HI
I must not have set my FLS correctly and I have brass that is once fired, re-sized and then loaded and now it won’t chamber. I can get the bolt almost down but not enough for the rifle to go into battery.
I have a redding body die to suit can I just re-size the body on a loaded round without putting myself in danger.

I would really prefer not to have to inetia pull 520 rounds of loaded ammo.

thanks

later
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Well it COULD work. That doesn't meen it's a good idea!

If you've loaded that many and they all have the same issue then I'd want to find out why before I did anything. In my experience this is usually caused by not having the bullet seating die set correctly. Over crimping can cause this, and the ammo doesn't shoot as well with a heavy crimp, in my opinion.

Measure a loaded round and determine what/where the mistake is first. Body sizing a loaded round could change OAL, and in turn put the bullet into the lands which could significantly raise pressures.

I'm not big on experimenting with loaded ammo! Nate

This is a heads-up to all reloaders. Before you knock out dozens or hundreds, chamber one.

If you put a loaded cartridge into a full length sizing die minus the guts, how you gonna get the neck, now expanded by the bullet back into the area that sizes the neck down BEFOR it is pulled back over the expander nipple which is a tad smaller than the bullet you now have in the neck?

This does not sound like a workable deal to me. You'll probally only make matters worse! Time to get out the bullet puller.

it's a BODY die,..there is NO expander or decapping rod. I have done it,...I see no reason that simply squeezing the brass would ignite the round.

I have done this very thing. Use enough lube--you don't want a loaded round stuck in your die.

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I have done this in an emergency. It's not the smartest thing to do but then, driving on the Freeway at rush hour is probably more dangerous. Use lube so there's no doubt about one sticking in the die.

BUT, before sizing any, I would pull the bullet on a couple of them and find out exactly why they are sticking. Is the neck diameter too big? Neck too long? Shoulder too far forward? Base too big? Etc? It would be a shame to run them through a body die only to find out they still won't chamber.

Good Luck

Ray

Pulling 500 bullets with an inertia puller is far more dangerous than body sizing the same

A number of cases have been reported where the inertia puller set off the cartridge with results that you can imagine. I have seen one and the puller was totally destroyed. If you decide to pull the bullets, buy a Hornady of RCBS collet puller that goes into your press. It will cost a little more but is much safer and faster than the inertia unit.

Resize one or two and see if that cures the problem. But find out what IS the cause.

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Originally posted by webtaz99:
This is a heads-up to all reloaders. Before you knock out dozens or hundreds, chamber one.

NO true-er words of wisdom have ever been said on this forum!

Save your ass, just disassemble them...

Kinda like George Carlin use to say about Motorcycle helmets...If you have a $10.00 head, get a $10.00 helmet...

Odd that they won't chamber, were they fired in this gun?

When I reload a large quantity of ammo, I "chamber check" every 20th round or so.