Got My First Case Stuck In A Die And It's A Doozy

[M-Tecs]

Actually, I tried the smaller bolt, that stripped so I did a larger hole and tap which also stripped. Stuck pretty darn tight. Thanks for that link. I tried to find it on the site and couldn't locate it.

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[cwtebay]

I've stuck a few - 22 Hornet smallest, 470 NE largest. Putting them in the freezer has fixed them all!

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[rbuck351]

I have had case head separation in a die with 7mm mag. No place to use a tap. I inverted the die, plugged the neck with a bit of paper towel and filled the case with melted lead. Put the die back in the press and knocked it out with a punch. This happened when I first started reloading a couple of times. After learning how to properly adjust my FL die and lube the case properly it quit happening.

[Tim357]

If I had paid $60.00 for a die ... I would box it up and return it to Redding with a letter ,
compliment them on good dies , assume all responsibility for sticking the case ...Don't Blame Them .
Be nice and hope they take care of you ...offer to pay...hopefully they will take pity on you and do it for free .
I wouldn't take a chance of ruining an expensive die that could be saved .
Gary

This! RCBS helped out with a stuck case in my dad's sizing die .223

[kungfustyle]

Remove the decapping pin, drill and tap the base of the case, tap it with a 1/4-20 tap, and use a pipe, washers, and a bolt to pull the stuck case from the die.

You will need a short piece of pipe larger than the rim, a drill bit, tap, washers, and a bolt about 1/2" longer than the section of pipe.

Brass is easy to drill and tap so it'll be easy if you have the right parts.

This works absolutely every time no matter how stuck the case is.

+1 works less than a $20 fix and you'll have it for next time. You can use a 3/4 socket for a spacer if no pipe, you just need to get a bit past the end of the shell. But it does work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFW9URitdAU

[jonp]

Anybody try the Frankford Armory type?

[high standard 40]

+1 works less than a $20 fix and you'll have it for next time. You can use a 3/4 socket for a spacer if no pipe, you just need to get a bit past the end of the shell. But it does work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFW9URitdAU

I've been loading for over 40 years and have only stuck one case. This is the method I used. It worked fine. I've still got my homemade case puller and hope I never need it again.

[gumbo333]

I don't think I've stuck a case since I started to lube cases with Imperial Case Lube, except when I tried the Hornady spray on lube, not impressed with that stuff. A little tin of Imperial will last a long, long time, more than the years I have left. Sure glad jonp got his case out. My plastic bag with homemade stuck case remover does have a drill bit that is a bit smaller than 1/4 inch. Have a good weekend to all shutins.

[1hole]

I pulled at least thirty stuck cases back when I was experimenting with case lubes.

The commercial screw type case pullers good but they usually have 1/4" x 20 screws. That works most of the time but sometimes those small diameter threads strip out of the cases. So, I've tapped for and then used 5/16" and 3/8" bolts when needed; they always get the job done. Oh yeah, cheep (grade #5) 1/4" bolts sometimes wring off in the cases so I got Grade #8 bolts from Ace Hardware for all three sizes ... and have had no more wring offs!

With a difficult pulling situation, I hold my die/stuck case in a sturdy bench vise. For doing that - without thread damage - I also got a couple of 7/8" x 14 nuts and jam tighten them together on the die, then I clamp the nuts very tightly in the vise. The die won't spin and the threads are well protected by the nuts that way.

[DocSavage]

Just return a die to Redding the other day case snapped off just below the shoulder with the expander firmly stuck. Called Redding but they are closed per order of Gov. Coumo.

[GSP7]

Just return a die to Redding the other day case snapped off just below the shoulder with the expander firmly stuck. Called Redding but they are closed per order of Gov. Coumo.

Redding needs to move out of there and back to America

[44magLeo]

Early in my loading career I was using STP as a case lube. Worked fine till I stuck a 270 case in A Lyman die. Tried the case puller an just pulled the bolt out of case, tried a bigger bolt, still a no go. Took to my gunsmith. He sent it to Lyman. Lyman sent me a new die.
I then started using case lube. Have not stuck a die since.
Leo

[Mollyboy]

After a few decades of reloading I finally got my first stuck case. I decided to resize and prime a few of the .416 Ruger brass I shot a few weeks ago. I lubed the first one, I use Imperial on the big ones, but for some reason had a brain fart and didn't lube the second. When I went to pull it out it jammed tight in the Redding FL Die partially ripping off the rim.

I tried soaking it in Kroil then tapping it and using a screw to pull it out but that just stripped the hole.

Any other ideas? I ordered a Neck Size Die as all the brass is from/for one rifle but I'd like to salvage this one. $60 is too much to chuck in the garbage.

Also, I bent the decapping rod in my effort and they are impossible to.find. Any reason a .416 Rem Mag wouldn't work?

Switch to lee dies every set has a built in stuck case remover.

[stevenjay1]

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[15meter]

Switch to lee dies every set has a built in stuck case remover.

Don't think Lee makes a die set for 416 Ruger.

[GSP7]

Well ... did he get it un-stuck yet?

[jonp]

Switch to lee dies every set has a built in stuck case remover.

Most of my dies are Lee. The 416 came with a set of Redding Dies.

[15meter]

Also, I bent the decapping rod in my effort and they are impossible to.find. Any reason a .416 Rem Mag wouldn't work?

I'm leaning towards de-priming everything that is going to get a cast boolit with a universal de-cap die first.

My steps are:
Deprime

Full/neck size with no de-cap/neck size button installed

M-die for proper neck diameter/bell. I use Lyman M-die, Lee bell die,
Lee with Noe plugs and custom M-dies from C-H depending on what is needed

Prime/charge case

seat bullet,

crimp with Lee collet crimp if I have the right size
if not, use the seater die with the built in crimp

I try to avoid having to size with the decap stem in, makes it waaaaay easier to knock out a stuck case. I've never done that I've just heard about it through the grapevine

By not pulling the neck plug designed for jacketed bullets back up through the neck and using an M-die for sizing the neck I think I get better neck tension.

YMMV

[jonp]

Well ... did he get it un-stuck yet?

Kroil, a punch and a hammer, so yes i did!

[GSP7]

Kroil, a punch and a hammer, so yes i did!

I thought the freezer method would work easiest


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