223 supply getting low so dug a big bag of range pickup brass from a few years back out of the basement and started prepping it.
Getting into a good routine, kachunk kachunk kachunk deprime and resize, kachunk kachunk CRUNCH!
a piece of berden primed brass was in there. Snapped off the decapping pin, chipped up the expanding ball at both ends, bent the spindle rod. GAH! At least the case came out of the die, it wasn't stuck.
With everything sold out, spare parts are nowhere to be found. Cannibalized another die for a spindle, dremeled the sharp edges off the ball. It works, doesn't scratch the neck and seems to size properly.
so, keep spare parts around, check the headstamps. Wish me luck with the rest of the bag.
Getting into a good routine, kachunk kachunk kachunk deprime and resize, kachunk kachunk CRUNCH!
a piece of berden primed brass was in there. Snapped off the decapping pin, chipped up the expanding ball at both ends, bent the spindle rod. GAH! At least the case came out of the die, it wasn't stuck.
With everything sold out, spare parts are nowhere to be found. Cannibalized another die for a spindle, dremeled the sharp edges off the ball. It works, doesn't scratch the neck and seems to size properly.
so, keep spare parts around, check the headstamps. Wish me luck with the rest of the bag.