another small problem.

[fogducker]

hey all..my first attempt at reloading was a iffy one last year..
its time to fix up that mix up. .what i did wrong,was i stoped my sizing die when the primer popped out..hence i did not get afull sizing on the brass..
now for me to fix this.. do i full the bullet and dump the powder,then redo..
or can i just pull out theexpander decapping rod and all thats attached..then just run the whole lot through the die again,with out pulling the bullet..
thanks for any help here
Don

 

[foxbat]

You might get away with using a Lee crimp die...
Dial out the crimp feature,(don't need any more) and the die may be enough
to size the bottom part of the case.
You could also try your suggestion of taking out the decapper and using your own dies.
I would recommend using a case guage (Dillon or similar) to see if the incompletely sized rounds will actually chamber..if you're using the cases from the gun in which they were fired, it might be OK.
The last, and probably the smartest and safest,thing to do would be to pull the bullets and recycle them and the powder.
Last...it sounds like you might be better off spending some (quality) time with someone with more experience until you've got a little more 'seat time'.

 

[mikeelliot]

If the brass was fired in the same gun, it might chamber.
If not pull out your de-capping pin, pull bullet, dump powder, re-size, then reload.

hey all..my first attempt at reloading was a iffy one last year..
its time to fix up that mix up. .what i did wrong,was i stoped my sizing die when the primer popped out..hence i did not get afull sizing on the brass..
now for me to fix this.. do i full the bullet and dump the powder,then redo..
or can i just pull out theexpander decapping rod and all thats attached..then just run the whole lot through the die again,with out pulling the bullet..
thanks for any help here
Don

 

[Cossack #1]

In a resizing operation the die "scrunches" (technical term) the neck down below the proper size and then the sizing button opens up the neck to the proper size for the bullet. If you pull the decapping rod out, the die will still try to scrunch the neck way down, which it won't be aqble to do because the bullet being in place will prevent that. The cartridge will likely not fit into the die with the bullet sticking out the end. I think you are looking at pulling the bullets. You will also have to dump the powder because you need the depriming rod(without the depriming pin) to go into the case for the sizing button to be pulled through after sizing. You could do one case, thendump the powder from the second case into the first and so on so as not to have to remeasure all the charges.

 

[maynard]

Phone Sinclairs and order a Redding body sizing die. You can run your loaded rounds through them, it resizes the body and bumps the shoulder back. Very useful for F**K ups like this or when you load for one rifle and need to use the ammo in another rifle of the same caliber. It does not touch the neck, it only resizes the body.

 

[fogducker]

all is good ..i pulled the bullets..dumped the powder..raised the neck sizer a bit....took the pin out..
then redid them all...they chamber great now ..
the bullet puller,that i bought at a gun show last year was a great treat to use in the press..worked like a champ..
thanks all for the suggestions:beerchug:
Don

 

[smacdonald]

Question

If you are using a spray case lube would there be a chance that the lube could foul the primer?

If this happened this would cause a misfire wouldn't it. Not something I would likt to discover in the field with a nice 10 pointer in frot of me.

 

[raks]

A buddy of mine relied on the Lyman spray lube and never had problems in many hundred rounds. If you're spraying them (lightly) before de-priming it's unlikely that any lube will get into the primer pocket.

 

[maynard]

A buddy of mine relied on the Lyman spray lube and never had problems in many hundred rounds. If you're spraying them (lightly) before de-priming it's unlikely that any lube will get into the primer pocket.

I think he was talking about using lube to resize cases that already have a primer in them. If that is the case you do need to be careful with the lube.

 

[Ripstop]

Get a block of wood and drill holes in it the size of the cartridge neck. Put your brass in upside down and spray away. The lube will not get inside the case. This is what I did from the start. I got a piece of wood and drilled about 50 holes in it with the drill press.