee .243 die as well, and you can feel it with your finger nail. I figured it was a fault, so reported it and they sent me a new die. It is exactly the same. Nothing I did stopped it. My Lyman die has never done this.

[marksman]

The line around the base of the neck happens on my Lee .243 die as well, and you can feel it with your finger nail. I figured it was a fault, so reported it and they sent me a new die. It is exactly the same. Nothing I did stopped it. My Lyman die has never done this.

the line around the base of the neck is where the neck die is resizing to, nothing wrong with it
polish the neck of your die's Kelsey

[GQshayne]

The line around the base of the neck happens on my Lee .243 die as well, and you can feel it with your finger nail. I figured it was a fault, so reported it and they sent me a new die. It is exactly the same. Nothing I did stopped it. My Lyman die has never done this.

the line around the base of the neck is where the neck die is resizing to, nothing wrong with it
polish the neck of your die's Kelsey

That is the conclusion I came to. Being used to the Lyman die though, at first I figured it was faulty.

Mine does not make the vertical lines shown above though.