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Old 01-10-2017, 09:37 PM
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Default 223 Casing Lube Dents

Started to get dents in my 223 cases during the re-sizing and de-capping operation on a RCBS single stage press and using RCBS die:

After around a dozen trials to determine what was causing the dents, I narrowed it down to excess casing lube not having anywhere to be relieved. The dents only occur during the last 1/16" of press travel. So, in the future I'm thinking that I'm going to have to perform re-sizing and de-capping as separate operations with frequent wipe-downs of the re-sizing die, like doing it for every other casing. A couple of questions for the experts:

1. Is my diagnosis correct; dents due to excess casing lube?
2. If so, what have others done to avoid denting their cases?
3. Are my dented cases salvageable or scrap? I'm thinking of fire forming them using a very weak load in a bolt action rifle.

All thoughts and recommendations will be appreciated. -S2
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