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Reply #15 - yesterday at 11:30pm
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Don't judge the no so expert machining, but I have used it successfully a couple of times.  Insert far enough so the front notches are forward of the case mouth.  Tap out with a cleaning rod.  A pointed jag actually helps spread the hooks apart to grab the case.

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Reply #16 - Today at 8:31am
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Thanks bpjack.  I have one more “easy trick” to try, but if that fails, I may have to dust off the old lathe (as well as my rusty lathe skills, and try to make one like that.  There is a little bit of a “tail” on the ring of brass that was left, so I’m hoping that Cerrosafe may come to my rescue.
I want a nice chamber for that Jameison brass dave is sending me!
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PS  It appears that you just made one slice through the end to expand on. Is this correct?
  
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Reply #17 - Today at 9:26am
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It is sliced so it had some spring to it. I cut it on my little Harbor Freight bandsaw. Cerosafe works great but takes a bit longer. I watched Bruce Kirby do that for a fellow shooter in the middle of a relay at Tommy Mason’s range and both ha time to finish shooting. I have used a 1/4” dowel as well pounded in from the breech and back out from the muzzle.  My issues were with a 25-20 Win low wall and went away when, taking advise from Jerry Hartwig, I bought some Remington brass. Unlike the Starline reformed 32-20, Remington holds up better. 

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Re: A 25-20 SS Low Wall
Reply #18 - Today at 1:17pm
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I don’t have that option with the 25-20 SS.  I have a couple of Rem UMC cases that are probably prewar, but I don’t think anyone but Jameison and Bertram (and of course BELL) have drawn any in the last half century or more.  The turned brass ones are also a possibility as are the ones made by (radically) altering .223/5.56, but those really don’t do much for me, especially since ssdave has kindly made the Jameison brass available.
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Reply #19 - Today at 2:01pm
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Here's my broken shell extractor.  A piece of 0.250" rod drilled through for a convenient screw, counterbored at the end, grooved at the end, sawed for expansion.

The screw has a small hole for a finishing nail to hold while the wrench turns the nut to expand to grip the mouth of the case.  I made it long enough to work for .25-35 and .25 Remington if necessary.

Best thing about this one is that it seems to at as a talisman.  Once I had put all the work into it and took out the .25 WCF case that had broken, I've not had another broken case, that I can recall.
  
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