frustrated with reloading...

[Dom]

Feathermax, hang in there.

Need more info to help you, but sounds like there was no lube inside case mouth.

What caliber, pistol or rifle. With pistol, straight wall, and carbide dies, this should not have happened, so I'm guessing rifle.

What type press and dies, progressive? You don't need to bell the mouths for rifle, so maybe it was pistol you are reloading?

You need a stuck case remover, if you give us some more info we'll get you thru this. One thing I'll recommend is you read again the reloading process, which you can find at the beginning of most reloading books. There are a few tricks to the trade and different ways to reload, everybody gets a system down and sticks with what works for them.

There are some who shoot so they can reload. I don't belong to this crew. I belong to the crew who only reload so they can shoot and hunt. It can be time consuming but is a good hobby, I don't rush thru it but take my time, hope this helps, Waidmannsheil, Dom.