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FrankenMauser · January 25, 2013, 02:05 AM

.223 cases are nasty little buggers.

If you're going to stick a case... it'll be a .223 case.

I've gotten some screaming deals on "broken" .223 dies, being sold that way because some one stuck a case and couldn't figure out how to remove it.

The best was last year. I managed to snag an RCBS full-length sizing 2-die set, with an RCBS small-base 2-die set for a whopping $10 (maybe $15 ?). ....even after telling the guy how to remove the cases.
One case popped right out with a punch and the decapping stem removed, and RCBS took care of the other stuck case for $7 (including all new parts in/on the original die body).

I've never stuck a case in one of my own dies, though (only other people's

).
It comes back to one of my reloading room rules:
NEVER size brass without a stuck case remover present. If you have one, you'll never need to use it.

January 25, 2013, 02:05 AM	#8
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	.223 cases are nasty little buggers. If you're going to stick a case... it'll be a .223 case. I've gotten some screaming deals on "broken" .223 dies, being sold that way because some one stuck a case and couldn't figure out how to remove it. The best was last year. I managed to snag an RCBS full-length sizing 2-die set, with an RCBS small-base 2-die set for a whopping $10 (maybe $15 ?). ....even after telling the guy how to remove the cases. One case popped right out with a punch and the decapping stem removed, and RCBS took care of the other stuck case for $7 (including all new parts in/on the original die body). I've never stuck a case in one of my own dies, though (only other people's ). It comes back to one of my reloading room rules: NEVER size brass without a stuck case remover present. If you have one, you'll never need to use it. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.