Always a first

[Shovelhead]

50 years of reloading and it happened. My first stuck case. I was reloading 300 Blackout. Forming pretrimmed .223 brass.
Bam the 2nd case stuck in the FL sizing die. I was greasing the cases up pretty good so I didnt suspect a lack of lube. I searched around and found my RCBS stuck case tool. I've never had a stuck case and I think it's because I had that stuck case tool rat holed away.

I got the case out without a hitch but noticed the hole in the expander ball was slightly off center. I grabbed my .308 die set and compared sure enough the expander ball de-priming pin hole is a few thousandths off center. I swapped out the .308 expander stem for the 300 Blackout and completed my reloading 200 rounds without a hitch.

I have a mix of Redding, Hornady, RCBS, Lee dies and havent seen this. I'm contacting RCBS Monday to see what they say.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

I had my reloading first the other day, too....was processing some range pick up .223/5.56 and was full-length resizing and decapping them when, *thunk, ping!* -- decapping pin bent and snapped in half. Apparently, there is a company that makes brass cases that are Berdan primed. I had no idea.

 

[watchingtrace]

Berdamn!

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Berdamn!

No kidding! It was a funny head stamp, too....never did ID it.

 

[Egghead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idC2HN0X5mA

Works great, I have used it, and no you don't need a lathe.

 

[Shovelhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idC2HN0X5mA

Works great, I have used it, and no you don't need a lathe.

Same basic process that the RCBS stuck case kit has minus the lathe. Cheap insurance...... 1 stuck case every 50 years......

 

[RamRoddoc]

Berdamn!

Hah! I have broken a couple of pins on brass "Berdamn" cases.