If I did not have a two Harvey Deprimers, I would get one or two. I like to buy things I like in twos. The Harvey Deprimers work great. This looks like a good tool as well.
If I did not have a two Harvey Deprimers, I would get one or two. I like to buy things I like in twos. The Harvey Deprimers work great. This looks like a good tool as well.
Lee deprime die needs a press. This can go anywhere. Now it is true you could use the lee hand press. But then it weighs more, takes more space, and if watching tv makes noise.
But that is the awesome thing about reloading tools.
Use what works for you. YMMV
Some of us also deprime before cleaning the cases because we wet tumble with stainless steel pins and those will clean the primer pocket if there is not a spent primer in it.
I decided to order this Platinum Series Hand Deprimer. Got it on Oct 1th.
Cons:
The first thing that I noticed right out of the box was the Mag Collet was defective. The base ring was incomplete and thus would not securely stay fastened to the units body where it's supposed to be stored.
The second thing I noticed was during the initial use. While doing 800 crimped 223R cases about 1 in 10 primers were not being captured when holding the unit horizontally. The remedy was simply aiming it towards my feet.
Pros:
Later I called the Battenfield number I found online and talk to a very pleasant gentleman. He took my name and address and is shipping me replacement collets. He also ask me how I like it. I told him about the spent primer containment problem. He said he would notify product development. It was nice to talk to a CS agent who, like RCBS and Dillon didn't flinch but just wanted to replace the defect and took interest in my comments. I got all 3 collets 4 days later.
Final appraisal:
I really like it. While doing the 223R cases my 70 year old hand and fingers got tired. For me this hand deprimer is easier and faster to use than the Harvey but no less fatiguing. It also doesn't pinch my fingers which the Harver sometime does.
The collet retainer cap occasionally needed to be loosened or tightened. No big deal but something I noticed.
I ended up wrapping the handle and the "trigger" with some tennis racket tape which help smooth out the grip. This didn't reduce the fatigue but it just didn't feel as abrasive to my old arthritic hands which made it easier to pop out the spent primers.
"An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out." Will Rogers
I've been using one for a year or more. Discarded the little cup for spent primers and just point it into a bucket. Did bend the decapping pin trying like all heck to decap a berdan-primed case, but just bent it back. Have done over 1,000 at a sitting, enough to get blisters, and am well past 15,000 total.
Have only used it on pistol brass.
Sounds like a pretty decent tool that a lot of folks enjoy using..
For my part, when it comes to decapping from the couch, I've opted for a Lee hand-held press with a Lee Universal decapping die.
Basic, solid all metal tools.
Bayou52
Bayou52
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Where do the spent primers go in those?
There is a small plastic cup that is press fit onto the front. It works, but it is small. I took it off and just point it into a coffee can that collects the primers. It takes a little planning to get the spent brass, spent primer and deprived brass containers in the right spots to minimize unnecessary movement.
I sorry. I should have specified that I was asking where the spent primers go in a Lee hand press. I have the Frankford Arsenal depriming tool.
The only thing I don't like about this method is that if you don't catch it in time the spent primers will jam up the shell holder (using the Lee hand press)
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