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Old March 3, 2014, 05:34 PM   #1
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This feels unsafe but is it really?

I have some rounds that were loaded for rifle a, the shoulder is not pushed back far enough to load in rifle b. I have a body die that I believe I can use to push the shoulder back without disassembly. There is nothing to impact the primer. Aside from getting the cartridge stuck in the case, any real risk? Can I run them through the body die as is?
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Old March 3, 2014, 05:52 PM   #2
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Id pull the bullet, and take the decapper out and resize to fit....no sweat and recharge and reseat bullet..
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Old March 3, 2014, 05:57 PM   #3
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There is no decapping pin in a body die.

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Old March 3, 2014, 08:34 PM   #4
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I have done what you wish to do. Works great.
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Old March 3, 2014, 08:46 PM   #5
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Thanks.
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Old March 3, 2014, 08:53 PM   #6
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There's no reason you can't size a finished round in a body die. There's nothing touching the primer and no impact.
Ordinary precautions apply. Don't look down the top of the die while you're doing it.
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Old March 3, 2014, 09:15 PM   #7
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That's good advice Brian... Thanks :-)
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Old March 3, 2014, 09:21 PM   #8
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Wouldn't this also put pressure on the neck swaging the bullet down in size?
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Old March 3, 2014, 09:25 PM   #9
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No, the neck in the die should be larger than a finished round.
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Old March 4, 2014, 06:38 AM   #10
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Wouldn't this also put pressure on the neck swaging the bullet down in size?
No, there is no neck on the body die.
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Old March 4, 2014, 09:12 AM   #11
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This feels unsafe but is it really?

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I have some rounds that were loaded for rifle a, the shoulder is not pushed back far enough to load in rifle b. I have a body die that I believe I can use to push the shoulder back without disassembly. There is nothing to impact the primer. Aside from getting the cartridge stuck in the case, any real risk? Can I run them through the body die as is?
And the answer is you bet, no problem and right away.

1stmar, contact Redding and ask about profile dies, then they had bump dies and now they have body dies.

I had problem with the bump dies, reloaders assumed the bump die bumped the shoulder and I find that difficult to believe it is possible to bump the shoulder without case body support, therefore there is/was a conflict in the description.

While you are talking to Redding ask about the clearance between the body die and and neck of the case, make sure there is not bullet sizing going on.

Then then there was before bump, body and profile dies, I have the 8mm06 die for the 30/06, the 30/06 for the 270 W, the 270 for the 6.5/06, 6mm06 for the 25/06. Then there is the 308 family of chambers.

Do not forget to ask for the difference in diameter between the necks and case neck diameters. Because the shoulder will be sized but not all of it, some of this cute stuff can cause a do-nut at the shoulder/neck juncture. I know, you bet, no problem and right away.

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Old March 4, 2014, 09:37 AM   #12
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As I mentioned earlier, I have used a body die on loaded ammo. I sold my 260, for which I had about 75 loaded rounds, and bought a new 260. The new one had a tighter chamber and I couldn't use the previously loaded ammo. I worked up some new loads for the new 260 and found that the new rifle liked the exact same load that the old rifle did. On advice from this forum (Brian, I believe), I got the body die and used it on the loaded ammo. The 'old' ammo shot into the same tight group that the 'new' ammo did.
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