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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1377322" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>Had this happen with a 7mm STW case I was pushing the shoulder back on, to see if I could push them back far enough to make some .300WM brass (at the time .300WM brass was impossible to find). Being that I have some wildcatting and brass-forming experience, had tons of extra STW brass laying around, and a brand new 5R Milspec .300WM sitting in the safe begging to be taken to the range...I proceeded.</p><p></p><p>Everything was going just fine, then all of a sudden as soon as I hit top, it created some suction and it was STUCK! I had already had the decapping rod out of the die while I was forming, so that was one less step to do. If you left your's in, you will need to remove it before proceeding.</p><p></p><p>So, first I started to drill it out...Then I stopped, realizing I didn't have a tap set at the house. So I took it to work the next day and before break time, I came up with another great idea. I opened the vise jaws just wide enough for the die to fit between it without contact with the die body threads. Then I stacked 3 really large and thick stainless flat washers (that the die body fit into) and sat them on top of the jaws of the vise, then I found a piece of steel rod that fit inside the die and case mouth, and then knocked the brass case back out the bottom with a hammer. A couple whacks and it popped right out with no damage to anything (except the already ruined piece of brass).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]86363[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86364[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>As you can see below, if the 7mmSTW case rim hadn't been destroyed, and I trimmed the neck to specs, that piece of brass would have only needed a simple fire-forming and it would have been a useable piece of .300WM brass.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]86365[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1377322, member: 12995"] Had this happen with a 7mm STW case I was pushing the shoulder back on, to see if I could push them back far enough to make some .300WM brass (at the time .300WM brass was impossible to find). Being that I have some wildcatting and brass-forming experience, had tons of extra STW brass laying around, and a brand new 5R Milspec .300WM sitting in the safe begging to be taken to the range...I proceeded. Everything was going just fine, then all of a sudden as soon as I hit top, it created some suction and it was STUCK! I had already had the decapping rod out of the die while I was forming, so that was one less step to do. If you left your's in, you will need to remove it before proceeding. So, first I started to drill it out...Then I stopped, realizing I didn't have a tap set at the house. So I took it to work the next day and before break time, I came up with another great idea. I opened the vise jaws just wide enough for the die to fit between it without contact with the die body threads. Then I stacked 3 really large and thick stainless flat washers (that the die body fit into) and sat them on top of the jaws of the vise, then I found a piece of steel rod that fit inside the die and case mouth, and then knocked the brass case back out the bottom with a hammer. A couple whacks and it popped right out with no damage to anything (except the already ruined piece of brass). [ATTACH=full]86363[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86364[/ATTACH] As you can see below, if the 7mmSTW case rim hadn't been destroyed, and I trimmed the neck to specs, that piece of brass would have only needed a simple fire-forming and it would have been a useable piece of .300WM brass. [ATTACH=full]86365[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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