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newfalguy101:
crimped primers can be a real bear to de-cap, I don't recall breaking any pins, but, have managed to punch the pin through more than one, and I have had the pin slide up the shaft ( I use Hornady dies )

Chris C:
I must have lucked out with the 1k pieces of .308 LC brass I bought from a forum member on here about a year ago because using the same die set punched right through those with no problem.  The last two times processing .308 brass have kicked my die set's butt!  LOL 

You bring up a point that a friend did about not tightening the pin down so much that it won't move.  I guess at least at that point it will push up instead of breaking.  The other thing he suggested was slowing down when depriming but don't see how that would help since like I said did 1k of Lake City w/o a problem.  This stuff is the white 100 round boxs of Atomic ammo you can get at Cabelas or whatever FC brass is.... 

noylj:
This may not apply, but I use a Lee Universal Decapping Die for all my depriming needs.
I start with the collet slightly loose and run a case into it. While the pin in aligned with and in the flash hole, I tighten the collet TIGHT.
So many problems are taken care of by aligning and locking dies with the case/round in the die.

Chris C:

--- Quote from: noylj on August 19, 2014, 12:42:52 PM ---This may not apply, but I use a Lee Universal Decapping Die for all my depriming needs.
I start with the collet slightly loose and run a case into it. While the pin in aligned with and in the flash hole, I tighten the collet TIGHT.
So many problems are taken care of by aligning and locking dies with the case/round in the die.

--- End quote ---

Thanks for the tip.  I will try it next time. 

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