Really did it this time

[jabo52521]

I worry about myself sometimes. While cleaning up out in the garage found a coffee can filled with .223's. Screwed in the decapper sizer die and did 6 cases. The seventh one stuck. I'm so used to carbide I didn't stop to think about how bottleneck dies don't have carbide. Yep it's stuck big time. Will drop off at machine shop tomorrow and hope for the best.

[Garyshome]

It took me about 2 cases to start putting some kind of case lube on rifle cases.

[Janoosh]

Put it in the freezer until tomorrow morning. Then use the press on it. It'll pull out. I did that with a 8 x57 case. Left it in the freezer for two days, case popped right out.

[Bayou52]

I worry about myself sometimes. While cleaning up out in the garage found a coffee can filled with .223's. Screwed in the decapper sizer die and did 6 cases. The seventh one stuck. I'm so used to carbide I didn't stop to think about how bottleneck dies don't have carbide. Yep it's stuck big time. Will drop off at machine shop tomorrow and hope for the best.

I have a sneaking hunch that won't happen again anytime soon.....

Bayou52

[500MAG]

I use a Lee decapping die for 223's with a dab of marvel mystery oil. If anything gets stuck I just smack the pin with a mallet to knock it back out.

[zuke]

I use a Lee decapping die for 223's with a dab of marvel mystery oil. If anything gets stuck I just smack the pin with a mallet to knock it back out.

That's how their built to be used.

[Bullshop Junior]

What brand die is it?

[jabo52521]

Put it in the freezer until tomorrow morning. Then use the press on it. It'll pull out. I did that with a 8 x57 case. Left it in the freezer for two days, case popped right out.

You were right. Got off this mornng. Thanks. Broke out the lube pad first thing.

[dudel]

That's were a Lee Universal decapping die really shines.

Even with carbide 223 dies, lube is still recommended. Carbide is for longevity.

http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/con...Three_Die_Sets_

"For high volume users, such as commercial reloaders, law enforcement agencies, and high power or service rifle competitors, we also offer .223 and .308 die sets with a full-length carbide sizing die. Lubrication is still required, but the increased scratch resistance and die longevity of carbide are of great benefit to these groups of users."

[Mk42gunner]

Look up a stuck case remover for the next time, when you pull the rim from the case. They aren't much more than a drill, tap, ¼-28 bolt and a spacer.

I had one of the RCBS kits at one time, until a friend offered me way to much money for it. Since then I have been making do with a deep well socket and a washer for the spacer.

For some reason it seems that the .223 is the easiest case to stick in a reloading die.

Robert

[tja6435]

I stuck a 458 SOCOM (new from Starline, of course) recently in a Hornady sizer. I had plenty of imperial wax on the outside of the case but apparently needed more inside the neck, as it was the expander ball that was seriously stuck. I got the Hornady case remover, trilled and tapped the case and backed it out with the bolt and spacer. $2 per case hurts when lost/ destroyed

[Janoosh]

Just stick the die in the freezer. Leave for a day or overnight. This works. Unless you're in a hurry and must load that cartridge that day. Some freeze spray might work (methyl cloride, I think).