HELP - Removing live round from resizing die.

Okay fellows, I did have pitching it in a deep river/lake as my second choice, and chalk this one up to a learning experience. As it seems so many experienced reloaders are suggesting this, I guess that's what will happen.

Thanks for the suggestions and input!
 
If you drop it into WD-40 for a day or 2 that will kill the primer.
Water will not. Put it into the freezer for awhile and the try to use a punch and hammer to knock it out.
Drill a hole into a block of wood to hold it buy the lock ring
 
I could be wrong but i believe the die body sizes the neck smaller than required and then the button on the de-capping rod opens up the neck as you withdraw the case. This way it achieves the correct neck tension.
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Bingo!

Throw the die in the lake,and never try to size a case with a bullet in place again.
 
Lake x2.

And don't even think about drill bits!:eek: Save your eyes to read about burnt_servo in the papers one day.......
 
Throw it in the campfire and run like hell..... If you do not get shot by the flying brass, go get the die before it overheats....
 
I once thought about resizing a bunch of rounds that would no longer chamber after 5 or 6 neck sizings. Then I thought what would I do if I get the round stuck in the die. :confused: I quickly decided to pull the bullets.

I'd throw it on the camp fire and buy a new die.
 
My hunting buddy years ago did the exact same thing, couldn't get the bolt closed on his .270 Win rifle and in his infinite wisdom decided to take the decaping rod out of his resizing die and proceed to resize the offending round.

My simple cure was to drill a 7/8 hole all the way thru in a 4x4 block of wood and put the die in the hole. Then I took a piece of 1/4" brass rod and put it on top of the bullet and with my bearing press I pressed the case out.

The bullet of course was pushed in to the case and at the point where I felt resistance from the powder at the base of the bullet I stopped. The bullet had been pushed in far enough that there was room around the bullet and the case to fill the inside with wd-40. I removed the brass rod and filled the inside of the case to neutralize the powder. Waited 10 minutes to ensure that the powder was completely saturated and pushed it out.

You could do the same thing in an ordinary vise as long as it is a big one and use a smaller piece of wood to hold the die.

Or do as suggested and dump it in the lake and chalk it up to learning expenses.
 
My simple cure was to drill a 7/8 hole all the way thru in a 4x4 block of wood and put the die in the hole. Then I took a piece of 1/4" brass rod and put it on top of the bullet and with my bearing press I pressed the case out.
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It might work. IMO though why take a chance.
 
You've got his out of the press already?

If 'twere me....

All the hand wringing is good for a chuckle, init?


Anyways. Grab the die in a vise, some wood blocks for padding would be good, drill or saw access in to the interior of the case. Slow. No rush here. Use coolant. WD40, soapy water, whatever. lots of coolant. Go slow. Sparks and heat is bad, right.

Once you have a hole through the case, shake or wash out the powder. Water should kill the primer better than oil, from what I have read. But once the powder is out, you can pretty much set the primer off without too much grief. Earplugs is good. Eye protection too.

But I'd not bother. Trying to kill the primer, that is. Y'all ever seen reports of primers installed sideways, crushed flat? Yep. They can be. Not that it can be relied upon, but they usually need a pretty healthy whack to get them to go. If you want, you can just get it over with, and whack the primer with a center punch, while the hole in the now empty case is facing a safe direction. Gloves is good too!

Once the powder is wetted down or shook out, then it's time to start getting physical with the case. ViseGrips, channel locks, whatever. You need a grip on the case head, and want to go for rotary motion.

From there, I'll leave it to your imagination. Wear safety goggles and hearing protection at least up to the point that the primer is either cut off the case, or popped.

Worst case is that you lose the die. Pretty much where you were in the first place. Best case is no damage, and you know better for next time, eh.

G'Luck!

Tell us how it went.

Cheers
Trev
 
Well one guy was close, the sizing die under sizes the neck, then the decapper rod has a ball on it which then opens the neck to the correct size.. But the pin is out. So now you've got a bullet pressed into the neck, which opens the outside
diameter of the neck quite a bit over the dies inside diameter, the camming of the press alowed you to squeeze it in there but the rim is too week to grab the shell holder, the whole stiction problem is that big fat in-compressable neck jammed into the die. So drill a .25" hole through the bullet, don't worry about sparks as lead, brass, copper are non ferrous and can not make sparks, if your worried about heat (it'll only get warm) do the procedure in a bucket of water. Once through the bullet dump the powder, dunce and dump, till your satisfied no more powder, now find a punch and hammer the bullet back into the case, that will allow the neck to collaps and relieve the tension. If by chance it's still stuck, fill the case with grease and find a punch that's close to what ever the I'd of the case mouth is and beat it out hydraulicly
 
Have you tried putting it in the freezer? That could be all it takes to get some penetrating oil in the loosen the round.
 
"So how would you dispose of it so that no-one else gets hurt? "




Throw it in the dugout!!!!! Its a live 338 round stuck in a $15 reloading die........not an atomic bomb!!!!!!!!!!
 
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