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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: gadwall on November 02, 2013, 02:59:34 PM

Title: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: gadwall on November 02, 2013, 02:59:34 PM: The title of this post is self explanatory. In almost 20 years of relaoding, today is the first time I have done this. Any suggestions? I was loading 25-06 and this particular case went in tough. There is very little of the case sticking out of the bottom of the die.

Thanks
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: h20hunter on November 02, 2013, 03:20:40 PM: Yep...easy fix. I bought my kit but basically you tap the primer pocket and use a bolt and washers to extract it. Ill try and find a link for you.
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: h20hunter on November 02, 2013, 03:23:27 PM: No link but check youtube...lots of vids. You need a drill, tap, bolt, and washers.
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: CAMPMEAT on November 02, 2013, 03:28:16 PM: I thought that only happened to me. My buddy used a lathe on mine.
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: LEN on November 02, 2013, 04:44:04 PM: You can sometimes get them free by freezing the die. The brass will shrink more than the steel die and sometimes just grabbing and a tug gets it out. But if all else fails the case extractor kit will do it.

LEN
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: gadwall on November 02, 2013, 08:42:36 PM: Thanks h20,

drilling and tapping the primer poket etc worked flawlessly. I appreciate the suggestion.

Thanks to the other folks that responded as well.

Gadwall
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on November 02, 2013, 08:55:42 PM: There are those reloaders who have had a stuck case, and those who will. A 1/4-20 tap, a #7 drill bit, and some washers and 1/4-20 bolt are handy to have, and basically the same as those $20 extractor kits. Sometimes a socket works as well as the washers... Don't even bother trying to loosen a stuck case with pliers or vise-grips!
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: gadwall on November 02, 2013, 09:03:02 PM: Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on November 02, 2013, 08:55:42 PM
There are those reloaders who have had a stuck case, and those who will. A 1/4-20 tap, a #7 drill bit, and some washers and 1/4-20 bolt are handy to have, and basically the same as those $20 extractor kits. Sometimes a socket works as well as the washers... Don't even bother trying to loosen a stuck case with pliers or vise-grips!

The method you describe is what I used to a T

Thanks,

Gad
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on November 04, 2013, 12:44:25 PM: Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on November 02, 2013, 08:55:42 PM
There are those reloaders who have had a stuck case, and those who will.

So true!

-Steve
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: Bill W on November 04, 2013, 12:47:52 PM: I've stuck a couple, it's no big deal.
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on November 04, 2013, 01:06:53 PM: Quote from: Bill W on November 04, 2013, 12:47:52 PM
I've stuck a couple, it's no big deal.

Yeah, once you get it down, it's duck soup. Main thing is, if a case starts going into the die hard--stop! Don't force it! You'll get a stuck case if you keep pushing it! :tung:
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: iusmc2002 on November 04, 2013, 01:16:43 PM: Thats one of the things I like about Lee dies. Not a big operation to unstick a case from the FL sizer. Just a 3/16th" punch and a hammer.

What do you guys use to get the thingy out of the case once you have to case out of the die? I use tin-snips and carefully cut the neck off, or use a Dremel and cut the bottom of the case away. Any better ways to do it?
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on November 04, 2013, 05:42:43 PM: Quote from: iusmc2002 on November 04, 2013, 01:16:43 PM
Thats one of the things I like about Lee dies. Not a big operation to unstick a case from the FL sizer. Just a 3/16th" punch and a hammer.

What do you guys use to get the thingy out of the case once you have to case out of the die? I use tin-snips and carefully cut the neck off, or use a Dremel and cut the bottom of the case away. Any better ways to do it?

By "thingy" do you mean the expander ball/decapper? That's what's nice about the drill and tap method. After the case is unstuck, you add more washers and pull the expander ball/decapper off the case...
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: JJB11B on November 04, 2013, 05:51:45 PM: for about 6 bucks you can replace that if you happen to bend it too. Instead of buying a new die. Friend of mine bought me a new 300 mag die cuz he thought he ruined mine when I was out of town. I came home and asked him why there was a new die set in my re-loading room...I fixed the old one and traded for another .308 die.
Title: Re: Case stuck in resizing die
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on November 04, 2013, 06:02:46 PM: Quote from: JJB11B on November 04, 2013, 05:51:45 PM
for about 6 bucks you can replace that if you happen to bend it too. Instead of buying a new die. Friend of mine bought me a new 300 mag die cuz he thought he ruined mine when I was out of town. I came home and asked him why there was a new die set in my re-loading room...I fixed the old one and traded for another .308 die.

Yep--I back the expander/decapper out as far as I can, and try not to run the drill bit in too far. So far so good! :chuckle: