Alright... I have been reloading .357mag as well as .45LC for my dad's and my revolvers...
Recently I bought a .308 and will be reloading for it.
We use a hornady lock n load progressive press.
Purchased .308 dies, two die set, full length.
I went to resize a few shells today to see how it all works.
My problem... I adjust the die as required.. hornady tells you to have the die touch the shell plate just before the press cams over.
If I do this... I literally have to use my entire body weight to push the handle down, and then on the down cycle the case gets wedged in the die and screws up the mouth of the case severely.
My impression was that you want to run the die allthe way from the top of the case to just before the ridge/lip...Is this wrong??? Do I only have to resize the case a certain part??? Reason I ask is because if I resize the case where the die only goes down to about 3/8" before the ridge it resizes fine, anymore and it gets really hard.
Next problem... For those of you familiar w/ the hornady dies they state that the depriming pin should sit 3/16"of an inch past the mouth of the die...If I set the die the way stated where there is 3/8" of the shell not resized, the diepriming pin does not touch the primer... and would have to stick down A LOT more than they say to.
Am I doing something wrong??? Or what?
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
MIke
Recently I bought a .308 and will be reloading for it.
We use a hornady lock n load progressive press.
Purchased .308 dies, two die set, full length.
I went to resize a few shells today to see how it all works.
My problem... I adjust the die as required.. hornady tells you to have the die touch the shell plate just before the press cams over.
If I do this... I literally have to use my entire body weight to push the handle down, and then on the down cycle the case gets wedged in the die and screws up the mouth of the case severely.
My impression was that you want to run the die allthe way from the top of the case to just before the ridge/lip...Is this wrong??? Do I only have to resize the case a certain part??? Reason I ask is because if I resize the case where the die only goes down to about 3/8" before the ridge it resizes fine, anymore and it gets really hard.
Next problem... For those of you familiar w/ the hornady dies they state that the depriming pin should sit 3/16"of an inch past the mouth of the die...If I set the die the way stated where there is 3/8" of the shell not resized, the diepriming pin does not touch the primer... and would have to stick down A LOT more than they say to.
Am I doing something wrong??? Or what?
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
MIke
