clutch
Contributing Member
I just received a Lee 4 die set for 9mm and out of curiosity, I took each die apart. Nothing was too exciting until I got to the powder through die.
I don't think they cleaned the fluids left from machining. The outside of die body looked fine, but inside the neck expander thing and the interior of the die body it was dripping in something that seemed oil based.
If I had just slapped them in the press, there is a chance that I could have loaded contaminated rounds and had issues with proper powder flow to cases.
This isn't a bash Lee post, I have a lot of their dies that have worked fine for me over the years. Just a heads up to fully inspect new reloading dies for contaminates.
Clutch
I don't think they cleaned the fluids left from machining. The outside of die body looked fine, but inside the neck expander thing and the interior of the die body it was dripping in something that seemed oil based.
If I had just slapped them in the press, there is a chance that I could have loaded contaminated rounds and had issues with proper powder flow to cases.
This isn't a bash Lee post, I have a lot of their dies that have worked fine for me over the years. Just a heads up to fully inspect new reloading dies for contaminates.
Clutch