.223 FL Resizing Problem

[Coyotegunner]

I use to use Hornady one shot,spraying at a 45 degree angle across the cases and then turn 180 and repeat.Rare did I have a dent.Spraying light,I have missed a case and whamo the case stuck in the die.CUS,CUS,CUS,plus it is a little more expensive.I roll them on a mat now with RCBS,Dillon or Frankford.They are all good.Remembering to only do the straight wall,then a little of the same lube on a plastic barrel brush with quick swipe on the inside of the neck.Mica works nice for the inside case neck,but I am out of it right now.
Forget the WD-40.It is petroleum based.Keep everything petrol based away from your powder and primers.
I have used full length dies for 223 in ARs for over 25 years now.No problems.

[socalfamous87]

Hey guys first off I want to thank anyone in advance for their help!
Ok so long story short, I inherited a TON of RCBS reloading supplies including about 15 dies, a few presses, and about a lifetime supply of brass for various weapons. Being that I am currently building my first AR15, reloading the .223 rounds that I have was of much interest to me. I have set everything up and read the manual for the particular press/die set for the .223 rounds and it seemed straight forward enough (probably my first pitfall).

So here is my problem. I am currently at the stage of resizing my brass. It seems that every few rounds, I would get a small "dimple" or "depression" just below the neck of the round. I know that if any malleable metal is worked too fast, deformities like this are bound to occur. As result, I am having to press the rounds incredibly slow to avoid these defects, even then, a few still occur. Is this normal? I have no problem going slow to achieve a quality product, but I see videos on youtube of people going 20x faster with the resize with no stated problems.

Please help, cause the last thing I want is to have a defective round mess up my brand new rifle!

id take apart the die and clean it real good. dont use anything but imperial case sizing wax. i was doing the same thing as you and after getting the right wax it went 100% smooth. its a small can you put some on your hands and rub it into a bucket of brass. that stuff sticks to the brass.. good luck