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Does Lee or anyone else make a hand held universal decapping die?
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AJC1
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There are hand held decaping devices sold by Frankfort arsenal and a few others. I've never used one I liked.
I never knew those existed
https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Arsenal-Platinum-Deprimer-Reloading/dp/B00RPABDZO
https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Arsenal-Platinum-Deprimer-Reloading/dp/B00RPABDZO
WeekendReloader
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I use the Frankford Arsenal hand decapper tool. My press stays nice and clean now.
lightman
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Harvey makes a nice handheld tool too.
deadeye dick
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Looks good, just ordered it, thanks for the link.
Highland Lofts
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I bought one of the Frankford decappers. They work great. I wear a glove on my right hand when squeezing the handle.
There are three little plastic parts thelat goes in where the cases go. Put the plastic piece in and tighten the cap until the case just slips in.
The primers go in a small plastic cup like thing that slide on to the tool. It needs to be pointed downwards.
I keep the other two plastic fittings in this plastic cup so they don't get lost.
It's a great little gadget that you can take outside AR the picnic table, sit on your couch, at the dining room table. Anywhere.
Cabelas sells it for $49.99.
I bought mine on eBay or Amazon, iliked it so much I bought an extra one just incase the one I am using breaks, I'll still be in business.
No more standing at the press to knock primers out.
I deprime my brass, wet tumble the brass, then resize, prime, and then load it up.
Any excess lube I just wipe the cases with a paper towel and call it good. .
If I were going to store the ammo for any length of time I think I would dry tumble it in probably corn cob media.
This tool is a good investment if you like it.
Some people buying and hate it.
Any one who bought one and don't like it send me a PM, I'd be interested in buying it from you.
There are three little plastic parts thelat goes in where the cases go. Put the plastic piece in and tighten the cap until the case just slips in.
The primers go in a small plastic cup like thing that slide on to the tool. It needs to be pointed downwards.
I keep the other two plastic fittings in this plastic cup so they don't get lost.
It's a great little gadget that you can take outside AR the picnic table, sit on your couch, at the dining room table. Anywhere.
Cabelas sells it for $49.99.
I bought mine on eBay or Amazon, iliked it so much I bought an extra one just incase the one I am using breaks, I'll still be in business.
No more standing at the press to knock primers out.
I deprime my brass, wet tumble the brass, then resize, prime, and then load it up.
Any excess lube I just wipe the cases with a paper towel and call it good. .
If I were going to store the ammo for any length of time I think I would dry tumble it in probably corn cob media.
This tool is a good investment if you like it.
Some people buying and hate it.
Any one who bought one and don't like it send me a PM, I'd be interested in buying it from you.
thorswhisper
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No bench mounted Decapper units?
RMH
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I also have the Frankford Arsenal hand decapper. I have decapped over 60K pieces of brass with it and is still going strong. When it wears out, I will buy another one.
dh1633pm
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None that I am aware of. Some people get an older or smaller press and dedicate it to decapping. I just use the decapping die with my Co-Ax. Most I see out there are hand tools, unless you want to get into it big time.
FROGO207
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I have the Lee hand press and universal decapper. Tried that combo and went back to press mounted decapping. Just have a cheap dedicated single stage for this purpose.
rdnktrkr
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I use a Lee C press because it is open and easy to put the brass in and out, I've been looking at the Lee AP it looks like you can decap a lot of brass quickly
lgjhn
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[QUOTE="dh1633pm, post: 12192190, member: 96559”].... Some people get an older or smaller press and dedicate it to decapping....[/QUOTE]
That’s what I did. I took an old press, put a stout universal Mighty Armory Decapper in it, ran a piece of plastic hose to a 2-liter soda bottle from the spent primer catcher, put a brass kicker on it, and I have at it.
Once the momentum is built up, I can go thru a fairly good-sized pile of brass pretty darn fast.
That’s what I did. I took an old press, put a stout universal Mighty Armory Decapper in it, ran a piece of plastic hose to a 2-liter soda bottle from the spent primer catcher, put a brass kicker on it, and I have at it.
Once the momentum is built up, I can go thru a fairly good-sized pile of brass pretty darn fast.
Demi-human
maybe likes firearms a little bit…
The Lee APP press is what I use as a dedicated decapping machine.
Just as Lees videos show, as fast as one can pull the lever a case is deprimed.
I taped three of the holes shut on a Lee collator, then taped the Lee collator to the tube that feeds the press. Now I can fill it, shake and pull the handle as fast as I wish. A thousand cases in an evening is easy.
Highland Lofts
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I'm not a Richard Lee person, I'll stick with the way I do it.
JFrank
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I keep one in my box but I find the pin not self aligning with the flash hole time lost to frustration so I mainly de cap and resize with the FL die.
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RMH
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I load on an old Lyman All American, 4 hole turret press...and one is dedicated to a Lee universal de-caper...I tend to collect spent military brass, seeing how my friend's do not like the staked or crimped primer's...and the Lee de-caper allows me to remove those nasty little buggers with no hassle...so I would venture to say I have a bench mounted de-caper with plenty of leverage...
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