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Offline mtnbkr1

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I goofed
« on: January 30, 2007, 01:16:02 PM »
While load testing for my new ar,I resized and primed a bunch of brass,only to find out later that I hadn't set the shoulder back far enough.No problem,thought I......I'll just take the decapper out of the size die and set the shoulder back a little.Well I'm sure many are shaking their heads right now because you know what happened next,...the case mouth got shrunk also but didn't get expanded.So now my question is,how do I fix this other than snapping all those primers and starting over,or can it be fixed without collapsing the shoulder upon die entry because of the small neck? :-\
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Offline Savage

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Re: I goofed
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2007, 03:37:56 PM »
Remove the decapping pin only, put the stem back into the die and run your brass back thru the die. Problem solved.
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Re: I goofed
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2007, 11:32:54 PM »
Unless he has Lee dies  ;D

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Re: I goofed
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2007, 08:13:19 AM »
Even with Lee dies , all you have to do is the move the decaper up about 3/16 of an inch so the pin does not come in contact with the primer , this will allow the expander to work properly but not remove the primer .

Been there , done that .  :o

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Re: I goofed
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2007, 09:12:56 AM »
HEE! HEE! Yea, i did that once ??? :o hate to admit it though! but like stimpy said, just raise the decapper stem up and resize them. You MIGHT need a bit of luibe on the cases to prevent sticking in the die.
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Offline Dusty Miller

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Re: I goofed
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2007, 02:15:40 PM »
Boy, I'm sure glad I'VE never done anything like that! ;)
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