Halted Reloading Plans

[One in the pipe]

I was going to load some target 45 ammo.

Step 1 decap...doh!



Amazon can get me replacements on Sunday.

[Red9]

Is that a universal? Or the pin off the resizer?
Imho use a separate decapper and get a stash of pins.
I've broken enough pins on my resize dies. Get expensive not to mention time waiting for replacements.
Ymmv

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[JackEllis]

Is that a universal? Or the pin off the resizer?
Imho use a separate decapper and get a stash of pins.
I've broken enough pins on my resize dies. Get expensive not to mention time waiting for replacements.
Ymmv

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I agree. Also might want to go a little easier on the press handle. I decap a lot of crimped .223 and what work for me is to raise the ram until it makes contact and then apply pressure. If I have to apply too much pressure, then either the case is misaligned or the primer is just not coming out. I probably decapped 10k rounds before breaking my first pin.

[hermosabeach]

Always buy the heavy duty decapping pins

[LTC-J]

As others mentioned, I went with a universal deprime die and then bought a boat load of replacement pins. I think I've got 9 in my pile.

Some items are considered wear items and should have backups.

[One in the pipe]

I thought I mentioned, this is from the Lee universal decamping die.

I've been pretty good about not breaking the pin. I think I've deprimed less than 1,000 shells.

I just need to have back up pins.

I usually:
1. Deprime
2. Clean
3. Sort
4. Load.

I got the universal deprimer so I wouldn't kill my Dillon dies.

[MrElectric03]

Is that from a lee? Bend it back. I've been able to do that many times. Stick the end in the side of a vise and go slow. Get it as straight as you can. A good gun shop(I know, few and far between in CA anymore) carries replacements. If you have a Sportsmans Warehouse around you they are the best I have seen in CA. Unfortunately you'll be in Black Friday foot traffic.

[the86d]

I got some generics Heavy-Duty pins one time, and they wouldn't even fit through the flash-hole of .25ACP... returned them, and got some OEM OG pins.

[Revoman]

"I got the universal deprimer so I wouldn't kill my Dillon dies."

So don't you still have the decapper in your Dillon die?

[Pardini]

Bicycle spokes make excellent replacement pins, if the pins are the replaceable type.

[justMike]

The Squirrel Daddy hardened pins are supposed to be great, but they seem to only sell them in a three pack anymore.
If they're great, why three? A little pricey for that three pack IMO, but will keep you in business I suppose.

http://www.squirreldaddy.com/category-s/336.htm

[mjmagee67]

I've reloaded 10 of thousands of rounds in 9mm, 40, and 45 with Dillon resizing dies and have only bent 1 pin. I would say conservatively I've done 40 thousand 9mm on my 1050. Seriously who has time to decap separately on pistol rounds........

Bottom line is does happen have a few pins on hand. Replace and move on to the next case...

On a side note the Dillon pins are really easy to replace. It took longer to find the replacement than it did to replace it. All dies come with on replacement, so I have a few spares.

[One in the pipe]

So don't you still have the decapper in your Dillon die?

I still have/use the decapper for sizing.

I clean the brass after decapping.

[One in the pipe]

Bottom line is does happen have a few pins on hand. Replace and move on to the next case...

So, what's the standard procedure on cleaning pistol brass? Decap before or after cleanings?

(I have a Dillon 550.)

[MrElectric03]

Depends on how you choose to reload. Some guys don't care about a clean primer pocket. Personally I decap all brass before tumbling. I have a Dillon 650 with a Lee decapper and it goes quick, faster than the casefeeder can feed. I also only prep and load in batches. So with 9mm I'll prep about 1500 pcs at a time then store them until I'm ready to load them.