Pulled bullets, re-size after

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Looking for some opinions here. I pulled 20 bullets yesterday and was wondering if I should re-size afterwards? I usually just use a body die to bump the shoulders back then use a Lee collet neck die with spent brass. I was thinking of just doing it anyway but the brass is already primed. In order to neck size the brass I would have to push the live primers out in the same process. I don't have a concentric gauge to measure the neck either. I like to reload for accuracy.
 
Do you have a regular neck sizer like RCBS, Lyman or Redding?
You can either take the decapping pin off or back the rod out so it doesn't remove the primer.
 
The neck tension will be different if the neck is not sized. OK to re-load as is but result wold be a bit different than a sized neck. If you are load developing, this would be a waste.

On a lee die youc an use a wrench on the die body and the locknut and slacken off so the decapper rod can be raised. Then you can size.

Or, just re-size and pop the primers out. 20 primers are not worth much.
 
Mandrel doesn't work the same on a collet die, I would neck size with the collet die and reprime afterwards, that way neck tension is restored.
 
I thought about just neck sizing (and pushing the primers out) but was unsure of the risk depriming live primers. I looked around last night to see if many people did this and it seemed that as long as a guy wasn't to rammy it was ok. Some did say to soak the primers.
 
I've deprimed live primers a few times with no issues just wear safety glasses just in case. Soaking primers is a waste of time as modern primers are pretty much immune to the effects of oils, I soaked some primers in WD-40, gun oil and kroil over night and all went bang when set in a case and fired in a rifle.
 
I have the lee collet dies. I've been faced with the same problem. I just take the primer tube off my turret press and let them fall into my hand. I'm kinda cheap like that haha
 
DiabeticKripple said:
I’ve deprimed live primers.

Just wear glasses and hearing protection. Go slow and slowly apply pressure until it pops out.
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This. I've de-capped live primers using the press and a die many times without blowing any. Just go slow and easy and keep your face away from the press. The only time a primer went off for me was when I de-capped a live primer manually by using a Lee manual de-capping pin and a hammer. Fortunately, I had my face and fingers well out of the way. Still, a bit of a shock when it happened and lesson learned.
 
I have routinely de-primed thousands of live rounds, without an issue. I doubt you could fire a primer if you tried by hitting it hard with the sizer die.

If I have a large quantity, i try to save the primers and use them again for a non-critical project.
 
I just went through the same thing with about 30 6mm-284 that were going to be a tad warm if fired. Pulled the bullets, dumped the powders back into the original containers and then pulled the decapping pin up into the die so as not to touch the primer and sized them all in my modified 243 neck sizing die. I did notice that few offered any resistance going over the inside expander ball, so obviously they needed to be sized again before loading again.
 
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