.44 Colt versus Dillon 650 Help?

[Mick Archer]

  Howdy!

  Does anyone have experience with loading/reloading .44 Colt on a Dillon 650 they could possibly share.

  I have .44 Colt brass from Starline, that sticks in the dies no matter where the die adjustment is set higher or lower,  in the middle, or any place in between one end and the other.  Five hours of adjusting each of the three RCBS .44 Colt dies still has the brass sticking (and sticking in the seating and crimpoing dies to the point pliers and whack with a  chunk of wood is needed to dislodge them).
  I miked the Starline brass and it is actually smaller than the brass used in a factory box of .44 Colts- yet they did not stick at all.

  I am stumped, and frustrated, and have some M1871/72 Open Tops crying for attention.

  Help.....

  Mick Archer

[Sod Buster]

I reload 44Colt on my Dillon 550B - not a 650.
I also am using Starline brass but I am using Lee dies.

It sounds like you need to lube your brass so it won't stick in the dies.  Are you using case lube prior?

[Will Ketchum]

Sometimes new brass is so clean that it sticks.  I think Sod Buster is right.  I would try lubing the brass for the first loading.

Will Ketchum

[Hedley Lamarr]

Starline is known for having "something" on their cases which isn't always removed after it's been made.
I've had 50-50 luck with the .45 cases. Some are fine, some stick.
Use a little spray lube and it'll work just fine.
The second time reloading there will be no problem.

[Mick Archer]

 Howdy!

  Thanks for the tip!

I will try lubing the cases. 
I did try some bullet lube smeared on a few cases, and they still stuck, but I will try "formally" lubing a batch.

   Mick Archer

[Rambling Rex]

I take it that the modern manufacturered .44 Colt ammuntion is not outside lubricated as the 1871-onward version was? Always wondered why anyone would make an outside lubricated bullet after the .44 Russian started the trend toward internally lubricated bullets about the same time? Wasn't that the reason the Pedereson T1 semi-auto rifle was turned down, outside lubricated ammunition?