Dillon decapping issue.

[StraightShooter]

I was resizing some .223 brass tonight and was having a problem with the primers sticking to the decapping pin and getting pulled back into the pocket. When the auto index would rotate the shellplate the primer would jam it up. Well, the plastic ring that is part of the plastic auto indexing feature snapped in half so I emailed dillon to see if they will replace it. Anyways, have any of you experienced this? I am using a dillon 650 with dillon dies.

[joelogic]

Dial the decapping pin lower.

[StraightShooter]

Dial the decapping pin lower.

Tried that, dialed it all the way down. Stuck out like .5" from the bottom of the die and still had the same problem if not worse. Im tempted to grind the end of the pin flat and see if that helps.

[joelogic]

Is the pin pouching a hole in the primer?

[StraightShooter]

Is the pin pouching a hole in the primer?

No, its just sticking in the anvil somehow.

[bohoki]

i had that happen a couple times what is the headstamp?

is it once fired?

[StraightShooter]

It literally happens on 90% of them and it happend on wcc, winchester, lc and remington brass so far. I know that some of the brass being crimped doesnt help but people deprime crimped brass all the time so i dont see how that is the sole problem. The primers stick even on non crimped brass because it is ejecting the primer when the case is being extracted from the die and not when it is being inserted. All these cases are once fired.

[CSACANNONEER]

Call Dillon in the morning and see if they know what's wrong.

[ar15barrels]

I don't have Dillon rifle dies, but my dillon pistol dies are spring loaded to fix for this exact problem.
The spring compresses when you are decapping and then throws the primer off the decapping pin once the primer clears the case.

I decap my 223 in an RCBS lube die as part of my 223 processing.

[joelogic]

I have had pins stick in flash holes but I have never drawn a primer back. I think your decapping pin is not driving the primer out fully so it looks like it is drawing it back.

[oddjob]

Decapping Pin

I had the same problem with my .40 cal dies......Easy fix......

Sharpen the end of the pin to a dull point. The important thing here is to "break" the shoulder area just before pin starts to round off. I used Dremel and a file. Smoothed it out and my problems went away.

[StraightShooter]

I don't have Dillon rifle dies, but my dillon pistol dies are spring loaded to fix for this exact problem.
The spring compresses when you are decapping and then throws the primer off the decapping pin once the primer clears the case.

I decap my 223 in an RCBS lube die as part of my 223 processing.

Yeah, my 9mm dillon dies have a spring loaded pin that shoots the primer out really well. Unfortunately the rifle dies dont. Im goung to tryand modify the end of the pin a little.

[ar15barrels]

Im goung to tryand modify the end of the pin a little.

Spin the pin in a makita against a deburring wheel.

[StraightShooter]

Spin the pin in a makita against a deburring wheel.

Does it have to be a makita?

[ar15barrels]

Does it have to be a makita?

Why would you use any other kind of cordless drill?