seeds76 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 What the heck is that black pin for? You know, the one that comes in the Dillon die set box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Extra decapping pin? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Extra decapping pin?Jim That's what it is! CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 What the heck is that black pin for? You know, the one that comes in the Dillon die set box. You will find out soon enough. But Jim has the correct answer, it is an extra one for when you bend it. And you will bend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 It is a small rock detector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cy Soto Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 You will find out soon enough. But Jim has the correct answer, it is an extra one for when you bend it. And you will bend it. I still haven't bent one (yet) although I have heard from many sources that it will inevitably happen at some point... What is the most common reason why these get bent/broken? Does it just happen eventually under normal use or is there anything else that I need to pay attention to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belus Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) You will find out soon enough. But Jim has the correct answer, it is an extra one for when you bend it. And you will bend it. I still haven't bent one (yet) although I have heard from many sources that it will inevitably happen at some point... What is the most common reason why these get bent/broken? Does it just happen eventually under normal use or is there anything else that I need to pay attention to? Make sure you don't have any polishing media blocking the flash hole. I don't rush my down stroke (550B) and have felt the extra resistance from the blocked flash hole or berdan primed 9mm case which has saved my decaping pin thus far (700rds). Edited November 11, 2009 by belus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 You will find out soon enough. But Jim has the correct answer, it is an extra one for when you bend it. And you will bend it. I still haven't bent one (yet) although I have heard from many sources that it will inevitably happen at some point... What is the most common reason why these get bent/broken? Does it just happen eventually under normal use or is there anything else that I need to pay attention to? Like posted, mine found a rock. Dillon sent me a coupe of extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calishootr Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 like the others have posted, its not if, its when you will eventually snap a pin, its so much a habit of mine now i look at the headspamp of every piece of brass before it goes in the machine, cant read the headstamp??? because of over use, trash it, or because of a language barrier??? hehehe trash it, its not worth the hassle of changing out a broken part in the die what scared the crap out of me, was using my first set of dillon dies w/ the spring loaded decappin pin.....first one went PING like a Garand clip and i thought oh crap i snapped another one.....then realized what it wasdoing...now, forthat set of dies i realize that noise is 'normal' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el pres Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 It is a small rock detector. I just detected last week !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) What has bent them in my press Small rocks stuck in cases 25 auto or 32 auto cases stuck in cases. Berdan primed cases....but they usually just punch through In the 550 press you can add, pulling the handle with the shell plate out of index. with normal use (no rocks ect) they last for years and years Jim Edited November 13, 2009 by GentlemanJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njl Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I bent one early on by trying to decap a case that had a spent primer inside it. As happens on the RL550B, sometimes spent primers don't end up in the spent primer cup...and this one time, one landed in the empty case bin and found its way inside a case waiting to be loaded. Now I've made a habit of turning every case up side down before it goes into station 1. I haven't found another primer that way...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I'm still waiting for it to happen to me. 20,000 rounds, still the original decapping 40 S&W pin. I use corncob media, it seems to be pretty soft, so it just presses out. Segregate all of my brass, then after tumbling, turn every case upside down before going into the sizer, to get the rest of the corncob out (and anything else left in the case). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open17 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 It is a small rock detector. Also detects berdan primed cases, and those odd combinations where one case will fit completely inside another and not be easily visible. Quite a versatile little black pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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