When me and my dad first got I to reloading he was all about the lee carbide dies since you supposedly didn’t have to lube the cases... well I ruined a .308 resizing die years ago and just tonight ruined the decapping pin from my 8x57 Mauser resizing die....
Do I have to lube my cases contrary to what my dad taught me or am I doing something else seriously wrong? Part of the problem with the .308 was undersized primer holes from rp brass, but the 8mm has been reloaded once before and was ultrasonic cleaned and tumbled before trying to resize... but the first case stuck and took hammering on the decapping pin to remove, which bent the decapping pin....
Do I have to lube my cases contrary to what my dad taught me or am I doing something else seriously wrong? Part of the problem with the .308 was undersized primer holes from rp brass, but the 8mm has been reloaded once before and was ultrasonic cleaned and tumbled before trying to resize... but the first case stuck and took hammering on the decapping pin to remove, which bent the decapping pin....