January 24, 2016, 11:18 AM | #26 |
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Not all primers get knocked out with the same force. Just as Economist pointed out with military crimped primers. If you don't crank it down you are resetting the pin all the time. The pins are super cheap and easy to change. The hardened pins I posted are much much better than stock.
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January 24, 2016, 09:15 PM | #28 |
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Gadawg - it was not a problem with the decapping rod slipping out of the collet, it was a problem with the pin coming out of the decapping rod.
They may have changed since then, the only Lee die I own is for 7.62X25, and I have had it more than 15 years. It been so long since I broke a decapper that I don't remember when that was. Do keep a good supply of spares on hand just in case, but never seem to use them. |
January 25, 2016, 12:17 PM | #29 |
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8Ball67 the Lee Universal decapper pin is one piece.
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Take a picture of the broken part. Go to the Lee website and email them the picture, and tell what happened, and what part it is. They will mail you the replacement for free. If you set it up with them you can pay for a couple of extras to ship with the waranty part.
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Gadawg88, yeah I looked closer at a stock pin and can see where it could be pressed in. I have never had one fall out but I have bent and broke a number of them. I am running a autodrive 1050 at 1,800 per hour though. Sometimes I miss some dented necks and some flash holes are out of whack.
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Don't make them so tight, I have mine adjusted so it will slide up instead of breaking, haven't broken one yet.
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January 28, 2016, 11:40 PM | #34 |
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Thanks Xfire68, I went ahead and ordered some hardened pins from your eBay link. $10 for 3, that ought to be a lifetime supply - or until we switch from gunpowder and lead to laser beams.
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They can be bought on Amazon, a three pack for about ten with free shipping.
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January 30, 2016, 09:26 AM | #36 |
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Interesting, in 53 years of handloading using Lyman, Lachmeyer, RCBS, Redding and Lee dies, including Lyman's venerable 310 Tong Tool, I'd estimate I've broken less than a half dozen pins, probably half of them that skinny one for the Tong Tool, and that includes thousands of military .308, .30-06, and .223.
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