devils4ever
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I've been reloading for over 20 years and have never broken a decapping pin. I reload: .223 Rem, .30-06 Springfield, .357 Mag ammo.
Well, I broke one last week by mistakenly trying to resize and deprime some range picked up .30-06 brass which were Berdan primed. Okay, my mistake. I called RCBS and they generously sent me a free replacement decapping rod and 5 pins.
Shift to today. I started reloading some .30-06 brass that I had previously reloaded and broke a pin! Weird! So, I replaced it with one of the RCBS supplied ones. Try again. Snap! ----- I wound up breaking another one before I figured something is wrong.
So, what can it be? I've looked at the pin in the die and it looks centered. The rod is new so I don't think it's bent. Is there an adjustment that is off? I'm really stumped. The brass has been previously reloaded so there's no chance they are Berdan primed and the mil crimp has been previously removed.
Maybe, I should order a dedicated, universal depriming and decapping die? Would that help?
I'm at a loss!
Well, I broke one last week by mistakenly trying to resize and deprime some range picked up .30-06 brass which were Berdan primed. Okay, my mistake. I called RCBS and they generously sent me a free replacement decapping rod and 5 pins.
Shift to today. I started reloading some .30-06 brass that I had previously reloaded and broke a pin! Weird! So, I replaced it with one of the RCBS supplied ones. Try again. Snap! ----- I wound up breaking another one before I figured something is wrong.
So, what can it be? I've looked at the pin in the die and it looks centered. The rod is new so I don't think it's bent. Is there an adjustment that is off? I'm really stumped. The brass has been previously reloaded so there's no chance they are Berdan primed and the mil crimp has been previously removed.
Maybe, I should order a dedicated, universal depriming and decapping die? Would that help?
I'm at a loss!
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