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Foxman · March 8, 2007, 01:14 PM

Pounding with hammers breaks things, usually.
The proper way is to pull the decapping pin/expander up as high as you can get it. drill the head of the case the tapping drill size for 1/4" nf ( or nc) whichever, use a plug/#3 tap and run it in until it has threaded just through the brass of the head. Grip the tap shank in a vise and tap the die off with a hide or lead hammer. I would get someone to help by pulling on the die, it can be easier if you drill a hole in a piece of lumber just to clear the threads and feed the die through it, then they can pull on the lumber without puttin a bending strain on the tap, they come out easy enough then.
Use the rcbs or Lyman lube on a pad and you will never have this again, the one shot works but it goes all over the place and misses bits of the case and gets in the neck, making neck tension all over as well.

March 8, 2007, 01:14 PM	#5
Foxman Senior Member Join Date: August 13, 2005 Posts: 466	Pounding with hammers breaks things, usually. The proper way is to pull the decapping pin/expander up as high as you can get it. drill the head of the case the tapping drill size for 1/4" nf ( or nc) whichever, use a plug/#3 tap and run it in until it has threaded just through the brass of the head. Grip the tap shank in a vise and tap the die off with a hide or lead hammer. I would get someone to help by pulling on the die, it can be easier if you drill a hole in a piece of lumber just to clear the threads and feed the die through it, then they can pull on the lumber without puttin a bending strain on the tap, they come out easy enough then. Use the rcbs or Lyman lube on a pad and you will never have this again, the one shot works but it goes all over the place and misses bits of the case and gets in the neck, making neck tension all over as well. __________________ Better the man suspected of being a fool keep his mouth shut, than to open it and remove all doubt.