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Post by ricksalisbury01 on Aug 26, 2009 22:34:38 GMT -5
I got the idea for this from a different site, so I can not take credit for this idea. That said, this works slicker than snot on a door knob. I drilled and tapped a stuck case for a ¼ thread (from Hornady’s stuck case remover kit), placed a socket roughly the same size as the base of the sizing die over the base of the stuck case, and put a fender washer on to of the ratchet end of the socket. I then screwed two nuts on a long ¼ machine screw, pushed the screw through the washer and socket, and screwed the screw into the base of the tapped cartridge case. After sufficient threads were in the case, I lowered the nuts down onto the washer, placed the die into a padded vice (wrapped the die with an old rag), and proceeded to tighten the nuts on the screw into the fender washer. This action applied substantial pressure to the cartridge and the stuck case came out with little to no effort. I should mentioned that for this one stuck case I: froze the die, tried turning canned air upside down and freezing the brass, heating the die, and broke my reloading bench trying to free the stuck cartridge all with no success. I hope this may help someone else.
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Post by ricksalisbury01 on Aug 26, 2009 22:38:02 GMT -5
Pic2
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Post by ricksalisbury01 on Aug 26, 2009 22:39:36 GMT -5
Pic 3
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Post by ricksalisbury01 on Aug 26, 2009 22:41:27 GMT -5
"A picture is worth a 1000 words"
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Post by ozark on Nov 24, 2009 18:48:25 GMT -5
I must be missing something here. Why not simply run a cleaning rod from the muzzle end and tapping the stuck case out?
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Post by whelenman on Nov 24, 2009 19:39:40 GMT -5
He's probably talking about a stuck case in a reloading die when the top of the case can't be accessed because of the depriming assembly. The photo doesn't show a depriming assembly installed in the die but imagine it is there. I agree that the easiest with a rifle would be a rod.
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Post by craigf on Nov 30, 2009 13:06:26 GMT -5
Rick, I had to do almost the same thing, but I used a tap I already had. I thing I did different though was I threaded the die into my press from the bottom, upside down. I was then able to pull it right out with a machine screw with an allen head. I have to admit it was my second attempt though, my first was with a bolt that was way to soft and it stripped, grade 5 or 8 only now for me!
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