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Yep...the few you resized without lube were running off the lube still in the die.
There was no lube left in the die. I had cleaned it out. Again at least 50+ pieces of unlubed brass through it. They go in with minimal force, and come out easily.
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As far as the rattlely looseness? mabe it's because it's new unfired brass that isn't springing back as much after sizing it.
It's new 0-fired
AAC brand 300BLK headstamped new brass. It's loose in the case gage even before I run it through the die.
The brass isn't getting resized much. I just measured 3 cases before putting them through the die:
.373" .374" .373" just above base (case gage is .387" at the head)
.358" .358" .358" just below shoulder
.328" .328" .325" neck size (case gage is .342" at the neck)
After going through the die, all came out within .001 of where they started, except the one case with a .325" neck, which came out .328" ...
Is .014" of rattle normal for a case gage? I just checked a random resized 9mm case, it's .389" at the just above the base - the 9mm Lyman gage I have is .394" or only .005" larger.
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Always use lube (giggity) when resizing rifle brass. You may get away with it a few times, but eventually you'll get one stuck
Maybe, you guys are the experts
but I figure it would've happened by now if so.
The small amount of resistance I meet when the case goes in and out is the neck expander making contact. It seems the only thing my resizing die is doing is making the case mouths round. Which is great, but I'm starting to wonder if I need to bother running them through the FL sizer at all before loading them. Slightly dented case mouths won't stop SMK 220s from seating.