wiiawiwb
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I've reloaded about 1,100 rounds of .45 Colt. I've been reloading the brass from ~ 200 rounds of ammo I purchased 6 months ago. About half the brass is Starline the other half mixed. I'm using my Forster CoAx and everything has been going great.
I decided to buy 200 new Starline brass. They arrived this week and started today to reload some. First, I put some brass through the resizing die (Lee carbide set) which went through with a little more resistance then the used brass.
Then I went through the case expansion die and it took a ton of physcial effort to get it belled. I tried several things. I put some new brass through the wet tumbler with the ArmorAll Wash and Wax but that didn't help. Then took the expansion die, loosened it and started from scratch and that didn't help.
I'm at a loss why it takes so much effort to muscle the new brass through expansion die. Any ideas?
I decided to buy 200 new Starline brass. They arrived this week and started today to reload some. First, I put some brass through the resizing die (Lee carbide set) which went through with a little more resistance then the used brass.
Then I went through the case expansion die and it took a ton of physcial effort to get it belled. I tried several things. I put some new brass through the wet tumbler with the ArmorAll Wash and Wax but that didn't help. Then took the expansion die, loosened it and started from scratch and that didn't help.
I'm at a loss why it takes so much effort to muscle the new brass through expansion die. Any ideas?