scratched sizing die?

[Robb1]

I'm a very new reloader, this is my first post on this forum, and I'm writing because I may have made a mistake already.

First off I'm using a 550b with Dillon dies to reload .223. I have a bunch of crimped brass so I tumbled, polished and then sized and deprimed my brass in the 550. I then ran all the cases through the Dillon Swager.

After looking at my brass I am getting some fairly pronounced scratches on my .223 case necks. I tumbled and spray lubed all my cases before resizing and depriming, the scratches are deep enough that I can feel them with a fingernail. Is this an issue? Can I polish out my sizing die? Do I need to buy a new sizing die? If I do buy a new one, with the scratched brass damage the new die?

I'm kind of upset that I resized maybe 1000 pieces of brass and my die appears to be scratched along with all my brass. What should I do about this?

Thanks,

Robb

[Kyle O]

Just take the die apart and clean with a rag or chamber mop then look inside of it with a light of some sort, if there is damage to it you should be able to see it. I doubt it though.

The brass will not damage the die, the die metal is much harder, but there may be a foreign object stuck inside of the die that is harder than the brass which is scratching it. Think sand grain or something. I get scratches on mine sometimes, but I don't get too worried.

On the side....as a new reloader, it's generally inadvisable to do 1,000 of anything until you get your procedures/habits/loads well developed. Do small batches. Ask me how I know!

Welcome to the forum

[Pat Miles]

Call Dillon. They will probably replace the die. One way to find out and the call is free.

Pat

[Robb1]

Thanks for the replys.

I have taken the die apart four or five times or so trying to look for a burr or some foreign material, there's nothing in there that I can see. I've cleaned the die and all I got out of it was a slightly dirty patch, I assume oil and maybe some corn cob media dust but it was just a film, nothing much, no actual crumbs or flakes of brass or whatever. I haven't tried a bore brush, that was my next thought, but I have ran some cleanning patches through it and some 0000 steel wool. What ever is making the scratches is still there.

I'll see what Dillon says but I'm sure this is my fault somehow. More than anything it's aggrivating as I was trying to do this correctly, lubing my brass with a spray lube and on occasion using a pad to get some lube in the case mouth.