My first stuck case in a die last weekend. Me & my son were going to load some 30/06's, I set up the sizer/decapper and didn't get a chance to grab the lube before the phone rang. Well I didn't make it back downstairs fast enough before my son started sizing and voila stuck case. He got 8 through it before the ninth stuck solid.
With the other stuck case thread still fresh in my mind I knew it'd be easy.
Hoping to get lucky, I tried a punch first. Bent punch.
Tried Mikes freezer trick, no luck, more bent punches.
Soaked it in oil overnight, no go. More punches down.
Screwed it in the RC upside down and tried vice grips, mangled head no go.
Remembered Brickeyes (?) tap & bolt & socket trick, 10-24 tap on plumbing truck, bolt in garage, drill (wow! thick) slowly tap, screwed bolt in & put socket on, SNAP! there goes the bolthead, cheap bolt.
(Goes buys new 30/06 dies and figures to send this one back to RCBS.)
Inspiration! Boil it, one last try, one last punch. Dink, here she comes easy as pie. I need a new set of punches now and the die suffered no damage whatsoever. Jeezow.
