.338 win mag brass

geeguy

I reloaded 25 cases of 338 WinMag and goofed on the crimp, to much and it buckled the taper slightly, won't close in my chamber. OOPPPS!

Pulled the bullets, popped out the primer, can't fix the brass with only a two die RCBS set.

Any value for the brass other then in my "scrap brass" bucket? I assume reforming these is more costly then they're worth.

Thanks (yea, I should know better, yada, yada)

bpost

A F/L die should iron out the pushed-back shoulder enough to chamber, the next firing will fix the remainder.

geeguy

bpost - I thought so to, but the F/L die did not reshape that area enough, I tried and it still will not allow the bolt to close. Once in the chamber I'm sure firing would work. I talked with a friend who also loads .338 winmag, and he has had the same problem (he laughed)and could not reform the brass to fit either in Lee Dies. It's been about 35 years since I last loaded this caliber, so it's not something I do very often.

bpost

Is the die screwed down ALL THE WAY to the shell holder, camming over against the base of the die?? If so, I would think it has to reform the case to fit the chamber, even if the shoulder is back too far when done.....

cowboy38231

Somebody may be able to use it to neck it down to another caliber.

JustC

your seater die is too far down in the press, that is what causes that bulge at the shoulder/body junction.

try a redding body die to iron that out. But, most likely, you will have to toss them.