ArrDave Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 How do you keep the decapping pin from holding onto primers? I put about 1000 rounds through it assuming that it would eventually "wear in" and the issues would go away, but they haven't. Now that I've upped my game to a fancy blue 650, I'm more concerned with primers not letting go. Any tips/tricks to make this die punch out primers and not embrace them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louu Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I don't know about that exact die but I have that same problem when my decapping pin gets the point mushroomed, it will hold the primer like your saying. To fix it I just file a 45 degree point back on it. I can do it about 4 or 5 times then I have to replace it because it will be too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkvibe Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I put mine in a drill and chamfered the end with a file. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrDave Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 I put mine in a drill and chamfered the end with a file. Problem solved. I put a 45 on mine, but yours also sticks out of the die further than mine, I'll try lowering it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbrc Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I put a drop of oil on the tip of the pin which kept the primers from sticking while depriming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjones Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 For the Lee universal die, I replaced the decapping rod with a Squirreldaddy one from Ebay. Works much better. Not sure you can do that with the Hornady though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBQRibs Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) Different brand, but same issue. I grab the dremel and grind those sticky bastards to a point. I put mine in a drill Friggin' ingenious. Thanks for the idea. Edited July 30, 2016 by BBQRibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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