Overbelling

GregInAtl · February 18, 2012, 01:00 PM

I have several cases that were over-belled. Will re-sizing them remove the bell and let me bell them again or are they toast?

primerman · February 18, 2012, 01:14 PM

Well, i'm certainly glade this never happened to me. It did happen to someone I know and he told me that if you can get the case mouth to go back into the resizing die you can salvage the case. However, a few would not go back into the resizing die so he just scraped all of them.

m&p45acp10+1 · February 18, 2012, 01:18 PM

Try running them through the seating die. Most have a light taper to allow for the flared case mouth to enter, and squeeze it down as it goes into the die. Then resize it. Trying to run it through the resizing die first will probably crack more than a few.

Zach W. · February 18, 2012, 10:45 PM

^^^ This.

Scimmia · February 19, 2012, 01:51 AM

I'll admit to having overbelled while setting up dies.

Running them through the sizing die has always taken them back to normal for me. I've never done it enough to make them crack, though.

mumbo719 · February 19, 2012, 06:15 AM

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m&p45acp10+1: Try running them through the seating die. Most have a light taper to allow for the flared case mouth to enter, and squeeze it down as it goes into the die. Then resize it. Trying to run it through the resizing die first will probably crack more than a few.

^^^^^^^What he said^^^^^^^^^^

Uncle Buck · February 19, 2012, 08:59 AM

Being a brass who... being a guy who hates to give up brass, I took a small pair of needle nose pliers and straightened the case walls a little, then ran it through the resizing die.

I never thought about doing it the way M&P45 said... Might have saved a lot of time.

dickttx · February 19, 2012, 09:55 AM

m&p45acp10+1, good idea.
Tips like that is the reason we have forums. No new tools, no gadgets, just a change in procedure to do a simple task more efficiently.

m&p45acp10+1 · February 19, 2012, 12:10 PM

When starting with lead I way over flared a few .45 acp cases. I slowly ran them through the seating die almost all the way to the top of the stroke, I then adjusted the flaring die,and reflared them. I admit I did split a couple of them. Though I did try the sizing die, and slpit almost every other one I tried that way.

February 18, 2012, 01:00 PM	#1
GregInAtl Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Gwinnett County Georgia Posts: 692	Overbelling I have several cases that were over-belled. Will re-sizing them remove the bell and let me bell them again or are they toast? __________________ "The worst place to have your happiness is in sombody else's head" -Lester Sumrall

February 18, 2012, 01:18 PM	#3
m&p45acp10+1 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,141	Try running them through the seating die. Most have a light taper to allow for the flared case mouth to enter, and squeeze it down as it goes into the die. Then resize it. Trying to run it through the resizing die first will probably crack more than a few. __________________ No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.

February 19, 2012, 08:59 AM	#7
Uncle Buck Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2009 Location: West Central Missouri Posts: 2,434	Being a brass who... being a guy who hates to give up brass, I took a small pair of needle nose pliers and straightened the case walls a little, then ran it through the resizing die. I never thought about doing it the way M&P45 said... Might have saved a lot of time. __________________ Inside Every Bright Idea Is The 50% Probability Of A Disaster Waiting To Happen.

February 19, 2012, 09:55 AM	#8
dickttx Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2011 Location: Fort Worth Posts: 425	m&p45acp10+1, good idea. Tips like that is the reason we have forums. No new tools, no gadgets, just a change in procedure to do a simple task more efficiently. __________________ Education teaches you the rules, experience teaches you the exceptions (Plagiarized from Claude Clay)

February 19, 2012, 12:10 PM	#9
m&p45acp10+1 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,141	When starting with lead I way over flared a few .45 acp cases. I slowly ran them through the seating die almost all the way to the top of the stroke, I then adjusted the flaring die,and reflared them. I admit I did split a couple of them. Though I did try the sizing die, and slpit almost every other one I tried that way. __________________ No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.

February 18, 2012, 01:14 PM	#2
primerman Senior Member Join Date: December 23, 2011 Posts: 124	Well, i'm certainly glade this never happened to me. It did happen to someone I know and he told me that if you can get the case mouth to go back into the resizing die you can salvage the case. However, a few would not go back into the resizing die so he just scraped all of them.

February 18, 2012, 10:45 PM	#4
Zach W. Member Join Date: March 4, 2010 Posts: 69	^^^ This.

February 19, 2012, 01:51 AM	#5
Scimmia Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2011 Location: Eastern IA Posts: 353	I'll admit to having overbelled while setting up dies. Running them through the sizing die has always taken them back to normal for me. I've never done it enough to make them crack, though.