Wanted Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Anyone know what size that c clip is that holds the decapping pin on the pistol sizing die? Mine broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too_Slow Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 1/4 inch Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanted Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryW Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 call dillon. they will ship you a few free of charge. ask me how i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanted Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 LOL, did you break a few? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryW Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 just replaced another last week. i have one spare left. might be giving them a call again in the near future. the ones i bought at home depot didn't seem to last. make sure you call them for original replacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanted Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Thanks for that. I was go to the hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Not so fast. I bought 6 at ACE Hardware when mine broke. I have not broken one in over a year now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I called and got the replacements. I broke one and then lost one taking it off the other caliber. Replacements are nice to have on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruStreet Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I bought mine at Lowes fo 25 cents each bought 3. It was easier to just go there & have it the same day than to wait a week for a $0.25 part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck223 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I bought mine at Lowes fo 25 cents each bought 3. It was easier to just go there & have it the same day than to wait a week for a $0.25 part! Word! Nothing sucks worse than needing to load on a machine dead in the water due to a $.25 part. I have learned the hard way to keep a bunch of spares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Dillon sell a spare parts kit for all thier machines, those clips are included in the kit, You need a spare parts kit, its the only way to keep from having to wait for parts. Just remember to call Dillon for a replacement when you use one out of the kit.----------Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassochist Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 the c-clips for the sizing are not provided with spare parts kit ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMartens Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 the c-clips for the sizing are not provided with spare parts kit ;) Definitely not in the kits. Found that out a couple weeks back. Just pulled one off another die to keep going. Dillon sent me about 8 spares so I should never break another one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvb Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 c clip FYI if you are replacing them yourself at the local hardware store... it's a 1/4" E Clip -rvb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanted Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Jeez, I am now missing the E clip form my primer bar ( the one on the White roller wheel) I called Dillon to find out it's size. 5/32 in case anyone looks for it. The guy said it was easy to find at a hardware store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Finger Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 c clip FYI if you are replacing them yourself at the local hardware store... it's a 1/4" E Clip -rvb Thank you that was staring to bug me as I read this thread. And thank god Dillon never used any Jeez-- clips that I know of otherwise they wouldn't break just fly away some where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tittiger Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Thank you for this thread. It's the WE and Dillon is not available. The clip popped off while reloading and.... Thanks to Dillon's myopia: 1.)They did not put any info on the die instructions, and I ended up ordering 1/8" c-clips from Amazon because they got here in 24 hours. 2.) I bought their questionable master parts kit for the 1050 and of course there is no 1/4" e-clip in the kit. (nor the spring - nor the pin that is easy to lose on the seating die) 3.) Searched the hell out of their site, and they don't list this part.. 4.) Tried 3rd parties that would answer on the WE and they said to go to the closed down Dillon people. 5.) Thanks to not having an e-clip replacement, I have now lost the spring!! The more time that goes by the less I am fond of Dillon the company. The press is just fine, it is just dealing with the continued short sightedness on their part that is difficult to stomach. Thanks this thread helped a lot. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tittiger Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 (edited) On 7/12/2011 at 1:39 PM, Wanted said: Jeez, I am now missing the E clip form my primer bar ( the one on the White roller wheel) I called Dillon to find out it's size. 5/32 in case anyone looks for it. The guy said it was easy to find at a hardware store. I just went to Amazon, and none of the e-clip kits have 5/32", and it sure is not in my master parts kit that they hit me up for. Going to write this size down in the manual as I am sure Dillon left out that detail also. Thanks for the info. Edited November 14, 2022 by Tittiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tittiger Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 7/11/2011 at 8:10 AM, Larry White said: Dillon sell a spare parts kit for all thier machines, those clips are included in the kit, You need a spare parts kit, its the only way to keep from having to wait for parts. Just remember to call Dillon for a replacement when you use one out of the kit.----------Larry Thanks I found the clips! I would have sworn that they were not in the parts kit as they looked way too large. It matters not now as I have also lost the spring due to not having the clip handy DIllon could earn a lot more of my trust, if they used their brains, and had a parts list with the part kit that matched parts numbers on the individual parts in the kit so that you could identify parts. (Palmetto state armory does this with their lower receiver parts kit and it is invaluable when you first start out building AR lowers) You can't even find a part number or sizing info for the clip on any of Dillon's documentation. Nor can you find them on their web site. How many ways can they drop the ball?As things stand I don't know what at least half of the parts in the master parts kit are! Even if they had the decapping/sizing spring in the kit, it would be difficult to identify it because the original is lost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tittiger Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 7/11/2011 at 10:52 AM, BMartens said: Definitely not in the kits. Found that out a couple weeks back. Just pulled one off another die to keep going. Dillon sent me about 8 spares so I should never break another one now. They seem to be putting them in the kits for the super 1050 these days. But them not having a list of what is in the parts kit caused me not to identify it and created a whole slew of other issues including ordering c-clips rather than e-clips to fix it and losing the spring! Some days you just can not win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 a SPARE 1/4" E-clip is packed in the die box, along with a spare depriming pin. The website page for each spare parts kit lists the contents. We buy the E-clips off the shelf so that they are a readily available part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67isb Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Hillman 881395 https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hillman-1-4-in-E-Clip-10-Pack-881395/204726250 https://www.mcmaster.com/97431A300/ Edited November 15, 2022 by 67isb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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