[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Reusing pulled casings

Posted: 6/27/2017 1:23:33 PM EDT

I have 40 cal that I light loaded by accident. They fire safety but some don't eject correctly. They 180 grain that I loaded at 4.6 grain bullseye instead of 5.5 . So I'm thinking of pulling them. 500 of them Can I reuse the casings without resizing them. If not how to resize without pushing primers out. I'm use a Dillon xl650.

Posted: 6/27/2017 1:54:32 PM EDT

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Remove the decapping pin from the die. Eazy!

The brass has been expanded from the previous loading. You should resize the cases to ensure
proper neck tension.

Posted: 6/28/2017 12:42:07 AM EDT

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resize them, won't hurt the brass none and the mouth needs to be flared to seat the bullet any way, which means it'll have to be taper crimped afterwards

Posted: 6/28/2017 9:21:13 AM EDT

[#3]

No need to resize.

As mentioned above, you'll need to bell the case again to seat a new bullet.

Posted: 6/28/2017 1:37:39 PM EDT

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No need to resize.

As mentioned above, you'll need to bell the case again to seat a new bullet.

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The FOTAY is one of the rounds that is so prone to bullet set back! Size expand and powder charge seat then crimp

Posted: 6/28/2017 9:46:55 PM EDT

[#5]

You definitely want to resize. As was mentioned earlier, just remove the decapping stem from your sizing die and go to it.

Posted: 6/28/2017 10:39:27 PM EDT

[#6]

That's too many
I'd shoot em and deal with the operational problems as they arise.

Posted: 6/29/2017 8:49:09 AM EDT

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That's too many
I'd shoot em and deal with the operational problems as they arise.

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I agree with this. That is quite a few to pull, I would just use them up for practice when you can take your time with them and deal with malfunctions as they occur.

Then load them correctly next time.

Posted: 6/29/2017 2:36:12 PM EDT

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That's too many
I'd shoot em and deal with the operational problems as they arise.

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will a collet puller work on the bullet?

They speed things up nicely.

Plier style pullers also work well if their is a straight part of the bullet to grab.
grip-n-pull

If the only alternative is an impact style puller I would shoot them.

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