Resizing brass after pulling bullets

[riversrest]

I have a good number of cartridges which I had loaded low recoil for the kids. Since they are older now they shoot the regular hunting loads. I'm pulling the bullets as we speak as I don't have anymore use for these loads.

So, are you resizing pulled brass or just recharge and seat a new bullet?

 

[Sniffer]

I'd resize the neck only (I have the Lee collet die which would be perfect) to get consistent / correct neck tension again.

 

[fiddler]

Blast them off for poops n giggles. Run the brass in the recycle pile for more loading. Doesn't make sense to lube a primes case and have to take the depriming pin out of the dies for reuse. If your loading die has a crimp setting, there is no reason to resize the neck. Also a factory crimp die is also pretty inexpensive.

 

[riversrest]

Yeah the neck tension was my concern. I may just take the decapper pin out of the neck size die and run em trough.

 

[riversrest]

They blasted of lots too and most of them were accurate to boot.

 

[Sniffer]

Yeah the neck tension was my concern. I may just take the decapper pin out of the neck size die and run em trough.

In my experience removing the pin on a full length resizing die caused the neck to be undersized as the die initially undersizes the neck then the expander ball opens it up to the correct size as it exits. Removing the pin would mean the necks would be undersized.

Don't think it would work on the Lee neck sizing die either, the die squeezes the brass back against the centre pin so if it aint there it may crush it? I have a spare pin that I cut the decapping tip off so I could do exactly what your are doing (resize the neck but leave the unfired primer in place)

 

[riversrest]

(Thanks, will do)

 

[9.3mauser]

Just unscrew the rod to the point where you can't see the tip below the bottom of the die anymore. No need to cut anything.

 

[toddpotiphar]

In my experience removing the pin on a full length resizing die caused the neck to be undersized as the die initially undersizes the neck then the expander ball opens it up to the correct size as it exits. Removing the pin would mean the necks would be undersized.

Don't think it would work on the Lee neck sizing die either, the die squeezes the brass back against the centre pin so if it aint there it may crush it? I have a spare pin that I cut the decapping tip off so I could do exactly what your are doing (resize the neck but leave the unfired primer in place)

In RCBS dies the decapping pin can be removed from the expander. This is what I use when I resize brass after pulling bullets.

 

[riversrest]

I've got RCBS dies and know that the decapper pin can be removed, I will not cut anything.

 

[Sniffer]

In RCBS dies the decapping pin can be removed from the expander. This is what I use when I resize brass after pulling bullets.

That'll work, not possible on the LEE unfortunately.

 

[Ganderite]

I size the neck after pulling bullets.

For a bolt action rifle, the residual neck tension would be enough to re-load without sizing.

I only size about half the length of the neck, by not screwing the sizer die down all the way. leave the die high enough that the decapper pin does not touch the primer.

For a semi-auto rifle, i would prefer to size the entire neck. I do this by adjusting the decapper rod up enough so it does not touch the primer. (This can be done with the Lee sizer, too.)

 

[fraserdw]

Never bothered but I crimp after seating.