dirtdarte Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I just set up my brand new 1050 that I ordered through Brian.... Thanks for your help Brian... I'm very pleased with the service and support he has given me through this entire process. Anyway.... I just processed 2000 .223 cases in 1hour and 45 minutes. I am STUNNED. Sized ... trimmed... crimp removed... ready to load... I just want to say that now I know why the 1050 is so highly praised. It ran flawlessly after I pitched the lee universal decapping die in the trash and decapped with the Dillon sizer. I was kinda apprehensive about going ahead with this machine... It's expensive and all that... BUT, the way I feel right now is absolutely no regret... just totally happy and pleased that I threw down and just went for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datguy Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I like the Lee decapping die on my 1050. Welcome to the club. I love mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdarte Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 I was having a problem with the Lee die... The decapping rod didn't have the length in the pin portion of the rod to completely punch out the primers from the crimped primer pockets. About every 10th case made it to the swager with the spent primer still clinging on by just a hair. When the swager came up it pressed the spent primer... the clinger... back into the primer pocket... THe Dillon sizer has more "pin" and punched the spent primers out without issue... I think that with an uncrimped primer pocket, the spent primers will come flyin out with the lee die... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durtarg Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Can you not do a full reload cycle for 223 on a 1050? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datguy Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I file and then smooth the shape of the decapping pin to eliminate this problem. The Dillon pin never lasts me through 1000 rounds. I process brass on one tool head and load the processed brass on another tool head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdarte Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Can you explain how you do the shaping of the pin on the Lee decapper? It seems the problem I was having was the main rod bottomed out inside the case and the pin was too short to fully punch out the spent primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Donald Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Can you explain how you do the shaping of the pin on the Lee decapper? It seems the problem I was having was the main rod bottomed out inside the case and the pin was too short to fully punch out the spent primer. It pushes out the primer but instead of falling off get sucked back in. I put a slight angle on my pin to the point of 40% of the pin diameter is ground away so it looks like a half circle view from the end. Works real well getting the old primers out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmexicocrawler Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Can you explain how you do the shaping of the pin on the Lee decapper? It seems the problem I was having was the main rod bottomed out inside the case and the pin was too short to fully punch out the spent primer.It pushes out the primer but instead of falling off get sucked back in. I put a slight angle on my pin to the point of 40% of the pin diameter is ground away so it looks like a half circle view from the end. Works real well getting the old primers out. I'll have to try this trick.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdarte Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Well, I have a project... thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Can you explain how you do the shaping of the pin on the Lee decapper? It seems the problem I was having was the main rod bottomed out inside the case and the pin was too short to fully punch out the spent primer. It pushes out the primer but instead of falling off get sucked back in. I put a slight angle on my pin to the point of 40% of the pin diameter is ground away so it looks like a half circle view from the end. Works real well getting the old primers out. Yep, like a dull hypo needle. The LEE decapper should be plenty long enough. Maybe the pin broke off. It's rare but it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) I also modify the end of the Lee Universal die pin and that makes all the difference, I file a little square on the bottom instead of a circle - as above - but don't think the shape really matters. Edited January 18, 2015 by Steve RA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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