carbide sizing dies question

[Adam Helmer]

GOB,

buckhunter nailed it!

No, you do not need to lube cases you run through a carbide sizing die. I do wipe the dirt and grit off my .38, .357, .44 and .45 cases before they go into the carbide resizer.

One Adviso: DO NOT set the carbide resizer die TIGHT to the shell holder unless you want to crack and destroy the carbide ring at the base of the resizing die. Back off the carbide resizer a half turn from the shell holder.

If you buy a carbide resizer die, why not go the REST of the WAY and get a set of dies for reloading and save that hammer for cracking walnuts??? I dropped my hammer and Lee hammer dies in 1965. LOL!

Adam