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I finally got all the stuff I need to start loading for .303 today. I set up the dies (RCBS) the way it says to in the instructions. I went to size the first case, and I could only get the handle down far enough to barely knock out the primer, but not all the way down as far as the handle will go. I put some more lube on it and tried a few more times, and finally got it all the way down, but I also managed to increase the size of the crack in my bench (my reloading bench is a piece of crap). I had to stand up, put pressure on the press with one hand (because it flexes where the crack is), and put as much leverage as possible on the handle to size the next two, which is all I did before I gave up.
I'm going to get an adjustable shower rod (or something similar) to put under the cracked part of my bench, which should hopefully keep it from flexing or breaking anymore, but I wanted to know if .303 is usually this difficult to resize? Is there a chance that maybe my dies aren't set up properly, or maybe there's something wrong with the brass? I'm a pretty weak dude, but there's no way that ANY caliber should be this difficult to resize.
The few that I did resize don't look much different than the other fired cases that haven't been resized yet. I don't have anymore factory ammo to compare the cases to either, because I was thinking that maybe the chamber on my gun is really big or something, and the cases are just blown out or something, but they look about the same as the ones in the pics of factory ammo at midwayusa.
Any ideas?
thanks
I'm going to get an adjustable shower rod (or something similar) to put under the cracked part of my bench, which should hopefully keep it from flexing or breaking anymore, but I wanted to know if .303 is usually this difficult to resize? Is there a chance that maybe my dies aren't set up properly, or maybe there's something wrong with the brass? I'm a pretty weak dude, but there's no way that ANY caliber should be this difficult to resize.
The few that I did resize don't look much different than the other fired cases that haven't been resized yet. I don't have anymore factory ammo to compare the cases to either, because I was thinking that maybe the chamber on my gun is really big or something, and the cases are just blown out or something, but they look about the same as the ones in the pics of factory ammo at midwayusa.
Any ideas?
thanks