Hey guys. First let me apologize if this has been brought up already. I cruise this sight day and night since I've become a member and don't recall seeing this brought up....and I'm freaking frustrated lol.
So, my problem. I purchased some new dies a little over a month ago, because I would think the quality of these would be better than what I was previously using. With the F-L die I set it up to bump my shoulder back to 1.621 (.308 win) which should set my should back roughly .002-.0025". So I size several casing (14 in this instance) and everything is perfect then all of a sudden on case #15 my measurements are coming out at 1.630-1.627....WTF. So I simmer down and pull the die apart and clean it out leaving the lock ring in place so everything will go back to the same as close as possible. Still showing the longer readings!! I'm using unique case lube. I've tried less lube, more lube, no lube at all on neck and shoulder (which gave the most consistent readings for those 1st 14 cases, when before while very lightly lubing the necks I would see sometimes a .001" variance, this method had no more than a .0005" variance). Then all of a sudden everything goes to shit! This has happened a few times and I've tried eliminating anything I might be doing to cause this but I'm pretty freaking OCD with being consistent and can't figure out where this much variance has come from when my procedure has not changed. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
So, my problem. I purchased some new dies a little over a month ago, because I would think the quality of these would be better than what I was previously using. With the F-L die I set it up to bump my shoulder back to 1.621 (.308 win) which should set my should back roughly .002-.0025". So I size several casing (14 in this instance) and everything is perfect then all of a sudden on case #15 my measurements are coming out at 1.630-1.627....WTF. So I simmer down and pull the die apart and clean it out leaving the lock ring in place so everything will go back to the same as close as possible. Still showing the longer readings!! I'm using unique case lube. I've tried less lube, more lube, no lube at all on neck and shoulder (which gave the most consistent readings for those 1st 14 cases, when before while very lightly lubing the necks I would see sometimes a .001" variance, this method had no more than a .0005" variance). Then all of a sudden everything goes to shit! This has happened a few times and I've tried eliminating anything I might be doing to cause this but I'm pretty freaking OCD with being consistent and can't figure out where this much variance has come from when my procedure has not changed. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
