So I just bought a Lee Universal Decapping die to deprime about 1300 pieces of LC 5.56.
Works great except for the pin punching through the primer at times.
Thanks to CB, I knew what the issue was, the head of the pin is mushrooming.
A little file and or sandpaper work and it was good to go.
Until the next time.
Almost done with this batch of brass, but have had to file/sand the pin down at least 8 times. It just keeps getting deformed.
At first I was worried about making the pin too small, but as it kept happening I would try and round the head off even more.
Works for a while, but the pin just seems so soft that it just keeps deforming.
I seem to remember others having this issue and that a replacement pin from Lee might have fixed it, but I cannot find any of the original threads in this issue here.
I have found a company that makes a hardened steel pin, Squirrel daddy, $20 for 3 pins.
Almost twice as much for the replacement pin pack as I paid for the decapper in the first place.
Anyone else use the Squirrel Daddy pins?
Any other suggestions?