New one on me

[dubber123]

Kind of a rainy day today, so I thought I would load up some .40's. About 25 cases in, the carbide ring on my Lyman dies pulled out and left a neat little collar on the case :) Once I managed to get it extracted, I degreased the ring and the die body. I put the die on the wood stove to heat and expand, and put the ring in the freezer to contract. I popped it back together with little effort and hopefully the slathering of red Loctite will keep it in one piece. First time this has happened to me.

[Guesser]

I've had it happen with Hornady, RCBS & Lee; I cleaned them up and put them back together with 2 part epoxy. Hasn't happened to any of them since.

[ReloaderFred]

I had a Redding 10mm/.40 die pull the sizing ring out and I've broken a Lyman. They're a press fit, so it does happen. I know people hate to lube handgun brass, but it does make the likelihood of pulling the carbide ring out of the die body less probable.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[dubber123]

I lube a lot of my handgun stuff, but usually because I have found a steel sizer that produces a sized case more to my liking. I picked these dies up cheap, so I'm not complaining. I've heard of it happening, just not to me :) The ring does seem kinda tight, it is making an OD on the case of .419", which is a good bit smaller than my load manual calls for.

[country gent]

those carbide rings can be tricky to glue as they are so smooth and roughing them up is next to imposible . Im a tool and die maker and have worked with carbide in the shop. I would do as the OP did heat die body to 500-600* maybe even a little more to expand. freeze the ring even though you wont get alot of shrinkage from carbide at home reachable temps. Then coat with green locktite and assemble with a small ahrbor press. Leave in press with a wieght on handle till cured and cool. This last step helps keep the ring from walking out and or shifting. A wood dowel fitted into the ring give a insulated handle to hold it with out body temp warming it.

[bdicki]

Works to 450 degrees F

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