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Removal of separated brass from sizer!

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27 May 2006, 05:51
Chasseur
Removal of separated brass from sizer!
Ok it finally happenend to me...

I was loading and a brass case separated on me in the resizer. Its well stuck inside of it and the head came off.

How do I get the brass out?

Its 9.3x74r brass and RCBS resizer.

Thanks!


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Machiavelli
27 May 2006, 06:09
craigster
Try putting it in the freezer for a few hours, and then run an oversize bore brush up past the case neck and pull it back out. The brush bristles will (sometimes) grab on the neck and the case will follow. There are other methods that I haven't had the opportunity to use. If push comes to shove (and you can live with the down time), you can send it to Oroville and RCBS will remove it for you.
27 May 2006, 06:22
Mark
Do you have an oxy/acet torch?

The best method I know of was told by Tom Burgess- Use a fine tip and heat a 1 inch line of the brass fron the base towards the neck. Just enough so it gets red. What happens is the brass expands and bulges up, then it cools down and shrinks and the brass falls out by itself. Takes less time to tell it than to do it.


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29 May 2006, 02:55
Larry Burchfield
When I used to shoot IHMSA I carried a tap that would just thread itself down in the subjuct hull and then used a brass rod to run down from the muzzle end of the gun and tap out. You could try this method on your die.
If it is a special sizing die I would send it back to the factory.

Larry
29 May 2006, 03:48
Norman Conquest
When this has happened to me,I inverted the die in vise(gently,W/padding),sprayed in Kroil oil around case O.D.,give oil time to penetrate,then remove with LHT easy out.


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29 May 2006, 09:08
ricciardelli
Send it to RCBS they will do it for free...


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