I recently purchased a Lee Classic 4 hole press with die sets for .38, .45, and 9mm.
I loaded 500 .38 Special and when I used the fourth station with the carbide factory crimp die, all worked well. There were a very few cases where I could feel the die resizing the round a little bit. Most of them did not seem to need resizing. This squares with what Lee states in their instruction sheet. They say not to expect the post sizer die to touch every case.
Then I went on to loading .45 ACP. In every case, no matter what the head stamp, the post sizing die passed over the loaded round with very noticeable resistance. This is on both the upstroke and the downstroke. Has anyone else had this happen with the Lee factory crimp die in the fourth station? I adjusted the die twice per the instructions, with no improvement. Any idea of what is happening?