Disposition of loaded ammo from old barrel

[3Sigma]

I had my 30-06 rebarreled a few months ago, replacing the factory one that had a very generous chamber.

Unfortunately, I have about 100 rounds of loaded ammo using 2x fired cases from that barrel that will not chamber in the new barrel. This is the only 30-06 I own.

I know the powder lot and primer lot.

With components being as scarce as they are, is it worthwhile to pull these down? I've never removed live primers, and may just run the primed cases through a small base body die and have them as foulers.

What do you all do after a change like this?

 

[Retired Grunt]

Is it safe to remove live primers?

I want t unload some factory.44 mag rounds that have accuracy problems. Is it safe to us the press to remove the live primers?

forum.accurateshooter.com

Here is a thread to help you

 

[No.343]

Remove the decapping pin from your sizing die. Resize the brass, load it and shoot it.

 

[joshb]

Pull the bullets ,powder and decapping pin on your die. You may get them to fit by simply pushing the shoulder back a little. You should do a new load work up.

 

[RegionRat]

If this is the only 30-06 you own, I guess I don't see there is much choice but to get to work taking them down and fixing the issues. Otherwise they will sit around and someone else may end up scrapping them when we are gone. If you are really where you have to worry about those components, I don't see it as much of a question.

 

[jelenko]

If it were me, wouldn't be the first time I disassembled a good number of rounds

 

[3Sigma]

Thanks for the replies.

Already have a load worked up for the new barrel. The new one has a much longer throat to use 190 Bergers at maximum mag length, so I just went with new Lapua brass at the start.

More or less, I forgot I had these on hand (tried to find something that would shoot <1 MOA for a long time and finally decided to move on from the hammer forged sporter barrel). I just hate wasting components, but the base is too large (shoulders are fine) and won't chamber on the new one. Seems silly to hang on to them as-is, but I really didn't know what to do besides tear them down and resize.

I will note that most is Winchester and older Hornady (Frontier headstamp) that is 2 to 3 times fired and neck sized only, so the base issue may not be fixable even with a small base die.

 

[Downeast]

Disassembly and use everything. I've punched out hundreds of live primers over the years and never had one go off. Just go slow and use the appropriate safety measures. It's a primer. All it does is go "bang".