Screwed up my 223 reloads!

[mrextc]

I have about 200 reloads that I made.

RCBS 223 die sized, trimmed, and deburred to 1.75, primmed, charged and bullet seated.

Now, I chambered a round and it's SUPER HARD to eject...took me a few mins of tugging to get it out...so,

I borrowed a RCBS Micrometer Case Gauge from a friend and see that my shoulder bump is off by .05, which is why its getting stuck in the chamber.

How do i fix the rounds that are already made?

How do I fix my sizing die to get the shoulder bump lower?

Thanks guys...i'm so upset about this, because I've spent so many hours prepping brass and loading!

Thanks again.

[bohoki]

i would pull them all and start over

get whackin

[Jeymz]

Sucks but yes, you will have to pull them and resize. You should invest in your own case gage and run each piece of brass through it to check. Good luck.

[Hallx7]

Pull them, adjust and reload

[EL_NinO619]

You could bump the shoulders back. But this will be a good lesson to learn, you know to make sure you case gauge before you start loading.

[mrextc]

NOT WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR!!!! So how do I go about adjusting the neck bump on a RCBS full length small base resizing die? i know some of the Redding dies have neck bump adjustment...how do i adjust with my die?

Also, can I resize without depriming the case? is that safe if i just take out the depriming pin?

[bohoki]

if you try to resize with the bullet in place you are going to have a bad day

[mrextc]

if you try to resize with the bullet in place you are going to have a bad day

I mean after i pull them...can i resize with the primers in?

[Hallx7]

Just pull the depriming pin and size them. No need to deprime.

[scotty99]

Yes, just pull the decapping pin out of the die and you can resize without depriming.

[CGT80]

Yes, as far as I know. You could just pull the decapping pin out of your sizing die. I think some sizing dies have a sizer on the stem, for the case mouth, and some may not. If yours doesn't, then just pull the center of the die that has the decapping pin. You should lube the cases, but you don't want to contaminate the primers with lube. A lube like hornady's unique, would work well. You just rub a little on with your fingers and wipe it off with a rag.

When I work up a load, I use a case gauge or load up a dummy without a primer or powder and chamber check it.

[EL_NinO619]

You can with this. They just wont be sub MOA.

[EL_NinO619]

You can with this. They just wont be sub MOA.

[mrextc]

Hey guys, so i measured a bunch of unloaded brass, and I'm getting a pretty big variation in the shoulder...a few are good and other are .08 too high? Why would this be? all were sized at the same time at the same setting...i don't get why the shoulders would be so are off? my RCBS dies don't have a adjustment for the shoulder bump...so what do I do?

[ocabj]

Hey guys, so i measured a bunch of unloaded brass, and I'm getting a pretty big variation in the shoulder...a few are good and other are .08 too high? Why would this be? all were sized at the same time at the same setting...i don't get why the shoulders would be so are off? my RCBS dies don't have a adjustment for the shoulder bump...so what do I do?

Whatever the longest measurements you're getting, that's what your die is probably sizing down to.

Screw down your sizing die 1/8 to 1/4 turns until you get the shoulder sizing you need.