chookah wrote:Another novice reloading question here.
I do a bit of reloading with a mate and his RCBS reloading kit and we're both reasonably new to it.
When sizing brass, some of them go through the press pretty effortlessly, but the occasionally one can be tough.
Really gotta apply the elbow grease to the extend it tips the table a little and so on.
Doesn't bother anyone if a bit of brass is unusable, but don't want to damage the expensive press or dies obviously.
Any risk to either if you get a particularly tough bit of brass? Best to skip sizing it or just muscle through?
You could try LEE sizing lube in the tube, it is very good and economical and won't contaminate powder or primers like oil can do. I tried them all and have used the LEE for the past four years, it goes a long way as you only need the thinnest layer. It was the only one that worked when making .303/22 cases.
Good for the hardest cases. I lube the outside up to the level of the shoulder and only lube the inside of every second case neck with a cotton bud and don't put any on the shoulder.
If just neck sizing then graphite powder in a small screw on bottle cap up to the level of the shoulder works well.
If it is pistol cases then buy carbide dies and ditch the lube permanently.