That wasn't even max load.That was 46.5 H4350 under a 168gr SMK. I'm more worried about getting the rest of the piece of brass out. That was the 4th firing on 260 lapua brass necked up to 7mm. How can I get the brass out?
Thanks for everyone's help. I use a Redding Body die to resize the body and bump the shoulder back. I use a Hornady case guage to check headspace and I measure COAL off the ogive. I use a Lee Collet die to size the neck back down. I try to keep the headspace length around 1.621 - .622. Everyone so often one sizes down to 1.617 or lower and I guess this was one of those. I try to check every piece of brass I resize and load. I guess this one got away from me. Oh, and yes I am shooting 7-08. If the headspace length is too short, should it be pulled? Is it recommended to fireform it again? Hoping for more help.
Broken shells/case head separations happen, and for a variety of reasons. The broken shell extractors linked in this thread are for .308 and .223, and work with varying degrees of effectiveness. A broken screw extractor will work as well. While the barrel can be left on the action, the attached photos show a Mauser (in .308) I had to remove a broken shell from, that I went ahead and pulled the barrel on for ease of removing the shell. The Brownell's tool would not work, as the person who owned the rifle didn't realize he had a case head separation, and tried to ram another round in after this one broke off. I want to say this was a metric broken screw remover...
Just follow the instructions of the broken screw extractor and it will work fine (with the appropriate sized one).
Checked my bench, and it was an Irwin EX-5 broken screw remover.
That brick of .22 in the background for sale?