Lee decapping pin

[captn-tin]

Anyone know where I can find a lee decapper pin for the lee universal decapper., without paying 3x the cost for shipping? I'm located in Fairfield Ca. thanx...Bill

[baih777]

I buy them on eBay. Usually three at a.time.

There is a eBay seller that claims his replacement pins are.better. nope.
Just buy the factory ones.

[Catch]

2nd ebay. Lee stuff on Amazon has had quite the mark up.

[OpenSightsOnly]

Lee decap die, have had it for about 10 years, money well spent

[Catch]

I've snapped one on a berdan'd primer.

[captn-tin]

Thanx all... gonna try eBay .

[newbie1234]

Anyone know where I can find a lee decapper pin for the lee universal decapper., without paying 3x the cost for shipping? I'm located in Fairfield Ca. thanx...Bill

Brownells, 1 or 5 are the same shipping cost, so buy 5 . I broke 4 already, now I have one on the die and one for spare.

[JackEllis]

Here's how I avoid breaking mine (yeah, I know it's too late).

I raise the ram without using any force until the pin makes contact, and only then do I apply pressure. I can tell when the case is not aligned correctly in the die and back off the ram to troubleshoot.

Other than Berdan primers, I'm guessing most broken pins are caused by enthusiastically raising the ram because we want to go through that stack of cases as possible (but I might be wrong).

I broke one. Then I figured it out.

[newbie1234]

Here's how I avoid breaking mine (yeah, I know it's too late).

I raise the ram without using any force until the pin makes contact, and only then do I apply pressure. I can tell when the case is not aligned correctly in the die and back off the ram to troubleshoot.

Other than Berdan primers, I'm guessing most broken pins are caused by enthusiastically raising the ram because we want to go through that stack of cases as possible (but I might be wrong).

I broke one. Then I figured it out.

Thanks You, already broke 4 and have not figured out yet. :flushed:

[golfish]

I just put one in my cart at Lee's site and they said it was free but shipping is $7.00+

https://leeprecision.com/univ-decap-pin-90292.html

[BajaJames83]

Theres a company called squirrel daddy that makes the lee decapping pins that are much better I bought a bunch and still have yet to break one.

[stilly]

I buy them on eBay. Usually three at a.time.

There is a eBay seller that claims his replacement pins are.better. nope.
Just buy the factory ones.

Yeah, that guy says that because he sands them down or rounds them off a bit more I think.

Ebay is a good place to get extra ones, then at your convenience send your brokens into Lee and they will replace them...

[newbie1234]

I just put one in my cart at Lee's site and they said it was free but shipping is $7.00+

https://leeprecision.com/univ-decap-pin-90292.html

Brownell, 1-10 decapped pins 5 buck shipping .

Stock Number: 100-053-256WB
Location: GRMZ
Product Name & Desc: LEE UNIVERSAL DECAP PIN
Unit Price : 2.99 each.

[hntnnut]

for the pins you might look at Titan reloading, but if you want truely bullet proof look at FW arms. They have video of their die punching through berdan cases without breaking. I also believe they make a replacement pin for the lee die.

Richard

[justMike]

I just put one in my cart at Lee's site and they said it was free but shipping is $7.00+

https://leeprecision.com/univ-decap-pin-90292.html

Yes, this is how the Lee site works. The first pin is considered a warranty replacement. You can add additional pins at the listed price and they will ship
for the same shipping price (I believe), just put three in your cart and see how the system behaves. The free one lowers the overall price shipped to be somewhat reasonable IMO.
Alternatively, adding an expander / decapping pin for one of your die sets is also considered a warranty replacement part and would be free as well, could be part of the same order.