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I am relatively new to reloading. I have reloaded a total of 350 rounds of 9mm and around 200 rounds of .223.

I was seating bullets for a batch of 40 rounds of .223 - 55 gr FMJ and I did not notice I had set the bullet seating die incorrectly. I ended up squishing the shoulder on about 30 out of the 40 rounds (see pictures).

I do not think I can shoot these rounds since most of them would not chamber (I am shooting a Savage 223 bolt action). I have a bullet puller so I am planning on pulling the bullets to at least salvage those.

If I pull the bullets, can I salvage the brass by trying to resize them? If so, how would I safely remove the live primers? Or can I resize them with the live primer in the case if I remove the decapping pin on the resize die?

Some of the rounds (about 10 of them) look OK and when I measure the shoulder width they are around 0.354 to 0.358 which is wider than the case spec for 223 but in line with spent brass that I have (the ones that are obviously deformed are 0.361 and wider).

Would the ones that are 0.354 - 0.358 be safe to fire assuming they chamber? Or would the out of spec shoulder size increase pressures?

So to summarize:

1. If I remove the bullets and the primers, do you think the brass can be salvaged and resized? If so, how would I safely remove the live primers? Or can I resize them with the live primer in the case if I remove the decapping pin on the resize die?

2. Would the cartridges that look OK be safe to fire as long as they chamber in my bolt action rifle?

Thanks