gun dreams

[Steve]

Carbide dies are great, much better than messing around with steel dies and lube. It's well worth giving the cases a good wipe with a clean rag before sizing them, a piece of grit can jam a case in the die, then you end up yanking the press handle up and all your nicely lined up cases fall over, the primers fall off the shelf, the front screws holding the press down work loose and you end up swearing at the whole thing. If you have an older Lee Challenger the casting that holds the handle on then snaps off.

Trust me on this :-)

I try not to full-length resize as it reduces case life, it's not necessary if you're using a light load in the same gun.