Double bought some reloading stuff?

[adrenalinejunkie]

I purchased a lee challenger 50th anniversary reloading kit, which came with a small and large primer pocket cleaner, case trimming tool that fits on a drill, and chamfer/deburring tool. I bought a lyman case prep multi tool (which cleans primer pockets, chamfers, and deburrs), and a ball grip case trimmer at the recommendation of the forum. Should I return these, or was I told to buy them because they're better than the lee ones?

Also, my FL resizing die also decaps, and someone told me to buy a decapping die. I didn't know that my sizing die decapped when I bought the decapping die, so should I return the decapping die as well?

Thanks for any info

[lpspinner]

It's a matter of personal preferences when it comes to the primer pocket cleaners. I find the Lee one a little small to grip and uncomfortable for extended use. The same applies to the Lee chamfer/deburring tool. The Lyman looks like its bigger and more comfortable to hold and use. I'd keep the Lyman ones.

Now the decapping die. Keep it. I've gotten anal when it comes to brass cleaning and I like to deprime my brass before cleaning. I also don't want to run dirty brass thru my resizing die, so I always use the universal decapping die first, clean then resize. When resizing, the decapping rod helps push thru any cleaning media that might be caught in the flash hole.

[adrenalinejunkie]

It's a matter of personal preferences when it comes to the primer pocket cleaners. I find the Lee one a little small to grip and uncomfortable for extended use. The same applies to the Lee chamfer/deburring tool. The Lyman looks like its bigger and more comfortable to hold and use. I'd keep the Lyman ones.

Now the decapping die. Keep it. I've gotten anal when it comes to brass cleaning and I like to deprime my brass before cleaning. I also don't want to run dirty brass thru my resizing die, so I always use the universal decapping die first, clean then resize. When resizing, the decapping rod helps push thru any cleaning media that might be caught in the flash hole.

You should seriously be a salesman. I'm keeping them hahaha thanks for the info

[rsrocket1]

The decapping die will come in handy in this situation:

• You absolutely have to have some loads for tomorrow

• The pin on your resizing die breaks

• You can send the sizing rod back to Lee and they will replace it for free BUT

• For tonight, you can still decap and size in 2 separate steps, that's for rifle rounds

For pistol rounds, any spare depriming rod will work as a substitute.

The Lee dies are so inexpensive, it's worth having extra dies you may not need rather than wishing you had spent the extra $10 for a die you don't have.

[adrenalinejunkie]

The decapping die will come in handy in this situation:

• You absolutely have to have some loads for tomorrow

• The pin on your resizing die breaks

• You can send the sizing rod back to Lee and they will replace it for free BUT

• For tonight, you can still decap and size in 2 separate steps, that's for rifle rounds

For pistol rounds, any spare depriming rod will work as a substitute.

The Lee dies are so inexpensive, it's worth having extra dies you may not need rather than wishing you had spent the extra $10 for a die you don't have.

Definitely a good point thanks man