Depriming Suggestion

[classical_buff]

Hey guys,

I have been depriming with RCBS depriming die w/Rock Chucker.
Broke too many pins depriming 223 brass & 308 brass.

Any suggestion?

Different die? Different tool?
Any information would be appreciated.

[4 Brigada]

There is one good thing about RCBS, they have always replaced the ones I broke for free (great people). In all cases my stupid, a couple of .308 berdan cases slip by me.

[dustoff31]

You might consider Lee dies/decappers. The pin and shaft are held in place with a collet, so if you hit say a berdan primer the shaft and pin just slides up rather than bending or breaking.

[762cavalier]

+1 on the Lee dies. They are very sturdy but if you tighten the collet too tight, you can still break a decapping pin. Found that out the hard way.

[ocabj]

I switched to the Lee Universal after I broke several pins with the RCBS Universal and I got tired of switching them out. The Lee Universal incorporates the pin with the entire shaft, so it's a pretty sturdy design. It's one of the few Lee products I use.

[scrat]

if your not using lee your breaking your dies

[bohoki]

if your not using lee your breaking your dies

huh?

i like the hornady they use a collet too i really like their bullet seater how it slides and guides the bullets

[6079Winston]

I have never broken a pin but I did manage to bend the rod by sizing military brass with crimped primers. I bougth the Lee "Hammer Powered" depriming kit for 5.56 and 7.62 which is kind of slow but unbreakable.

[hawk81]

Use RCBS if you break something they will replace it free of charge. They are a good company.

[ocabj]

Yes, RCBS will replace pins free of charge, but after breaking several pins in a row, it's inefficient to have to call RCBS for replacements after breaking a 25 cent pin. So I ended up getting a 100-pack of pins from Midway a few years ago as well as the Lee Universal Decapping Die.

[blacklisted]

I have a Lee universal decapping die on the way as well as a replacement pin just in case. It's only $8 on Midway right now.

[StraightShooter]

Yes, RCBS will replace pins free of charge, but after breaking several pins in a row, it's inefficient to have to call RCBS for replacements after breaking a 25 cent pin. So I ended up getting a 100-pack of pins from Midway a few years ago as well as the Lee Universal Decapping Die.

How much did that cost? Do they sell them in a smaller pack like 25 per pack?

[ocabj]

I'm not sure how much I paid since it was a long time ago. I checked Midway's page and they have them in 5 packs or 50 packs. So perhaps I bought the 50 pack. It's $13 right now for the 50.

[randy]

Quit decapping berdan primed brass

[ocabj]

Quit decapping berdan primed brass

What prompted me to try the Lee Decapping die is when I started reloading LC .30-06 brass from CMP purchased M2 ball. One night I had broke several decapping pins in the RCBS universal decapping die. I had run out of replacement pins so I just left the primers in when I resized with my FL die (and let the decapping pin handle it in this step), but then broke the pin. So I took the pin out of another RCBS die and put it in the .30-06 FL sizer. I proceeded to try and resize+decap that same brass and I ended up snapping the actual expander ball / decapping pin stem.

After that, I emailed RCBS for a new stem and went to the Midway site to order the Lee Universal Decapping die and a pack of RCBS decapping pins.

The primer crimp on that LC .30-06 is pretty tight.