Gun Smith
Gold $$ Contributor
Here are a couple of handy shell holders for rapid de-priming of fired cases. I came up with these years ago when I bought used gun parts, and reloading stuff, and ammo for resale at gunshows. I had tons of reloads, which I wouldn't sell, so I pulled the bullets, dumped the powder, and de-primed to sell the brass and bullets. Had many thousands of cases to de-prime, and sliding the cases into a standard shell holder became a real chore. Just set the case into the holder, and punch out the primer. Easy to make out of 3/4" mild steel using dimension from standard shell holders, and boring inside to case head dimensions of your choice. The left one is for 2 different case heads, the right 1 has 3. If you de-prime as a separate step, these are worth making if you do many cases at a time. Merry Christmas!
