
No, I’m not having trouble maneuvering and my engines are not in reverse. This is a new addition to this site, where I encounter a “learning situation” and use it to keep you from doing the same. This is the Delta Sierra signal. Also known as the “DumbShit” signal.
I must throw the DS twice for yesterday. First, I had tumbled a bunch of brass, then immediately set about sizing it. After a few, my brain kicked in and said, “Wait. Don’t we anneal and rinse the brass first?” Of course we do, but I kept going, thinking that it couldn’t possibly be a problem if we skipped annealing just once. A few cases later, one needed more downward force on the die arm, then the next needed so much force on the upswing that the brass bent its rim and pulled itself out of the seater and jammed in the die. My very expensive full length 6.5 Creed sizer die.
I’m not sure, but I think the leftover media dust from the tumbler gummed it up, even with case lube. But maybe the decapper pin had worked its way loose. At least it was when I took the die apart. Regardless, I’ve only gotten brass stuck in a die once before, but I do have the kit to remove it. It ain’t easy. These pix are after the fact:




Mangled rim. Drill and tap the primer hole. Thread machine screw through removal cup and into case. Place die in vice, screw all the way down to case, exert great force on the tiny Allen head wrench and force brass out of case.
It works but is not easy.
So, that was the first Delta Sierra moment of the day. More tomorrow.