Resizing primed brass?

[Scott Bear]

I screwed up some .308 rounds for my Savage model 10. I thought I had used the brass before in this rifle, but it must be from my old BLR lever (I only neck sized the brass). I've pulled the bullets and was wondering if there is any way to resize the brass with a LIVE PRIMER still in the brass?

My other option is to run them through my gun, put them in a vice and hit them with a nail and hammer, or soak them in oil and throw them out.

Anyone out there ever run into this problem?

EDIT: I can't run them through my gun since they don't chamber.

Thanks,

SB

 

[reloaderDAVE]

I had to do this once as well, just take the decapping pin out, wear safety glasses just incase

 

[Griffin6869]

I have had no problem removing live primers from shells - just go nice and slow - I just use a cheap lee decapper - then your can resize to your hearts content

 

[BigUglyMan]

Yes. Remove the decapping pin from the expander ball and go to town. Just be careful with the case lube.

 

[c-fbmi]

Yep real easy you can either depime them and reuse the unfired primers or remove the decapping pin and size them as normal. I prefer to remove the unfired primers because I vibrate them after sizing to clean and remove the lube. If you leave the primers in you have to clean them by hand individually.

 

[pilot2001]

Yes. Remove the decapping pin from the expander ball and go to town. Just be careful with the case lube.

Roger , roger