Best current deprime/decap die?

[21 shooter]

I have broken pins on Lee decap dies due to rocks, case-in-a-case, and the odd stainless steel pins.  I’ve seen Redding, FW, and now Dillon have decap dies.  First I had seen of the Dillon.  Anyone with experience/opinions your two cents worth would be appreciated.  I’m using an RL1050 and will start on a 650 soon.

 

and my search ability is terrible as I got pages of a lot of things but not specifically what I typed in.  My search-foo is not strong, and I would appreciate any suggestions to help that.  

[HesedTech]

23 minutes ago, 21 shooter said:

I would appreciate any suggestions to help that.

Lee dies work fine, but the FW with its centering feature and spring loaded pin is the best of all you mention here. Never fails to push the primer out. 

[rishii]

I gave up on decapping dies,

I use an old sizing die instead, I figured if I’m going to run them thru my press, I might as well resize them also

my process is I wet tumble, dry, lube, resize and decap

 

 

[RGA]

Both the Mighty Armory and FW are excellent and tough but I like the FW the most due to the already mentioned case centering function.

 

This function proved to be very helpful when decapping cases with a narrow neck like .223R.

Edited October 31, 2022 by RGA

[HOGRIDER]

8 hours ago, 21 shooter said:

I have broken pins on Lee decap dies due to rocks, case-in-a-case, and the odd stainless steel pins.  I’ve seen Redding, FW, and now Dillon have decap dies.  First I had seen of the Dillon.  Anyone with experience/opinions your two cents worth would be appreciated.  I’m using an RL1050 and will start on a 650 soon.

 

and my search ability is terrible as I got pages of a lot of things but not specifically what I typed in.  My search-foo is not strong, and I would appreciate any suggestions to help that.  

https://fwarms.com/shop/reloading/decapping-dies/fw-arms-primer-popper-auto-case-centering-decapper-deprimer/

 

[21 shooter]

Thanks to all for the information.  After looking at all of them I went with FW as I really like the case centering function.  I’ll post back after using it.  

[21 shooter]

15 hours ago, HOGRIDER said:

https://fwarms.com/shop/reloading/decapping-dies/fw-arms-primer-popper-auto-case-centering-decapper-deprimer/

 

Thanks HOGRIDER.   I should have been more specific on the search function.  I had trouble on BE narrowing the search down to what I was after on the forums.  There is such a wealth of information here.  Your link did make sure I was at the right place to get the FW.  

[VortecMAX]

I don't see the Lyman Pro mentioned here.  That decapper has a spring loaded pin that really launches the primers free of the case.

 

Mike

 

[rishii]

I have one sitting in the junk drawer, I broke 2 decapping and Lyman didn’t list a replacement the last time I looked

[Sigarmsp226]

When RollSizer company, who manufactures commercial depriming machines capable of deprimming 3000+ rounds an hour sells their machines with a FW Arms depriming/decapping die with each machine, and it is the same die that FW Arms sells on their website - well that makes my selection easy…..

 

I have the RollSizer Depriming machine and have deprimed about 48,000 pieces of small primer pistol and rifle brass so far and the die is still functioning as intended and I have only bent/broke one pin and that one was my fault….YRMV

[HOGRIDER]

5 hours ago, Sigarmsp226 said:

When RollSizer company, who manufactures commercial depriming machines capable of deprimming 3000+ rounds an hour sells their machines with a FW Arms depriming/decapping die with each machine, and it is the same die that FW Arms sells on their website - well that makes my selection easy…..

 

I have the RollSizer Depriming machine and have deprimed about 48,000 pieces of small primer pistol and rifle brass so far and the die is still functioning as intended and I have only bent/broke one pin and that one was my fault….YRMV

Good, solid advice!

 

[Johnnymazz]

I agree the Rollsizer Decapper machine is da bomb. Well worth the coin.

[mechanoset]

They are not cheap machines. You get what you pay for. I know one commercial guy who has over 500,000 cases through his machine. His pins last about 15k- 20k. Initially he got a lot of corroded range find which reduced his average to about 6k per pin.

[midatlantic]

I’ll add a vote for the FW.  Really great. Particularly w .223

[21 shooter]

I have deprimed a thousand or so with the FW and it works great.  Those primers are really moving when they come out.  Fit and finish of the die is excellent.  

[N7VY]

FW Arms here also. Probably gone through about 30k with one broken pin. The pin didn’t like the rock in the bottom of the case. Don’t understand why. 
here is a pic of one stoppage. 

[21 shooter]

A rock has a distinct grinding scraping noise, yet the pin didn’t break.  I could search the range all day and not find a piece of gravel to fit a case so perfectly.  

[mmc45414]

 

On 10/31/2022 at 12:32 AM, 21 shooter said:

I have broken pins on Lee decap dies due to rocks, case-in-a-case, and the odd stainless steel pins.  

 

On 10/31/2022 at 12:59 AM, HesedTech said:

Lee dies work fine, but the FW with its centering feature and spring loaded pin is the best of all you mention here. Never fails to push the primer out. 

 

I am also interested in the high end dies, but have also had good results with using these in the Lee dies:

Replacement Decapping pin for Lee 90783 / 90292 die set (squirreldaddy.com) 

It probably depends on what kind of stone, but in my experience the pin wins and the stone loses. 

ETA: They are too big for the Norma flash holes, but the pin just gets pushed up in the collet.  I keep a little flaf of tape on the pin shaft so it is obvious if it moves, then I just tap it back down with a hammer. 

 

I also use their expander pins instead of just the decap pin when decapping rifle cases, if a neck is bent a little it will round it out.  Typically I am doing this in one of the Lee decap dies, and they are longer and the size die pins are shorter (at least mine are) but the decap dies are cheap and they are easy to cut off shorter.

Edited December 8, 2022 by mmc45414

[N7VY]

Another way to look at this is, how many replacement Lee or Squirrel Daddy pins do you have to buy to equate to a FW Arms decapper? 3 or 4. That’s how I justified it. You know, “cheap is relative to desire”. 

[Boomstick303]

FW for the win.

[21 shooter]

I had considered trying the Squirrel Daddy pins but they were out of stock at the time.  The FW Arms primer popper has been great so far.  The FW die does cost more but when compared to the cost of the RL1050, dies, etc. it’s not a big factor.  I may get some SQ pins for the Lee die as I always like a Plan B.