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Scratched or rusted Dies
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 344883" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>If it's just a light surface corrosion, I think you can salvage the dies. If it's very heavily pitted, especially if the pitting runs all the way up into the neck and shoulder area, then you're better off purchasing replacement dies.</p><p></p><p>You'd be able to clean up the body portion of the die by wrapping some 220 or 320 grade quality 3M emery cloth around a bore brush of the proper size to put the emery cloth in firm contact with the inside surface of the die and have at it with a cordless variable speed drill. </p><p></p><p>I just recently opened up a 7mm Rem Mag Redding Body Die in this manner so it wouldn't work my brass so much. These resizing dies are harder than the dickens - heat treated. You won't have to worry about taking too much material off with the emery cloth. It will take a lot of sanding to open the die up 0.003" - 0.004" once you're through the surface rust and into competent steel. </p><p></p><p>Depends how much your time is worth to you. Standard grade reloading dies aren't terribly expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 344883, member: 4191"] If it's just a light surface corrosion, I think you can salvage the dies. If it's very heavily pitted, especially if the pitting runs all the way up into the neck and shoulder area, then you're better off purchasing replacement dies. You'd be able to clean up the body portion of the die by wrapping some 220 or 320 grade quality 3M emery cloth around a bore brush of the proper size to put the emery cloth in firm contact with the inside surface of the die and have at it with a cordless variable speed drill. I just recently opened up a 7mm Rem Mag Redding Body Die in this manner so it wouldn't work my brass so much. These resizing dies are harder than the dickens - heat treated. You won't have to worry about taking too much material off with the emery cloth. It will take a lot of sanding to open the die up 0.003" - 0.004" once you're through the surface rust and into competent steel. Depends how much your time is worth to you. Standard grade reloading dies aren't terribly expensive. [/QUOTE]
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