fireforming buckled cases

[Bills Shed]

Yep the pic tells the story. Seating die too low.

[5Tom]

Cheers guys, I made the right adjustments to the seating die so it should be resolved. I'll have to do the same thing with my .243 die as well just to be sure.

About the 2nd case, should a FLS die fix that if I cant fireform it? If neither, it's in the bin.

[Monty]

Yeah, I think you should be ok to salvage the second case.

[5Tom]

Update,

Those cases were fireformed back to their original shape without any problems. They did require some force to lock the bolt down, but after firing, the bolt opened up just fine and the cases don't look damaged or split. I'll keep an eye on them during future reloading.

Thanks All!

[Lorgar]

Good stuff

[whert]

Those cases were fireformed back to their original shape without any problems. They did require some force to lock the bolt down, but after firing, the bolt opened up just fine and the cases don't look damaged or split. I'll keep an eye on them during future reloading.

How did the case on the left go out of curiosity? When you fireformed it back, it is 100% as before? Or 95% this time and maybe one more firing to make it 100%?

Just curious, that seemed like a lot of squash to work out in one shot?

[5Tom]

It completely fireformed to 100% original shape. We inspected the case after it was extracted out of the chamber and we saw very minor scratches of all things.

Just goes to show how much pressure builds up only inches from your face

[Hadoku]

Up to 60,000 PSI or thereabouts in heavier loads If I remember right

I don't wanna think about it