Burr in die

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I purchased a used .223 die only to find out later that it has a burr down inside on the neck. The burr is quite small, but it shaves a small amount of the case off each time I cycle the press when sizing. Is there some way I can polish this out or something with lapping compound and a piece of wood dowel, or would it be best to just go out and buy a new one? Thanks.
 
I am no expert but I would try some valve lapping compound on an already sized case, might have to disassemble the die but I can't think of any better right sized tool for the lapping.
 
I've done a few for friends. I used an electric drill with small piece of tubing in it. Cut a slot in the far end with a hack saw. Be sure to de-burr the cut. Then get 1" emory paper and put it in the slot, you'll find you don't need too much or the die will be too full. Soak the hell out of the paper with 3 in 1 oil or similar and slowly insert into die. Do short burst's at slow speed and check often.
 
If you can put some sort of short threaded stem into the top of the die you can spin it in a hand drill. Use 400 to 600 grit silicon carbid paper wrapped around a plastic or wood dowel to polish. Be sure to use a little light oil to aid the cutting. This should take less than 3 to 5 minutes polishing.
Then clean the die exceptionally well and test.
I have polished probably 50 to 60 dies like this in the last 40 years (except that I use a lathe) and was able to correct all of them. This includes some that were rusted indie to the point of pitting. After a good polish job even the pitted dies sized the cases without scratching.
 
Did much like what Steeleco posted but I stuck a cleaning jag, a plastic one for a .22 with the patch slot in it, in my drill then threaded a chunk of emery cloth through it rolling it back so the rotation would hold it in place. Took a bit of working it, but when I was finished and had blown it out with a good cleaner and air, it quit scraping up the cases of my .444.
 
i had something of the same problem.

a old cleaning brsh wrapped in 0000 steel wool, put it in a drill, and put a little oil in the die. and run the steel wool in and out of the die on high speed.

works well, after that you can try some lapping compound on the steel wool and go back to the drill method.
 
If it's green then contact RCBS. I have nothing but good things to say about their customer service. Once had a new digital scale that was giving me a strange message. Turned out the load cell was malfunctioning on a sporadic basis. Sent me out a new scale from California and told me to keep the old one. True stoty.
 
The dies are Hornady. I've sent them an e-mail explaining the situation. They said they would take care of it, but I'm sure that there would be a price tag attached to it. My 7mm dies are RCBS and if I were to buy another set for the .223 thats what they would be too.
 
If its dillon, Call them and they will send you a new die no question ask and they dont give a s**t if it was bought used.
 
If I were you, I'd call Hornady & ask them what to do before I tried to fix it myself. Not saying that you couldn't do it, just that dies are precise tools, & I'd hate to see you damage it. I'd be surprised if they didn't just offer to fix it for you for free.
I have been pleasantly surprised at the customer service offered by some of the reloading companies. I bought a new RCBS die in 7.62x54r & the expander ball was .308 instead of .311 so I wrote them an email requesting a price to buy the .311 expander. There response was to send me the part for FREE! Can't get much better than that.

George
 
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