so over the past few weeks i've been piecing together my reloading set up. i'm starting with lee to make sure i like it before i invest more $ to a more quality piece. i started with tumbler, lee hand press, and prep stuff. the bought dies 223 308, digital scale, caliper,and some bullets. then took a ride up to sportsman center bought 1 pound of powder and primers. well i started by trying to re-size my brass. i read 2 books and seems straight forward. install shell holder close press, screw dies in until it hit shell holder then open shell holder a little bit turn die in 1/4-1/3 turn in. check lube my brass out side and in insert brass. well i tried that round in my bolt 308 round chambers in but cant close bolt down. hmmm measure brass seem like .02 too long so trim brass try again still no good everything seems the same as a factory loaded round but still wont close bolt .doesn't seem right to me so i adjust die try again today seems better but still not right, bolt closes but requires a more pressure than factory round. then i re-adjust dies lube another piece of brass try to re-size and bam brass stuck. F me here we go.....i use my guerrilla strength get the brass out. damn 2nd guessed my self and thought maybe i didn't use enough lube. new piece of brass pay attention to lubing process slowly try to re-size once closed stuck again this time it wouldn't come out i tried everything, even broke the end of my hand press trying to open it then decide to salvage the shell holder left brass in die. now i need to order a new full size resizing die. can anyone help me out? i'm not worried about the broken hand press as my turrent press arrived today, but this definitely took the air out of my sails a little bit. any help would be greatly appreciated. ps im located in cherry hill.

 

thanks,

 

george

their is a tool to remove the stuck brass, check midway... you can try to remove the decapper and use a punch to drive the brass out.. the decapper can be hard to get out also because it resizes the neck..

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thank you both tony and frank alot of useful info

Was the brass shot out of your rifle or range pick up?

 

Sounds like you need to adjust the die for .002 shoulder set back.

 

Maybe you need the RCBS Small base resizer die.

 

If I can help further, email me.

I had the same issues while reloading rifle brass. Very aggrivating.

I fixed it but not reloading rifle and stayed purely with pistol calibers. Solved that problem!