Plastic insert in my 45LC RCBS carbide sizer?

[Varminterror]

Could be an assembly guide or some such that was supposed to be removed at the factory. Just a SWAG.

Had to ruin my fun... My first thought upon observing the photo is that it is part of a tool used during assembly, either a guide or an ergonomic “gripper” of sorts. It would sure be nicer to hold onto that bumper - or have a fixture/tool which used that bumper - than to finger-hold a few thousand expander balls while threading them onto stems all day, everyday. Turning micro-ergo work into macro work is a pretty common driver for tool development in manufacturing.

 

[Project355]

The only fly in that ointment.... Is that whoever assembled that die set should have noticed.

I cannot believe that a worker on the line at RCBS does not have at least Sesame Street smarts.... as in "... One these things is not like the other...". I mean they're sitting there putting die sets together and all of a sudden they see one with a red piece on it. Does it become an "oh well" moment

 

[Varminterror]

The only fly in that ointment.... Is that whoever assembled that die set should have noticed.

I cannot believe that a worker on the line at RCBS does not have at least Sesame Street smarts.... as in "... One these things is not like the other...". I mean they're sitting there putting die sets together and all of a sudden they see one with a red piece on it. Does it become an "oh well" moment

More likely, Jack was flirting with Jill, or talking to Carl about the date he has planned with Jill later and simply overlooked one part out of hundreds or thousands they handled that day.

 

[Project355]

This just in from RCBS...
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I have contacted our entire Engineering team, and this part wasn’t installed at our factory. We don’t use anything like that in our assembly process. I have no explanation as to what this is or how it got there. We will send you a replacement decap unit no charge. If you can’t disassemble the die, please let us know.

 

[Project355]

I believe this is whats known as a mystery

 

[AJC1]

I believe this is whats known as a mystery

Scooby doo where are you.

 

[higgite]

A Russian listening device, no doubt.

 

[mrawesome22-250]

Speer 44cal plastic case stuck inside a 45colt case? Someone sized the 45colt case and the 44cal plastic case got jammed onto the rod?

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010042789?pid=159921

 

[Project355]

No rim

 

[FROGO207]

Sounds like a former disgruntled employee's revenge before leaving or being canned. Stranger things have happened. Or made in China and they have no idea how the manufacturing is done there. My two best theories.

 

[sparkyv]

How strange. Pull, cut or melt it off and you should be GTG.

 

[Project355]

Melt. Tried pulling....jeeze. personally, I think RCBS is blowin' some smoke. I just TRIED to remove a label without bubba'ing up a corner to get it started. Nobody would use THAT much care in so doing unless pre-motivated to cause an issue. I need the labels/UPC for rebate, and have the 45, 44 and 223 die boxes to practice removing the label on. It can be done with extreme care. Extreme.
So I conclude RCBS managed to get it there. The dies were, are, spotless new. Label unmolested. No matter. They will get the old one back when I get a new one - which they say has been shipped. BTW, it _works_ fine with that red plug in there. Its just a mystery. Like trying to guess the meat in a pre-made 7-11 sandwich!

 

[higgite]

Have you tried unscrewing it to see if either the pin retainer or the pin or both come loose? I'm still wondering if it's a gizmo used in the factory to tighten the pin retainer instead of wearing out the assembler's fingers. Maybe used with something like a drill motor and it popped off the tool and was gone to packaging before anybody could catch it. If that ain't it, I'm going with Professor Plum in the library with a candlestick.

 

[Project355]

Yah. Tight as a crab's ass under warer!
I agree...most likely assembly jig.