Scratched .223 die, now what.

[Palladan44]

Always clean your brass before sizing or at least do a polish with 0000 steel wool to get the grit off first so it doesn't get inside your sizing dies.

I knew this at one point, but I forget.
I transition between say 9mm using my Dillon carbide pistol dies and no lube required and I'm a bit cavalier when I transition back to Rifle.
I'm sending it to RCBS.
Thanks guys!

 

[FROGO207]

Next time try and clean it yourself. As stated its easy! A flap of emery paper 3 inches long and half an inch wide inserted in a split dowel and that dowel chucked into a drill will polish all the gauling off the extreamly hard die in seconds. Just get a sheet of 80 or 100 grit emery paper from your hardware or auto parts store.
You should be able to google how to do it and watch. Just clean your die out after to get rid of the abrasive dust. I always use a bore mop and some polishing compound after to slick up the die but it is not necessary.

 

[Blue68f100]

Next time try and clean it yourself. As stated its easy! A flap of emery paper 3 inches long and half an inch wide inserted in a split dowel and that dowel chucked into a drill will polish all the gauling off the extreamly hard die in seconds. Just get a sheet of 80 or 100 grit emery paper from your hardware or auto parts store.
You should be able to google how to do it and watch. Just clean your die out after to get rid of the abrasive dust. I always use a bore mop and some polishing compound after to slick up the die but it is not necessary.

I normally use 240-320 grit followed up with 600, 1500, 2000. It's a mirror when I'm finished.

 

[doubleh]

Usually scratched cases are caused by grit in the die. Inspect the case under a good light with a magnifying glass to see if it is grit, then clean it and inspect it again. If is dinged small ones can be removed by one of the aforementioned methods. If large I would contact RCBS. They have taken good care of my small problems with their lifetime warranty.

I have never used one shot but started and have continued with Cabela's dry case lube. I quickly learned to let it get completely dry. Removing a stuck 223 case is a PIA. In fact I have an old hair dryer hanging by my reloading bench just to dry the cases quickly when I reload bottle neck cases. I am about of lube an should check to see if Cabela's still has it. It came in a plastic spray bottle so you could see that you had it shook up and mixed well and how much was in the bottle.

 

[troy fairweather]

It's rcbs, they will send you a new die.