Resizing Misfortune

Crazy.kayaker

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Seems that when ever I have a large volume of brass to re-size, I always get one piece stuck just before I'm done. I'm interested in getting the tools required to remove the brass from the resizing die so I can stop visiting the gun smith. Is it practical for a person do do that them self? I use enough lube and I only lube about 20 pieces at a time then I re-size them then repeat till I have them all done. I use the RCBS pad and lube and dies. I am slowly converting over to just re-necking and that helps but new brass and harder to find brass bought from others needs the full length dies still and that is where I get in trouble. Any advice other then stop buying once fired brass :D
 
http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/shellextractor/index.asp

You can use a socket instead of getting the plumbing fitting in that article.

Also, use either RCBS lube or Redding Imperial Sizing Wax.

If I have a lot of cases to size, I'll put em in a large ziploc with a 2" line of RCBS lube in the bag.

Shake rattle and roll the cases around for a minute or so and they should all be sufficiently lubed.

EDIT: I see you are using RCBS Lube :D
 
Crazy.kayaker said:
Seems that when ever I have a large volume of brass to re-size, I always get one piece stuck just before I'm done. I'm interested in getting the tools required to remove the brass from the resizing die so I can stop visiting the gun smith. Is it practical for a person do do that them self? I use enough lube and I only lube about 20 pieces at a time then I re-size them then repeat till I have them all done. I use the RCBS pad and lube and dies. I am slowly converting over to just re-necking and that helps but new brass and harder to find brass bought from others needs the full length dies still and that is where I get in trouble. Any advice other then stop buying once fired brass :D
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That used to happen to me once in a while. I switched to spray lube and have never looked back.
 
I just had the same problem just a few days ago with a .243 case in a hornady die. :redface: I use the same method as in the article that cyan1de posted except I used a stack of washers instead of the hex cap. I already had a tap and die set. Anything that will sit on the mouth of the die with a hole big enough for the case to pass through will work. A little lube on the inside of of the case necks helps too. Good luck! :)
 
smak_daddy said:
That used to happen to me once in a while. I switched to spray lube and have never looked back.
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I tried the spray lube and I wouldn't even get half way throw my brass pile before I needed to visit the gun smith.... I was using the Lyman's spray...what type do you use maybe it's the type of spray lube.

Thanks CyaN1de gonna go and put a kit together tomorrow after work and pop my .243 out... Only question I have is do you drill in through the flash hole and tap the hole you make? or do you drill elsewhere?
 
ive had this happen a bunch of times using rcbs dies. what i do is leave the die in the press and loosen the nut holding the neck sizing rod and then take the sizing rod out. then put a screw driver or something with a large head that will still fit in the neck sizer hole and hammer out the brass. worked with very little effort.

i;ve had good luck using lee resizing lube, never had a case stuck with it. the only problem i have with it is when you use to much and are not careful to clean your dies it will build up and dent the necks.
 
Crazy.kayaker said:
I tried the spray lube and I wouldn't even get half way throw my brass pile before I needed to visit the gun smith.... I was using the Lyman's spray...what type do you use maybe it's the type of spray lube.

Thanks CyaN1de gonna go and put a kit together tomorrow after work and pop my .243 out... Only question I have is do you drill in through the flash hole and tap the hole you make? or do you drill elsewhere?
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RCBS and Lyman. Never had a problem with either. Are you using enough? Very strange.
 
what I did for the 2 stuck cases I've had was screw a big ol sheet metal screw into the flash hole then clamp the screw in a vise at about 45 degrees.
I used a piece of pipe the size of the die mouth with the side cut out to fit over the case as a drift.
a squirt of wd and 2 pops with a hammer both times.
 
I lube inside the necks always learned that very early on. I also clean out my die every 50 odd pieces (size of my Reloading Tray) unless I start getting lots of dents then I'll clean it out right away. I very careful about preparing my brass which is why I'm baffled as to why I have so many issues with brass getting stuck.

neotekz how do you pull the sizing rod out when you have a piece of brass in the die?
 
Crazy.kayaker said:
neotekz how do you pull the sizing rod out when you have a piece of brass in the die?
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it depends how deep the case is in, if its not too bad you can use pliers but if the neck is all the way in the die then that won;t work. if this happens you can still hammer the case out by unscrewing teh nut then unscrewing the collar that holds the neck sizing rod. The neck sizing rod should be able to move freely now then position the pin in the flash hold and hammer the rod to get the case out. be careful not to go too hard on the rod
 
Once you get the case loose out of the die, remove it and the decaping/resizing rod out of the die. It depends on the die manufacturer how you do this. Get a tube cutter cut the shell (its scrap anyway) and remove the rod.
 
neotekz said:
it depends how deep the case is in, if its not too bad you can use pliers but if the neck is all the way in the die then that won;t work. if this happens you can still hammer the case out by unscrewing teh nut then unscrewing the collar that holds the neck sizing rod. The neck sizing rod should be able to move freely now then position the pin in the flash hold and hammer the rod to get the case out. be careful not to go too hard on the rod
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After you do this a couple times, be sure and get a new rod, as it will in short order look like an "S" Guess how I know?
 
Crazy.kayaker said:
I use enough lube and I only lube about 20 pieces at a time then I re-size them then repeat till I have them all done. I use the RCBS pad and lube and dies.
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I use the RCBS pad as well, and at max I can only get 8 on at one time and be sure I've gotten good coverage. I usually lube 5 at a time making sure they rotate a couple times. You might also want to add more lube to the pad. I store mine upside down so the lube stays at the surface.

You can make your own stuck brass puller, as mentioned above, which takes like 2 minutes to undo the damage and move back to reloading.
 
I lube my case by putting them in a 2 or 4 litre plastic ice cream pail. I smear a 1' worm of Lee lube around the insde of the pail, put the lid on, and shake/swirl for 30 seconds. All cases are lubed and have a little bit inside the case mouth.

This will do 50 rifle cases at a time and up to 200 9mm.
 
i use a similar trick as ganderite, however i found i was sticking alot with my 223 die from rcbs. i went to a lee die, and never had a stuck case again. but thats just me. what does the smith charge you to remove your case anyways?
 
I never had this problem when using Hornady lube, as soon as I switched to RCBS lube, nothing but problems. The lube seems to be a lot stickier to me, maybe I just had a bad batch? The hornady, I have never had a stuck case.
 
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