What did you do in the reloading room today?

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Loading is pretty much caught up did lay out 100 rounds of 300 BO brass prepped to load, but the season is pretty much shot for me carpal tunnel both wrists first operation is Oct 3rd then Oct 18th for the second one could not of happened at a worst time of the year, good thing is this our off year for Wyoming would have really sucked if not. Hopefully will be able to hunt Whitetails late season near home good luck to all this year hunting.
 
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Sometimes you should quit while you’re ahead. I’ve been dreading pulling 40 rounds due to incorrect head space on the brass. I had a little extra time and decided to pull them today. Afterwards, I still had a little time, so I decided to start re-sizing them….

To make a long story short(er), since I never tumbled or wiped them off after sizing/loading them a few months ago, I figured they’d have enough one-shot left on them to size. They even felt a little “slimy”.

The first ten went through the press no problem, and then, you guessed it, one stuck real good. I pulled up on the handle hard, and the rim ripped off the case.

I was supremely lucky, because I had pulled the de-priming stem out before I started sizing, since I just needed to push the shoulders back not de-prime. This enabled me to stick a “punch” through the die body to hammer the case out. After a few failed attempts, and one smashed thumb nail, I grabbed a couple old drill bits and was able to knock out the case. I’m sure this wasn’t the best idea, but it got the job done without nicking or damaging the inside of the die.

Afterwards I cleaned and lubed the inside of the die and re-lubed the remaining cases. The rest of the sizing was uneventful, and I learned another valuable lesson for the reloading bench. Good grief…
 

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Harvey_NW

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Sometimes you should quit while you’re ahead.
Been there buddy! I forgot what my exact predicament was but I was testing something and tried to cheat the system leaving live primers in while I ran them through the die, and stuck one. I wasn't smart enough to pull the stem like you either, so it got western lol. LR magnum primers are violent!
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Been there buddy! I forgot what my exact predicament was but I was testing something and tried to cheat the system leaving live primers in while I ran them through the die, and stuck one. I wasn't smart enough to pull the stem like you either, so it got western lol. LR magnum primers are violent!
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Thank you sir, and it was one of those moments when i knew it was the wrong thing to do, but after a few went through without issues, I thought I was good to go. Wrong! LOL! Glad I'm not the only one.
 

TSnave

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Noticed that my expander button was tweaked in my 223 sizer so had to fiddle around and find a replacement. Fortunately had some Redding 22 BR dies that aren't being used and whaddya know, the whole assembly screwed into the RCBS die body. So I'm counting that as a win. Then I got back to sizing brass...
 

49ereric

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Picked a bunch of brass from a gravel pit Wednesday mostly 9mm some 10mm fair amount of
45 acp and the surprise was 44 mag brass along with the usually 223-556.
I load none of these though 😂
 

WestTN2288

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Picked a bunch of brass from a gravel pit Wednesday mostly 9mm some 10mm fair amount of
45 acp and the surprise was 44 mag brass along with the usually 223-556.
I load none of these though

Well now I can’t help but wonder if you need help getting rid of it… I load nearly all of those
 
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Did some prep work to fine tune the 6.5prc data.
- Fine tuned the sizer die to get the right shoulder bump.
- Tried a 288 bushing from SAC with a 262 mandrel.
- Tried a 289 bushing from SAC with a 263 mandrel.
- Tried a 288 bushing from Wilson and a 262 mandrel.

Worked on some 30-06 loads.
- Resized a bunch of brass for fouling the barrel and just general range ammo.
- Loaded some 165BT and played with seating depth.
 
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