.45 ACP Cases Not Resized (newbie)

kenn2050

I inherited my dads reloading equipment and his reloaded ammo and I ran across some .45 ACP (200 rounds or so) where the cases didn't get resized completely. I used a Dillon case gage to test them and the get stuck about 3/4 of the way down. What should I do with these?

laylandad

I would pull them and start over. Be very careful about resizing with deprimer in the die body, it could go "pop". I would take the deprimer out and resize the case body then discharge the primer in your .45!

kenn2050

Thanks, I assume that you toss the powder.

dcs shooters

Lee makes a die to size loaded cartridges. It is called the carbide factory crimp die. It taper crimps and the carbide resizes the brass.

perry shooter

Before you do anything . Check to see what pistol you are planing to fire the 45 ammo in . If it is a 1911 type semi auto pistol then remove the barrel and try your 200 or so rounds in the chamber of this barrel. USE YOUR BARREL AS THE CASE GAGE. They should drop completely in the chamber under their own weight, with the barrel pointed down. If they do then go ahead and shoot them if they don't fully chamber then do as suggested by other post above this one. Some barrels have larger chambers then a case gage [:0].

kenn2050

Thanks DCS and Perry, I did check the rounds in my revolver and still had the same problem. I also had the Lee carbide factory crimp die and it worked great to resize the rounds.

elubsme

I wouldn't toss the powder. Weigh a few charges & reload the sized cases with the weight that they had been charged with originally. After all, your Dad loaded them, trust him. If you had bought this ammo at a yard sale, I would say, pitch the powder. I would remove the depriming pin from the sizer die if it has one, some don't, some makers deprime with the 2nd stage (If so, remove the pin from this die). Then I would full length size the brass. It is not necessary to fire the primers and then put new ones in. Example, you pop the primers (in a revolver primers without a charge can freeze up the cylinder due to backing out) & the next step is to put new primers in[?][?] Duh! If you don't have a bullet puller, E-mail me & I will tell you how to make one[;)][;)] Eddie

partisan

Go with Lalandad's advice.