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Thanks, I did end up denting a couple of shoulders. I sprayed the cases lightly with the one shot and after they seemed to be giving way to much resistance I sprayed them some more and while they worked in easier a couple did dent. This is a big learning process but I am enjoying it.

Yes there is, too much lube will cause dents in the case shoulder. I use Hornady Unique case lube, it is a paste that I put on with my finger and spread on the cases very thinly. Al

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The full moon coyote killers were out in force Sunday PM. The night started out crappy as I was delayed an hour sitting in traffic from a bad accident on the Thruway. Then going out to the first stand my partner slipped on some mud, dropped his rifle and broke one of the shoulder straps on his back pack. After setting up, we had two dog's come into a field 180 yards away, but my buddy couldn't see the second dog, so we missed an opportunity at a double. One dog is better than none. After that stand, he noticed his scopes eyepiece cover was missing, so we spent the next half hour looking for it. Joy of Joy's. When we got to our second stand location, we heard a female coyote going to town very close by. I snuck up to the top of the hill and my partner stayed low. I called and she came right down the tractor trail on a string 150 yards away. I dropped it and after checking it out, I noticed that it was a stanky dog with a badly mangled rear leg. The last two dogs I've dropped had some type of disfigurement. Two dogs down before midnight and two happy farmers. Not bad for a full moon hunt. SJC

Was it once fired commercial 30-06 brass or military brass ? Make sure you have the de capping rod recessed into the die before using it. Also get some Hornady one shot case lube and spray your cases liberally. Under lubing is a major cause of stress and failure during the reloading process. Hand priming is ok for small pistol, but for large rifle and magnum loads, you need to seat the primer with authority and a mounted press system is best suited for that. Good luck and shoot safe. SJC

It may not have been the die that caused the problem, it could have been a flash hole in a case that was a little off center causing the decapping pin to miss the flash hole and hit the brass mucking things up. Broken decapping pins happen and it is a good idea to have some spares, they are cheap. Al

Shotgun. Mostly pass shooting in the winter. In the summer its tight shots over decoys.