Ludde Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 I have been a fan of the Lee sizing die for 9x19 in terms of how it sizes the brass. The drawback with the die has in my opinion been the decapping assembly and the fact that you have to manually reset the decapping pin after it has risen. I've always had good luck with the Dillon pistol die spring assisted decapping assembly. So I decided to combine the two and the result was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George16 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 37 minutes ago, Ludde said: I have been a fan of the Lee sizing die for 9x19 in terms of how it sizes the brass. The drawback with the die has in my opinion been the decapping assembly and the fact that you have to manually reset the decapping pin after it has risen. I've always had good luck with the Dillon pistol die spring assisted decapping assembly. So I decided to combine the two and the result was great! That’s a great idea! What size drill did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludde Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 18 minutes ago, George16 said: That’s a great idea! What size drill did you use? I used a 12.7mm but think 12.8mm would have been optimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George16 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ludde said: I used a 12.7mm but think 12.8mm would have been optimal. So that’s about 1/2 inch. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Different strokes. I like the Lee because the decaping assembly is less prone to pin breakage, C-clip breakage is not an issue and it seems less prone to primers holding onto the pin and being pulled back into the brass. The primers pulling back didn't happen often but when it did it usually messed up the plastic finger on the bottom of the primer tube on my 1050 and it was a pain in the butt to get back going, Dillon's advice was to deform their pin a bit and they mentioned a particular brand of primer that was more prone to the issue. Manually resetting the pin was never a problem for me, I keep the nut tight enough that the pin does not slip unless there is something inside the brass that would be prone to breaking a pin if it did not slip. Not poo pooing your solution, you know what works for you, just noting a different preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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