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
Thanks again