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How 'bout some suggestions?
I was resizing some 223 AI cases last night. Got in a rythm and didn't realize that I had an odd sized case until I had done another. It looked like it had a step down about halfway down the case and, in fact, it did. About three cases back, one had broken in half and left the upper half in the die.
This is a JLC converted type "S" die, so I had a little larger hole in the top to work with, but it hasn't helped. Right or wrong here is what I've done so far;
I used a small punch to try and push the case back through, but the brass was too soft and it all broke off. Then I used a drill to try the same thing. Again too soft. Now I have the remains of the case, without the neck jammed tightly into the body section of the die. I say jammed because, as you read above, I sized two cases in behind it before I realized I had a problem.
I have a couple of ideas, but I really don't want to screw up this die and either of them could be fatal.
So, any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Rick
I was resizing some 223 AI cases last night. Got in a rythm and didn't realize that I had an odd sized case until I had done another. It looked like it had a step down about halfway down the case and, in fact, it did. About three cases back, one had broken in half and left the upper half in the die.
This is a JLC converted type "S" die, so I had a little larger hole in the top to work with, but it hasn't helped. Right or wrong here is what I've done so far;
I used a small punch to try and push the case back through, but the brass was too soft and it all broke off. Then I used a drill to try the same thing. Again too soft. Now I have the remains of the case, without the neck jammed tightly into the body section of the die. I say jammed because, as you read above, I sized two cases in behind it before I realized I had a problem.
I have a couple of ideas, but I really don't want to screw up this die and either of them could be fatal.
So, any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Rick