depriming .223 crimped brass

[thebloodsonthewall]

I just finished processing 1000 cases of LC 308 brass with no problems. Now I am doing misc. range brass in .223. The range sells PMC so a lot of the cases are PMC. It looks like they have a crimp. I started using a RCBS die and the decapping pin kept breaking so I got Lee dies. Now, every time I try and deprime PMC brass the decapping rod gets pushed up. Why is it doing this? It worked just fine with the .308. :mad:

[Blue]

Is it boxer or berdan primed? All of the crimped brass I've punched out never gave me problems like that.

[thebloodsonthewall]

Is it boxer or berdan primed? All of the crimped brass I've punched out never gave me problems like that.

boxer

[Tweak338]

I had that issue, I just tightened the top nut thing more. Fixed it.

[thebloodsonthewall]

I had that issue, I just tightened the top nut thing more. Fixed it.

I'll try that. I had it really snug but I'll see if I can get it tighter. Thanks.

[Blue]

I had that issue, I just tightened the top nut thing more. Fixed it.


LOL Maybe that makes more sense now, when I lent you the dies I hadn't used them yet.

[thebloodsonthewall]

I had that issue, I just tightened the top nut thing more. Fixed it.

Well, lol that fixed it. I tightened that thing down real good.

Problem solved.

Thank you!

[stphnman20]

The decapping pin on Lee dies are suppose to go up to avoid braking the pin. Just tighten the nut and your good.

[Tweak338]

LOL Maybe that makes more sense now, when I lent you the dies I hadn't used them yet.

Haha. I bought a set after I used yours. Things are cheap, but work perfect

[badreligion]

I use my lee to deprime everything now. I learned the hard way that those pins just dont break, sometimes they bend the shaft, giving you an off center ball.

[Darklyte27]

The decapping pin on Lee dies are suppose to go up to avoid braking the pin. Just tighten the nut and your good.

+1
Go lee