50 years of reloading and it happened. My first stuck case. I was reloading 300 Blackout. Forming pretrimmed .223 brass.
Bam the 2nd case stuck in the FL sizing die. I was greasing the cases up pretty good so I didnt suspect a lack of lube. I searched around and found my RCBS stuck case tool. I've never had a stuck case and I think it's because I had that stuck case tool rat holed away.
I got the case out without a hitch but noticed the hole in the expander ball was slightly off center. I grabbed my .308 die set and compared sure enough the expander ball de-priming pin hole is a few thousandths off center. I swapped out the .308 expander stem for the 300 Blackout and completed my reloading 200 rounds without a hitch.
I have a mix of Redding, Hornady, RCBS, Lee dies and havent seen this. I'm contacting RCBS Monday to see what they say.
Bam the 2nd case stuck in the FL sizing die. I was greasing the cases up pretty good so I didnt suspect a lack of lube. I searched around and found my RCBS stuck case tool. I've never had a stuck case and I think it's because I had that stuck case tool rat holed away.
I got the case out without a hitch but noticed the hole in the expander ball was slightly off center. I grabbed my .308 die set and compared sure enough the expander ball de-priming pin hole is a few thousandths off center. I swapped out the .308 expander stem for the 300 Blackout and completed my reloading 200 rounds without a hitch.
I have a mix of Redding, Hornady, RCBS, Lee dies and havent seen this. I'm contacting RCBS Monday to see what they say.