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I used a bearing press with mine instead of a hammer. Made lots of .357mag back then!
Mike
Mike
I used a bearing press with mine instead of a hammer. Made lots of .357mag back then!
Mike
I started out reloading 45 Colt with the Lee Loader and used Starline Brass. Never had a problem with the cases not going flush with the sizing die.
Pretty sure there’s something wrong with the die. You should be able to get a 45 Colt case flush with two hammer blows, with practice. 45 acp, one blow.Hello,
I got a Lee Loader recently for my 1858 Remington Conversion, and am running into an issue. Thought I'd see if anyone here may know the solution.
After knocking out the spent primer, I lubricated the outside of the .45 Colt case with Lee resizing lube, and proceeded to insert the lubed case into the die. After looking at the instruction manual and watching several videos, I learned that the case needs to be flush with the die. I gave it a few taps, and then a couple hard whacks and it will not go in flush inside the reloading die. The end of the shell sticks out about an 1/8". Knocked each shell out and tried new cases, each ended up the same way.
To anyone with experience with the Lee Loaders, do you have a theory on what is causing this? Why will each case not go in all the way?
Thanks
I have the same problem with the 45 acp lee loader, I went ahead and ordered a set of lee dies much happier.I second that. Use the Starline Brass.
It also occurred to me that the case sizing lube could be preventing the case from fully seating, or at least require that more force be used.
Because the lube occupies space, there would be less space on the interior walls of the die available for the brass case, which could make seating more difficult and even seem impossible.
Perhaps removing the lube from the brass and die would help.
Or maybe too much lube was applied.