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Sir Roo,
I would blame your fingers for misapplication of the Lee Lube.
But Lee lube is less good than RCBS Lube-2.
Lee Liquid Alox might be OK for lazy man cast bullet lubrication of a bucket full of handgun plinkers,
but man oh man is it ever messy in cleanup,
if tried for bullet sizing of jacketed and monometal brass and copper.
Ditto STP Oil Treatment, never again.

Too much of whatever lube gives lube dents, too little gives stuck case.
Lyman pad is best at uniform light lubing of cases, with RCBS Lube-2.
Roll seven at a time for good luck.
Roll with light pressure for one complete revolution forward, then backward,to where they started on pad.
Make sure you hold your tongue just right as you do it.
Then each case can be picked up off the pad and twisted and twirled between fingers of other hand on the way to going into sizing die,
which is especially satisfying if you like coon-fingering the lubed brass like me.
Keep a rag or paper or cloth shop towels draped over your thigh as you sit there, rolling and fingering,
to wipe the lubed fingers on now and then.

H&H belt:
I once tried to order some fancy dies billed for special care of H&H belt.
Unavailable/out of stock at the time, years ago.
So, I forgot about it.
I just FL size as with any other non-belted case and never had a problem.
Same brass works in all my many .458 WM rifles, never a missfire or difficulty in chambering.