Help setting up RCBS swager die [Update: problem solved]

[Sheldon]

Is the swager adjusted so you can fully/completely lower the press handle?? You may have the die and rod too far into the press. Your press has the maximum mechanical advantage nearest the end of the stroke of the handle (when the ram is fully up). Back the die and support rod off then place a case on the swager and raise the ram fully up. Then adjust the die and rod down till it contacts the case. Then lower the ram and case to allow the die to adjust and screw it in a quarter turn and then raise the ram fully. You should feel the handle cam over with a little resistance is when the swaging is getting done. To increase the swaging, you screw the die/rod in more, but you should be raising the ram fully each time or you won't get the needed mechanical advantage needed to to the swaging.

Could aslo be the turret is loose or otherwise flexing??

[edrex]

Sent an email explaining the problem to RCBS. A day or two later got this reply:

The final adjustment will feel like it is too much and this is where the adjustments have to be very minor. If you bed a rod just give us a call and we will send you a new one......

Didn't seem to address my problem directly, but I decided to start over from the beginning and try again. When I got the the final step I went slowly and made small adjustments and, sure enough, got it set up correctly. I may still have a little tweaking to do to make the process a little smoother, but for now I swaged and primed about 75 pieces of brass with no problems.
Thanks again for all the help and suggestions.
ed.