5.56 brass with tiny flash holes?
- Thread starter fatelvis
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RCBS 223 FL die has a small de-capping pin. I would resize assorted 223 /5.56 brass for blasting fun, and came across some tight flash-holes.
Make sure your de-capping pin / expander ball is still centered. I have many extra de-capping pins in case one breaks/bends from an off-center flash-hole. I also had to re-bend a stem because it bent at one point from an off-center flash-hole. After changing the de-capping pin I marked the side closest to the die wall.. put it in a vice and used a round hollow rod to bend it back into center. Took many tries of screwing back in the die, then unscrewing it to put back into the vice and bending a little at a time.
Now I sort the brass by head stamp after tumbling/cleaning and just do each kind of headstamp separately.
Make sure your de-capping pin / expander ball is still centered. I have many extra de-capping pins in case one breaks/bends from an off-center flash-hole. I also had to re-bend a stem because it bent at one point from an off-center flash-hole. After changing the de-capping pin I marked the side closest to the die wall.. put it in a vice and used a round hollow rod to bend it back into center. Took many tries of screwing back in the die, then unscrewing it to put back into the vice and bending a little at a time.
Now I sort the brass by head stamp after tumbling/cleaning and just do each kind of headstamp separately.
butchlambert
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Never heard it called that, but I still have a few. Red said they came from Federal, the ones that I have.
wedgy
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Came that way as factory loaded ammo
I’d contact them and tell them about it.
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