Thread: Dented Shoulders... Bin it?

Yeah @Dorkus bin the gun and get a proper calibre

Nah I use spray on lube and sometimes go too hard out and all the necks get that. They are sweet and will fireform out.

This can also happen if you get buildup of lube in your sizer over time so usually strip and assemble with a wipe and some brake clean... should be able to snake some from work

DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE LIVE PRIMER this is covered in every manual for good reason....bit like juggling chainsaw...yeah you might get away with it 99 times but the 100th will bite you in the arse big time...Im a tight wad scruge Mc Duck but at 7c per primer why would you risk it????
just chamber the empty case with projectile removed and fire the primer off...dont poke barrel into your best polarfleece shirt to muffle the noise or it will have burn holes in it ( dont ask how I know this)
better to be safe than sorry.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Yeah @Dorkus bin the gun and get a proper calibre

Nah I use spray on lube and sometimes go too hard out and all the necks get that. They are sweet and will fireform out.

This can also happen if you get buildup of lube in your sizer over time so usually strip and assemble with a wipe and some brake clean... should be able to snake some from work

I'm not binning my pig. Just found a recipe that shoots, need to chrony it but should retain killing power to 350yds with a 150gn projectile.

Labradar arriving this week.

PM me and we can sort you out bro.

Originally Posted by Dorkus

since I'm asking questions... I've got a couple of rounds that don't have any powder in (apparently drinking a box while reloading has its perils). If I pull the projectiles can I pop the primers out with the FL die/recapping pin? or will it blow up in my face? I quite like my face.

Just remove you deprimer pin and resize again without punching out the primer and you are ready to go otherwise your neck will be too loose

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Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

Just remove you deprimer pin and resize again without punching out the primer and you are ready to go otherwise your neck will be too loose

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feel free to correct me if Im wrong but by doing that your neck will be too tight as button on decapping rod wont come out to size it back up to size?????

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

feel free to correct me if Im wrong but by doing that your neck will be too tight as button on decapping rod wont come out to size it back up to size?????

Feel corrected then
He said only remove the decapping pin, not the button. That applies only if the brand of die allows that and the decapping pin is not integral with the button.

I use this method all the time when load developing when I start firing a load and know straight away it is not worth continuing. Leaves me with rounds to pull apart. I always resize the neck to re-establish neck tension b4 loading again.

Depends on the style of die @Micky Duck some ( most but not lee ) you can remove just the pin and leave the expander button on or another scenario as you are really only resizing the case mouth is to wind the decapping rod up so it doesnt touch the primer.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

feel free to correct me if Im wrong but by doing that your neck will be too tight as button on decapping rod wont come out to size it back up to size?????

It depends on your brand of dies mine are redding so you can remove the decapping pin and still leave the sizing button in so you are sizing and not removing the primer.

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ok ok ok I stand corrected lmao.

My redding FL dies do the same if I'm not careful with my 260 brass.
I use a spray lube and not much, but I have to be really careful with not having too much lube. Apparently this is common with Redding dies.

Funnily enough my Lee FL die has never dented a case.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

My redding FL dies do the same if I'm not careful with my 260 brass.
I use a spray lube and not much, but I have to be really careful with not having too much lube. Apparently this is common with Redding dies.

Funnily enough my Lee FL die has never dented a case.

Its not common with redding dies and their lube(wax)

Originally Posted by Beetroot

My redding FL dies do the same if I'm not careful with my 260 brass.
I use a spray lube and not much, but I have to be really careful with not having too much lube. Apparently this is common with Redding dies.

Funnily enough my Lee FL die has never dented a case.

could be because they have a wee hole of about 1mm dia to allow excess to get out.... I dont get issue with my lee or hornady sets either but the redding set I do.

Sounds like you lads need to learn how to use em or give that crappy redding shit to me

funnily enough since I went back to lubing cases the way I was first shown 30 something years ago issues have all but dissapeared....vasoline on fingers give case a whirl between them and call it good....... now am I just the only one or does the very mention of vaso bring back memories of that puberty blues scene in back of wagon with guy diving into tool box????