Harvey Deprimer

[Char-Gar]

Anybody have experience with the Harvey Deprimer? If so what are your opinions about the gizmo.

[Alvarez Kelly]

My brother has been using one for a few months now. He loves it. Even his 12 year old son can deprime brass while stting on the couch watching TV or visiting with the family. Easy to use. A little spendy, but it allows you to deprime almost anything, anywhere, without changing equipment.

[Kevin Rohrer]

I wonder how it works w/ crimped primers in military brass?

[DDriller]

Looks like it is pretty tough if it can punch through a dime.

[Kevin Rohrer]

But was that done by The Hulk, or can a normal person do it w/o having to pound the handle w/ Thor's hammer? Can you tell I like Marvel movies?

[GRUMPA]

Just by the tittle I thought someone had the next door neighbor named HARVEY depriming brass. Guess I'll have to do a search on that, I never heard of it before.

[DCM]

Whether it was hulk or not that is one tough decapping pin!!

[Alvarez Kelly]

My 12 year old nephew managed to bend the decap pin trying to deprime a berdan primed case... oops... Harvey replaced it free.

Good stuff. Web search "Harvey deprimer"

[Char-Gar]

I have done all of my depriming on Wilson base and punch sets for many years. The Harvey looks like a better way to deprime off the press. I will just have to quit being so cheap and order one. I gave up depriming and priming with the press many years ago. I do it all by hand. As you can guess, I am not into progressive presses.

[oldtoolsniper]

I know this is an old post but I have one of these and it will punch out the primers on .223 Crimped Military brass with little to no effort. You have to get the pin into the hole in the primer and it will remove the primer by squeezing between my thumb and one finger. The primer pops right out in your other hand or the trash if you point it that way. I use if for the initial prep on Military brass. I inspect each case and discard those with mangled rims or other problems that cause weapon malfunctions. It's not super fast but It works for me during my initial inspection of Military brass. I used to de-prime Military brass with an arbor press and wilson punch because I got sick of replacing pins in de-capping dies. I have done about 3000 rounds so far and not a hiccup.

It works as advertised and requires very little effort on the users part. It is solid aluminum and built to last. I would recommend this tool if you mess with crimped Military brass.

[BCB]

Just looked at it on the website...

How does the case align with the pin to push the primer out?...

Thank...BCB

[oldtoolsniper]

Unless the tip of the pin is inside the primer cup it won't close. You have to do about twenty or thirty cases and it becomes easy. I have managed to get it not right on a few cases and you can tell right away because it requires force past normal in the same way you get feedback from your press. In other words something does not feel right so stop.

The pin will fit into a 204 case and will also do my 45LC cases as well. In each situation you must get the pin or tip of the pin inside the primer cup.

I get buckets of mixed brass from a range I just deprime it all with no press or dies. I'll get .380 up to 300 win mag all in the same bucket and I deprime it all as I sort it. Not the fastest but I don't own a 357 sig, 300 win mag, or a bunch of others I run across and this tool does everything I have come across so far.

[oldtoolsniper]

This is a mess that comes from the range so a one size does all de-primer is nice to own. It even does the steel lacquer covered Russian garbage. I don't reload it but I had to see!

[Ickisrulz]

I am another happy owner of a Harvey Deprimer. I now deprime as I shoot in my backyard. It slows me down a bit and keeps my reloading area a little cleaner.

[mdi]

Did anyone notice this thread is about a year and a half old?

[Ickisrulz]

Did anyone notice this thread is about a year and a half old?

Sure. But the product is still being made and people still search for it. What's the problem with it being old?

[captaint]

Wow. Year and a half later and I still don't own one. I just can't decide why I need to use something other than the RockChucker ?? Hmmmmmm.

[Wizwheel]

Harvey works great for me, I can sort, inspect and deprime a bucket of random brass in my easy chair. Not a problem on Mil crimps either. They go from the harvey to SS cleaning, keeps the press clean.

[mdi]

Sure. But the product is still being made and people still search for it. What's the problem with it being old?

Normally a thread will "go to sleep" in a few weeks when form members lose interest. Very few get resurrected. Obviously no one around here was thinking about a Harvey deprimer. Did my comment offend you?..

[Ickisrulz]

Normally a thread will "go to sleep" in a few weeks when form members lose interest. Very few get resurrected. Obviously no one around here was thinking about a Harvey deprimer. Did my comment offend you?..

I got you thinking about it.