OOPS!!! Gotta pull some bullets...

LoadIt · August 21, 2005, 01:44 PM

I overcharged 100 rounds and have to pull the lead. No problem there.

I have a Dillion 550B and was wondering if I were to take the depriming pin out of die #1, would I be safe and not set off the already loaded primers in the brass? Or should I pull the die in station one all together?

HSMITH · August 21, 2005, 02:13 PM

No, don't size the loaded rounds. It can ruin the case tension that holds the bullets. Pull the size die.

LoadIt · August 21, 2005, 02:15 PM

Thanks for the reply. That is simple enough to do.

Guy B. Meredith · August 21, 2005, 06:41 PM

I hate it when that happens.

Russ5924 · August 22, 2005, 10:01 AM

If you are pulling out the bullets why can't you resize I would.Just take the deprimeing pin out.And just start loading like normal,I do all my primers by hand then reload never had a problem yet

Robert M Boren Sr · August 22, 2005, 10:23 AM

I've had to pull some bullets, when I do, I make sure that the primer catch tray is empty and then resize, take the primer and put it back in and seat it, then move over to station two and then rebell the case and dump the powder in and reseat the bullet and recrimp. Takes longer to extract the bullet than it does to fix it. It would depend on the die if I were to take out the depriming pin. But I see where that would be a better way to do it. Safer for sure.

LoadIt · August 22, 2005, 12:40 PM

Went ahead and took the sizing/depriming die out. Adjusted the powder charge to the PROPER

amount and reloaded the 100 rounds that I had pulled.

After loading and not using die #1, every round went through my Dillion case guage. All is well once more.

August 21, 2005, 06:41 PM	#4
Guy B. Meredith Senior Member Join Date: August 29, 1999 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 1,581	I hate it when that happens. __________________ Smart Gun + 1 Battery + 3 Wires = Dumb Gun PC = Agenda driven groupthink filter on reality. Apostrophes denote ownership or missing letters NOT plurals!

August 22, 2005, 10:01 AM	#5
Russ5924 Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1,874	If you are pulling out the bullets why can't you resize I would.Just take the deprimeing pin out.And just start loading like normal,I do all my primers by hand then reload never had a problem yet __________________ Russ5924

August 21, 2005, 01:44 PM	#1
LoadIt Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 269	OOPS!!! Gotta pull some bullets... I overcharged 100 rounds and have to pull the lead. No problem there. I have a Dillion 550B and was wondering if I were to take the depriming pin out of die #1, would I be safe and not set off the already loaded primers in the brass? Or should I pull the die in station one all together?

August 21, 2005, 02:13 PM	#2
HSMITH Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2002 Posts: 2,019	No, don't size the loaded rounds. It can ruin the case tension that holds the bullets. Pull the size die.

August 21, 2005, 02:15 PM	#3
LoadIt Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 269	Thanks for the reply. That is simple enough to do.

August 22, 2005, 10:23 AM	#6
Robert M Boren Sr Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2004 Location: NW Montana Posts: 269	I've had to pull some bullets, when I do, I make sure that the primer catch tray is empty and then resize, take the primer and put it back in and seat it, then move over to station two and then rebell the case and dump the powder in and reseat the bullet and recrimp. Takes longer to extract the bullet than it does to fix it. It would depend on the die if I were to take out the depriming pin. But I see where that would be a better way to do it. Safer for sure.

August 22, 2005, 12:40 PM	#7
LoadIt Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 269	Went ahead and took the sizing/depriming die out. Adjusted the powder charge to the PROPER amount and reloaded the 100 rounds that I had pulled. After loading and not using die #1, every round went through my Dillion case guage. All is well once more.