Need help with bulged 40S&W cases

[katana_1127]

Hi guys, I just loaded 1000 pcs of .40S&W and I have 185 rounds
that are bulged, I'm glad that I always check them with the gage.
My question is if there is any method to roll size them now
after they are loaded ?
Thanks for the help,
Robert

 

[kevguy]

Hi guys, I just loaded 1000 pcs of .40S&W and I have 185 rounds
that are bulged, I'm glad that I always check them with the gage.
My question is if there is any method to roll size them now
after they are loaded ?
Thanks for the help,
Robert

 

[Suputin]

How did they bulge? As long as they fit into the chamber you are GTG.

 

[john777]

Looks like a coke bottle?

You can fix most of that problem with Lee factory crimp die. However, if you chamber check those questionable ones in the actual gun you're using, I see no problems with that.

All my 9mm fails the case gage. I don't use factory crimp die either since I'm afraid it'll resize my lead cast bullets too. I shoot coke bottles all the time. I get about 1-2% rejects. I can go on to say I did try FCD with my cast lead bullets but some still fail the chamber check, so now my case gage is collecting dust.

 

[acrashb]

I don't use factory crimp die either since I'm afraid it'll resize my lead cast bullets too.

That happened to me.

 

[acrashb]

My question is if there is any method to roll size them now
after they are loaded ?

Lee FCD, if you don't have lead bullets (jacketed only).

Next time, if you find it an issue, you can iron the bulge out with a Redding Push Thru die:

It's caused by unsupported chambers allowing the brass just above the webbing to expand. The right-hand one is fully supported, the other two in this pic not so much:

 

[jawsman]

Buy a lee bulgebuster kit. It works great at smoothing out the cases. Ihave one and use it on all my 10mm, 9mm, .40, and 45ACP brass.

 

[Silverback]

Take your pistol apart and try them in the barrel, if they drop in all the way just shoot them. For future resizing here is what I do, I resize my 40 S&W brass with a regular old RCBS carbide die, just screw the die down until it is just above the shell holder but not touching. I have had brass with bad Glock bulges and they came out fine, no "special" tool required.

 

[Ruger007]

Buy a lee bulgebuster kit. It works great at smoothing out the cases. Ihave one and use it on all my 10mm, 9mm, .40, and 45ACP brass.

They work on 9mm?

 

[Canuck223]

I'd try to burn the 185 rounds in practice.

The perfect tool is the CaseMaster 100, but they are pricey and made in low volumes.

 

[jawsman]

The bulgebuster will work with 9mm cases (yes). You just need to use your factory crimp die, and the bulgebuster kit. Works like a charm. I pushed through 500 rounds of 9mm brass through it this weekend.