De-capping die

[SeabeeKen]

Mighty armory and never look back. Amazing decap die. I have even punched out small lapua flash holes to the larger size with it and never bent a pin

 

[Reloadernoob]

Love the Lee, but it's too big for the .059-.061 flash holes.

Lee makes a small diameter pin now, also get the whole decap die with the small pin if desired, like $15.

 

[ebb]

Does squirrel daddy have a website? I looked at amazon and they have a 3 pack for $19, and a single for $4. I assume there must be at least 2 different models?

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Is there a universal de-capping die you would recommend?
Need it for 6, 6.5, 30, all BR’s
Does it come with a rod that is for the small flash holes?
Descriptions I have read are not clear to me.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Like someone else said, get Mighty Armory’s PUA die and it will do everything you have without changing anything.https://www.mightyarmory.com/products/the-pua-decapping-die-for-lapua-brass

 

[Tesoro]

I have always wanted to put my name on the board by inventing a 'cannot be improved on' hand tool for reloading. 21C has it covered for the hand priming function. But I havent see a hand decapper that works that well, is ergonomic and compact. I keep thinking and have bought all the hand ones to play with. The closest is the Harvey and I tried to modify the obvious flaws but in the end it was still a Harvey. Back to the drawing board!!

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Mighty armory works for me

 

[Kevin1990]

Mighty armory decappong die in your favorite color. Love mine. The pin seems a lot stronger than on my regular FL dies with a decappong rod. Could be just me though.

 

[RabbitSlayer]

Lee works for me and I have a rcbs for 17 and 20 cal.

 

[OLeveraction]

Have the Lee Universal Decapper but been using the Frankford Arsenal handheld decapper pretty much for everything now.

 

[jcm24m]

Will the Mighty Armory PUA with the small pin WORK on the 17 or 20 caliber with SMALL necks?

 

[jpjulian]

Get the Mighty Armory but DO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS, unlike my dumb ass, so you won't screw up and bend a pin or two. You will be very satisfied with the die. Works great with the small pin and small flash holes in Lapua cases.

 

[Toddmack]

I use a Frankford Arsenal handheld de-primer that cost me around $45. Much easier than sitting at the press and I've tasked my 9 year old (at the time, he's now 11) with de-capping every case when we get home from shooting. This is probably the best I'd been drinking purchase I have ever stumbled across.

 

[Bc'z]

I threw my Lee decapper out the truck window @80mph after getting a set of Redding large and small decappers.
Mighty Armory was more than I wanted to spend for a tool to preform the simplist of operations at the bench.

 

[Oso]

Mighty Armory or FW Arms - both are spring loaded and bullet proof. These are essential if using a progressive press and especially if any cases have a crimped or lacquered primer.

 

[jpx2rk]

Will the Mighty Armory PUA with the small pin WORK on the 17 or 20 caliber with SMALL necks?

My MA dual purpose (de-cap & de-crimp) with the 20 cal pin works on 20 cal. I don't have a 17cal CF, so..

 

[SongdogHunter]

Try the Mighty Armory, it will be the last decapping die you will need to buy. A few days ago I made a stupid mistake. I started decapping some .223 cases and it was a struggle. I was having to add serious pressure to deprime a case. Finally, they would pop out. After 4 cases I stopped, thinking there was something wrong. There was, I had forgotten to replace the large primer stem with the small primer stem. Took the die apart, and found my mistake. Checked the stem, it was still straight, no bend.

the shorty is out of stock as would be idea for the BR cases.

 

[TrapperBR549]

I threw my Lee decapper out the truck window @80mph after getting a set of Redding large and small decappers.
Mighty Armory was more than I wanted to spend for a tool to preform the simplist of operations at the bench.

What do the Redding dies do better than the Lee? Serious question, I have never put my hands on them.

 

[Bc'z]

What do the Redding dies do better than the Lee? Serious question, I have never put my hands on them.

Quality tool for starters, small pins for tiny flash hole.

 

[Oso]

What do the Redding dies do better than the Lee? Serious question, I have never put my hands on them.

The Might Amory and FW Arms decapping dies incorporate a spring with the decapping rod. This really helps when dealing with extremely tight primer/primer pockets, crimped primers, and primers that have been sealed/lacquered in place. These are very difficult to remove and it is not uncommon for the decapping pin to puncture a hole through the bottom of primer before the primer is pushed out of the case. The spring forcefully retracts the decapping pin flicking the spent primer off.

If you are reloading on a progressive press then the process move faster so need to quickly/efficiently remove primers while doing a production run. If the press is automated then it is an essential tool.

 

[asquared19]

Does squirrel daddy have a website? I looked at amazon and they have a 3 pack for $19, and a single for $4. I assume there must be at least 2 different models?

Replacement Decapping pin for Lee 90783 / 90292 die set

Squirrel Daddy Decapping pin are offered in hardened steel or standard high grade USA melt steel. Replacement pins fit Lee Dies and are offered in high grade steel or heat treated steel either expanding or straight side decapping pins.

www.squirreldaddy.com

They have all sorts of different tools/parts.