Originally Posted by old colonel
Originally Posted by Chantry
Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
I believe you could bust a sizing die on an RMC case. But you could probably also turn them down once or twice and have still plenty of brass left over.


I wouldn't put a RMC hull in a conventional sizing die. I use a block of steel that someone drilled a 10 gauge diameter hole in and either use the arbor press or a sledgehammer with sizing wax. Even so I have 8-10 that are still too over sized to fit in my 10 gauge and that won't fully re-size using my method.


I experimented w resizing 16 ga RMC. Oversized press and lubed dies were a failure. I even try blow torching the brass to softened it with minor success but still more pain than gain. I have to try your steel block technique

Ultimately, my solution is to limit use to guns with near identical chamber size and keep lots for different guns segregated.

The steel block is not always successful, I still have 8-12 that won't fit, but these were RMC hulls I bought used.


I have become addicted to English hammered shotguns to the detriment of my wallet.