DKSDonnie
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I'm having problems bumping the shoulders back on my 270 WSM brass casings. I use a Lee press with Lee Full Length sizing dies and when I resize the die will not bump the shoulders back at all and the shoulder measurement actually grows .001 sometimes. I've set the die to touch the shellholder and screwed in 1/4 to 1/3 turns. No change. Screwed in more. No change. Unscrewed 1 full turn from touching shell holder. No change. I even went and purchased a set of the Redding shell holders and that didn't work. I don't understand the screwing in of dies because once the shell holder touches the die, it isn't going up any further, all you do is stress the press. There is "NO" cam over on my Lee single stage press. I suspect that when I lower the ram, the neck sizing portion of the die could be pulling what I bumped back, right back out. How do you stop this? I lube the necks. I did read an article online where a reloader had the same problem and went to a RCBS die, and that wouldn't do it, and finally got a Redding die that worked great. Do I have a bad die? Seems pretty dumb to have to keep purchasing dies to find a die that works properly when all dies should perform the same task as advertised. You could spend alot of money doing this. You could purchase alot of equipment to just sit on the shelf because it doesn't work. Should I send this die back to Lee with a fired round and see if they can diagnose my problem?Any ideas?