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You may be out of luck. I have a case still stuck in my 223 die. Never could get it out so I bought another set rather than send it in to get fixed. I tried ALL the suggestions I got and nothing worked.
Heating or cooling can help as one metal will expand or contract more than the other - looks like brass expands more than steel, so freezing could help with the extraction
Thermal Properties of Metals, Conductivity, Thermal Expansion, Specific Heat | Engineers Edge
Yeah, but he broke the base off... The primer pocket is laying on the bench with the rest of the baseForgot to mention, this isn't theory. BTDT
Yea, I'd go to harbor freight and get a set for like $5. Screw it in there, screw it in the press, affix vicegrips and hit it with a big hammer. maybe squirt it with some penetrating oil or Hoppes first.. couldn't hurtOn re-reading, did the entire head come off? Or just the rim? If the entire head came off, leaving the tube of the upper case, ignore my previous post. A similar method could be used but would require a larger fine thread tap. Less readily available but still do-able.
IF the entire head broke off, you've been saved from the case head separation you'd have gotten when firing it.
I'm no solderer or brazer but maybe affix a protruding rod from it?. and then do the vicegrip hammer thing.not saying to try this but you might* be able to take a jeweler's torch or something small like that and heat the outside and then take a wet paper towel that has been frozen in the shape of a pencil and put it into case and see if the rapid cooling of the brass releases it.
conversely you could heat the inside till the brass drips out while you keep a wet rag with some ice on the outside of the die. Either way tho you are probably gonna ruin the die, i would only try this stuff if i was willing to buy a new one if it ruined the die.