Broken Shell Extractor

aerod1 · December 20, 2011, 08:10 AM

Can someone tell me how a broken shell extractor is supposed to work? This is a Numerich Gun Parts Corp. product number 881620. I have a shell to remove that has no case head.
Thanks!

longlane · December 20, 2011, 08:51 AM

And i've used it twice:
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/SKS080-1.html
Instructions can be found in product description.

F. Guffey · December 20, 2011, 10:23 AM

Aerod1, as to how it works, most broken case extractors are expanding mandrels and work on cases with case head separation. “I have a shell to remove that has no case head” and that sounds like what you have, as with everything else, one model does not fit all.

Taps come in sets of three, bottom, starter and tapered, I have removed 30/06 cases with case head insipient separation with a 3/8 course tap, I have removed cases that do not have a case head with a slide hammer, I have removed cases with a slide hammer that were fired with over pressure loads, meaning the case head was attached but had a primer pocket/flash hole that were .050 thousands larger in diameter than than a large rifle primer.

“Can someone tell me how a broken shell extractor is supposed to work? This is a Numerich Gun Parts Corp. product number 881620. I have a shell to remove that has no case head”

I have a pile of pullers that have nothing to do with pulling cases, the pullers that work the best are the ones that do not rotate the part/piece being pulled. It would help to know what case you are attempting to pull.

F. Guffey

thallub · December 20, 2011, 11:16 AM

Insert a cleaning rod from the muzzle, put an oversize bronze cleaning brush on the cleaning rod and pull it hard into the broken off case. Then push the case out. You may have to use some WD-40 to loosen the case.

A .45 bronze brush works well for removing broken .30-06 cases.

December 20, 2011, 08:10 AM	#1
aerod1 Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2000 Location: Garland Texas U.S.A. Posts: 734	Broken Shell Extractor Can someone tell me how a broken shell extractor is supposed to work? This is a Numerich Gun Parts Corp. product number 881620. I have a shell to remove that has no case head. Thanks! __________________ NRA Life Member, TSRA Life Member, C&R 03 FFL, Texas LTC Recreational Reloader U.S. Navy Veteran (USS Midway V-1 Division)

December 20, 2011, 08:51 AM	#2
longlane Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 162	works just like this one... And i've used it twice: http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/SKS080-1.html Instructions can be found in product description. __________________ In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. -T.W.

December 20, 2011, 10:23 AM	#3
F. Guffey Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2008 Posts: 7,249	Aerod1, as to how it works, most broken case extractors are expanding mandrels and work on cases with case head separation. “I have a shell to remove that has no case head” and that sounds like what you have, as with everything else, one model does not fit all. Taps come in sets of three, bottom, starter and tapered, I have removed 30/06 cases with case head insipient separation with a 3/8 course tap, I have removed cases that do not have a case head with a slide hammer, I have removed cases with a slide hammer that were fired with over pressure loads, meaning the case head was attached but had a primer pocket/flash hole that were .050 thousands larger in diameter than than a large rifle primer. “Can someone tell me how a broken shell extractor is supposed to work? This is a Numerich Gun Parts Corp. product number 881620. I have a shell to remove that has no case head” I have a pile of pullers that have nothing to do with pulling cases, the pullers that work the best are the ones that do not rotate the part/piece being pulled. It would help to know what case you are attempting to pull. F. Guffey Last edited by F. Guffey; December 20, 2011 at 10:26 AM. Reason: change a 'k' to 'l'

December 20, 2011, 11:16 AM	#4
thallub Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2007 Location: South Western OK Posts: 3,112	Insert a cleaning rod from the muzzle, put an oversize bronze cleaning brush on the cleaning rod and pull it hard into the broken off case. Then push the case out. You may have to use some WD-40 to loosen the case. A .45 bronze brush works well for removing broken .30-06 cases.