About two years ago I bought a new Ram for my RCBS II press because I would get a squeak when the ram on my RCBS II press would cycle. I greased it with some silicone grease which worked for a while and then the squeak came back. I cleaned it and used gun oil and the squeak went away but came back with about every 50 rounds I loaded so I just decided to get a new ram from RCBS and today I swapped it out. I used the press as if I was reloading and now squeak was gone, Hope changing the ram took care of the squeak. I also belled about 2 hundred rounds of 30 carbine and not one squeak. I don't know how old this RCBS II is (I had it willed to be from a relative) but I would guess about 50-75 years old, and I don't know how many rounds it has loaded but NOW have a date to start from. I load 40's, 9mm's, 38spls, .223 Rem's & 5.56 Nato's, and 30 Carbine. I have also loaded 270 Win's, 308 Win's, and 3030 Win's but not many, about 100 of each a few times.