Case Seperation -Stuck Case -- Any suggestions?

coleridge

coleridge

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Yestarday I had a case seperation. It seperated the entire case & the head came out but the body of the case is still in chamber.

I tried the brush just in the case & then pull back out (while bristles are bent back in the case) several times with different size brushes (in neck & large brushes in body). Even tried it with a some heat thrown to it with no success (even though we were getting some pretty decent "grip" at times).

Anybody got tricks before I unscrew the barrel & get mid-evil...
 
Stuff a piece of cotton ball in the neck of the casing. Melt a little bit of lead or cerrosafe and pour it in the casing. Knock it out with an old cleaning rod.
 
A old gunsmith told me this, close the bolt and pack toilet paper into the chamber from the muzzle with a cleaning rod untill you reach the lands. Pack it tight, then open the bolt and tap it out, no damage.
 
I took a paper clip and straiten it out. Then made a small 90 degree bend at the end with a point. I can hook the mouth of the brass and pull it back into the action. This has worked for me each time I had a seperation.
 
coleridge:

As it has happened more than once, I suggest you purchase a headspace gauge from Hornady or other suppliers so you can adjust the die correctly and do not push the case shoulder back beyond minimum dimensions for the caliber.

Case separations should not be happening!
 
Originally Posted By: BuckeyeSpecialcoleridge:

As it has happened more than once, I suggest you purchase a headspace gauge from Hornady or other suppliers so you can adjust the die correctly and do not push the case shoulder back beyond minimum dimensions for the caliber.

Case separations should not be happening!


"Case separations should not be happening!"

What he said.

You are improperly sizing your cases. I have cases that have been reloaded over 40 times, and I have never had a case head separation in 40+ years of loading.

You need to rethink how you are sizing your cases.


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Originally Posted By: CatShooterOriginally Posted By: BuckeyeSpecialcoleridge:

As it has happened more than once, I suggest you purchase a headspace gauge from Hornady or other suppliers so you can adjust the die correctly and do not push the case shoulder back beyond minimum dimensions for the caliber.

Case separations should not be happening!


"Case separations should not be happening!"

What he said.

You are improperly sizing your cases. I have cases that have been reloaded over 40 times, and I have never had a case head separation in 40+ years of loading.

You need to rethink how you are sizing your cases.


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Understood. I agree case seperation should NOT be happening. And yeah it was my 1st, that's why I had questions on getting it out... I see by several answers I'm not the only one ever to do this.

I guess I should have given a little background... This happened on a 6BRX. I was using standard 6BR FLS die (that leaves .1" that a person can phk up with). I've never had a problem with this set up before. However, I had accidently mixed in different firing # (some had ~20 firings on them, mixed in with some with only 8 fireings, some were who knows what) brass while tumbling & I had some mixed brass that were hard to chamber (empty case). I thought I needed to "bump" the shoulders back a little. Well after ruining a piece by knowingly oversizing it (rule out the forward shoulders possibility) I fiqured out I had a few brass that needed triming. We'll in the mix of "intentianally way oversizing", I did not get my die reset to where it needed to be obviously. In short, I oversized by ~.009" & I now have 50 brass that are scrap. A small price to pay as a reminder to pay more attention when loading. I did learn a lot about the physics of brass & oversizing in my research too.

I appreciate all the help & I did get the case out. With some different brass... It shot extremly well this weekend & no case problems
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Thanks again
 
Originally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeWhat method did you use ?

I dammed the neck with 2 patches from the back with a cleaning rod. Took some "steel stik" puddy & rolled up into little balls that would drop into the case. Took a plastic coat hanger section & packed it in. After about 3-4 "balls" I had about half the case full. Made VERY sure no epoxy had gotten anywhere it shouldn't. (The non-overly tacky "play-dough" type compond worked very good). Gave it an hour to bond then cleaning rod from the muzzle bumped it right out after a few taps. Cleaned barrel & chamber well & a close inspection showed everything was good to go.

I'm sure other methodsmight work just as well, but if you got a really stuck case (tighter than a cleaning rod & brush will "pull out", you can really put some pressure on it like this. Just be extra carfull with the compound & were it sticks.
 
Originally Posted By: coleridgeOriginally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeWhat method did you use ?

I dammed the neck with 2 patches from the back with a cleaning rod. Took some "steel stik" puddy & rolled up into little balls that would drop into the case. Took a plastic coat hanger section & packed it in. After about 3-4 "balls" I had about half the case full. Made VERY sure no epoxy had gotten anywhere it shouldn't. (The non-overly tacky "play-dough" type compond worked very good). Gave it an hour to bond then cleaning rod from the muzzle bumped it right out after a few taps. Cleaned barrel & chamber well & a close inspection showed everything was good to go.

I'm sure other methodsmight work just as well, but if you got a really stuck case (tighter than a cleaning rod & brush will "pull out", you can really put some pressure on it like this. Just be extra carfull with the compound & were it sticks.
dix one the same way on my 7 mag after i bought some "once fired" brass from a member on another forum. Only i used liquid aluminum.
 


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