How do you deal with a stuck case?

[Varminterror]

Sir,
I do appreciate the share of the video. I would love to see what the people in the video did to remove the case from the pin!
Would you have the part of the video I am talking about on my post?
Furthermore, I would not risk damage to my reloading turret press

Removing the pin is easy - with multiple options to do so. It’s the expander ball which sticks in the neck, so a guy can use a tubing cutter to cut the case in half and extract the pin from the other end, or if the rim remains semi-intact (turn 90 degrees) you can flip your die upside down and reclamp the retaining nut, and use the press ram to pull it out. I was also taught to drive it out with a bit of drill bit pin stock and a piece of tubing, pipe, or block with a hole for the pin - a deep well socket also works for most cartridges if half of the rim survived.

Better still, remove the expander ball from your process and improve your control by using a mandrel expander in the future, so the slick decapping rod would simply fall out of the case after a stuck-case event.

You also won’t damage your turret press by tapping out a stuck case - unless you start with a force far too great for the task. If you are terribly concerned about it, stand the turret onto a piece of pipe or wood block with a hole through it rather than hammering while on the press.

Side note: a lot of the advice here is super shade tree mechanic stuff, and is complicating an uncomplicated process. Motor oil and homemade stuff, adding steps to the process to clean lube, let alone make lube, inviting excessive lube accumulation and fouling in your dies (denting shoulders), it’s all just extra work which guys recommend, but it doesn’t solve your problem. If you stuck a case with One Shot, you didn’t get the case properly lubed. That can and will happen regardless of the product you choose - if you’re under-lubing with Imperial or Unique, or motor oil, or One Shot, or Blessed Fairy Tears, it’ll still stick. One Shot didn’t cause your case to stick unless you didn’t use it appropriately, so it’s chasing the wrong rabbit to replace it.

 

[gwpercle]

If you use Lee dies and get a stuck case ... please watch the Lee video on removing a stuck case . The video is in / on Post # 21 and an eye opener for those who use Lee Dies !
The one stuck case I had was in a Lee die and it was so easy to remove ...
no special tools no drilling no tapping ... it is one of the big advantages of using Lee Dies .
Lots of people complain about them but they do have some advantages ...
Gary

 

[Tinker-S]

Removing the pin is easy - with multiple options to do so. It’s the expander ball which sticks in the neck, so a guy can use a tubing cutter to cut the case in half and extract the pin from the other end, or if the rim remains semi-intact (turn 90 degrees) you can flip your die upside down and reclamp the retaining nut, and use the press ram to pull it out. I was also taught to drive it out with a bit of drill bit pin stock and a piece of tubing, pipe, or block with a hole for the pin - a deep well socket also works for most cartridges if half of the rim survived.

Better still, remove the expander ball from your process and improve your control by using a mandrel expander in the future, so the slick decapping rod would simply fall out of the case after a stuck-case event.

You also won’t damage your turret press by tapping out a stuck case - unless you start with a force far too great for the task. If you are terribly concerned about it, stand the turret onto a piece of pipe or wood block with a hole through it rather than hammering while on the press.

Side note: a lot of the advice here is super shade tree mechanic stuff, and is complicating an uncomplicated process. Motor oil and homemade stuff, adding steps to the process to clean lube, let alone make lube, inviting excessive lube accumulation and fouling in your dies (denting shoulders), it’s all just extra work which guys recommend, but it doesn’t solve your problem. If you stuck a case with One Shot, you didn’t get the case properly lubed. That can and will happen regardless of the product you choose - if you’re under-lubing with Imperial or Unique, or motor oil, or One Shot, or Blessed Fairy Tears, it’ll still stick. One Shot didn’t cause your case to stick unless you didn’t use it appropriately, so it’s chasing the wrong rabbit to replace it.

Thank you for all of your great input!
BTW, I am using Lyman lube, but since the One Shot is mentioned, I could start to use it!
And yes, I used a tubing cutter to solve the issue.

 

[Tinker-S]

I was being sarcastic & intentionally provocative…sorry but you’re not alone lots of stuck cases out there even if few admit it.

No need to apologize. I make fun of myself for some avoidable mistakes.
I posted the scenario knowing that advise for my problem would come from all directions, even from people who have never had the experience to deal with a stuck case.

 

[Tinker-S]

Don't use WD40 for lube. It will kill your primer. I tried WD40 and I had a hangfire. The rifle went click, I lowered my aim than just ejected my casing and then "boom", it went off!

Dully noted.