Dents in my shoulders

[slushee]

Sounds almost like a medical condition doesn't it?

I load .308 for a Norc M14 .. I full length resize brass recreating M852 rounds (7.62mm).

I have noticed in the past very subtle dents in the shoulders of my full length resized brass in a lee challenger press using lee .308 fl resizing die. They were so subtle in the past that I just ignored them and the rounds were very very accurate.

With this new set of 50 pcs of Winchester brass, I FL resized, loaded and fired them once. The second time I have resized them, I am noticing some very pronounced dents in the shoulders of many of the cases. Cause for concern? Am I doing something wrong? Should I ignore them?

Thanks for your advice...

 

[mule]

Many will suggest you are using too much case lube!

 

[H4831]

Yep. And keep the lube on the walls of the case, not the neck and shoulder.

 

[slushee]

Okay, so a few questions .. firstly, are those with the big dents now toast? Should I just crush 'em and forget 'em?

Secondly, I do lube the outside case walls, I keep the lube off of the shoulder but i lube the inside and outside of the neck. Should I stop lubing the neck completely? I was finding that after awhile i was getting smushed lube on the shoulder after i resized .. so it would appear that I am using too much lube

Thanks for the quick response btw

 

[604shooter]

Just fire the ones with the dents....they'll pop back out. I lube the inside neck of every 5th or 6th round unless I'm using a neck sizing die then no lube at all.

 

[577/450]

clean out the sizing die, had same prob w/7mm mag

 

[jonnyrc]

Re too much lube:

I had a similar situation with the shoulder of 308 cases being crushed (RCBS FL SB dies) usually it happened at the begining of the resizing work before the lube was spread around real good. I cleaned the inside of the die, made sure to use a minimal amount of lube and spread the lube around well.made sure to only lube the case wall. This cured that problem for me.
to lube the necks I use a dry lube (white graphite) It works real good and smooths out the resizing very nicely. Forester puts together a nice little kit with the dry lube and brushes

 

[sbtennex]

Stop getting lube on the necks/shoulders and clean out your die - take it apart and spray it with a pressurized cleaner like top engine or BrakeClean from both ends (outside and wear your safety glasses), blow it out real well with air while it's still wet. Then I put the very slightest hint of Lubriplate on the threads. But that's just me....