GeoDudeFlorida
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I decapped about 500 pieces of old miscellaneous 9mm range leavings this weekend. Set the APP up in the TV room and went to town. About every 40-50 or so the decapping pin on my (Lee) sizing die would press up - meaning a primer too stiff for it to extract without breaking. I kind of like that "feature" of the Lee dies and have the collet set a little light. I've got enough 9mm brass I really don't need to keep brass with soldered-in primers. Mostly it was NATO/milsurp (1987 head-stamped) but a few were CDC and a couple of RWS were sealed with what looked like red LocTite. If the brass looks good otherwise I'll set it aside and give it some time later - use a stronger pin to pop it then size and chamfer the pocket - but this stuff looked "wrong" somehow. The CBC and RWS in particular. I know some folks have said CDC goes straight into their recycle bin and I'm kind of curious what other headstamps people chuck because they just don't want to be bothered.