Nothing made by man in this world is perfect 100% of the time. I've had bad die problems from every single manufacturer of them in one caliber or another over the last 30+ years.Every time one of you has a little bitty problem,the first thing you do is get on the internet and rant about how this or that companies products suck,and I'm not buying their stuff ever again.
Did you set the dies up correctly? If so,try screwing the die in 1/4-1/2 turn more.
If that doesn't work,do what Saitek suggested,and measure the expander ball. If it is a little over sized,take some sandpaper/emory cloth,and sand it down by hand a little.
That will solve the problem.
Or,contact Lee,and they will send you a new expander for your die.
A lot of the older cartridges have different sizers for the "same" bullet 762x54r is such a cartridge. You have to be very careful to get the right set some sets may have different options or are made to certain outdated specs or updated specs. Always do your research on a given set of dies before purchasing blindly.
Just cuz it says rcbs on the side doesnt mean its good to go. The rcbs dies for 458 socom you cant crimp and seat at the same step. Rcbs in 458 winmag will often crumple brass seating 510grain bullets there isnt enough die body to seat proper depth before it tries to crimp. I have to use lee dies for winmag seating on those longer bullets because of that issue.
Three different LEE sizers I had were DEFECTIVE IN MANUFACTURENothing made by man in this world is perfect 100% of the time. I've had bad die problems from every single manufacturer of them in one caliber or another over the last 30+ years.Every time one of you has a little bitty problem,the first thing you do is get on the internet and rant about how this or that companies products suck,and I'm not buying their stuff ever again.
Did you set the dies up correctly? If so,try screwing the die in 1/4-1/2 turn more.
If that doesn't work,do what Saitek suggested,and measure the expander ball. If it is a little over sized,take some sandpaper/emory cloth,and sand it down by hand a little.
That will solve the problem.
Or,contact Lee,and they will send you a new expander for your die.
my point is that not all dies are perfect for any application. every maker has their idiosynchrosies. the thing i hate the most about rcbs dies and like about some other makers is rcbs incorporates the crimp step in the seating dies. to get seperate crimping i have to buy yet another die.OK, the next time I load up a batch of .458 w/ 510 grain bullets, I'll keep that in mind.
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What do you bullets measure and what does the expander on the Lee dieI will agree that the Lee factory crimp die is a good one. I use the Lee crimp die with my .35 Remington loads, the only cartridges I crimp. However, the other Lee dies, like I explained above are just not worth the trouble for me. Redding and Lyman seem to have the highest quality to me, followed by RCBS and Hornady. That is just my opinion based on my experience. Your opinions and experiences may be different and I am fine with that.
BTW, I have an old set of Herters dies for the .222 Remington (I believe made by CH) that I bought off ebay. The full length sizer works great, but the adjustment ring on the bullet seater is stuck and I cannot move it at all. So, after sizing the brass, I use the bullet seater from my set of .223 Lyman dies to seat the bullets in my .222 cartridges and it works perfectly fine.
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