Primers
Quote from Reloader on March 8, 2011, 2:25 amI recently started having problems with my RL 1050. Periodically it will not eject the primer from the case which then gets pushed up into the primer pocket by the swage. I have the die set as low as it can go and have replaced the primer pin. I'm not sure but I think that the primer may be getting caught on the pin and gets pulled back up into the pocket. I have caught it a couple of times and I can get the primer off by just digging at it with my fingernail. Any ideas? It is a pain to have to watch to make sure the primer ejects every time and stop the process to pick the primer off of the case when it doesn't.
I recently started having problems with my RL 1050. Periodically it will not eject the primer from the case which then gets pushed up into the primer pocket by the swage. I have the die set as low as it can go and have replaced the primer pin. I'm not sure but I think that the primer may be getting caught on the pin and gets pulled back up into the pocket. I have caught it a couple of times and I can get the primer off by just digging at it with my fingernail. Any ideas? It is a pain to have to watch to make sure the primer ejects every time and stop the process to pick the primer off of the case when it doesn't.
Quote from Reloader on March 8, 2011, 3:44 pmuse sandpaper to round off any sharp edges on the end of the decapping pin, so primers won't stick to it.
use sandpaper to round off any sharp edges on the end of the decapping pin, so primers won't stick to it.
Quote from Reloader on March 19, 2011, 11:19 amThat seemed to do the trick. Ran 500 last night without any stuck primers. I did have 4 without primers for the first time. I will have to take a look at the rubber sleeve to see if it is in good shape.
Thank you for your assistance.
That seemed to do the trick. Ran 500 last night without any stuck primers. I did have 4 without primers for the first time. I will have to take a look at the rubber sleeve to see if it is in good shape.
Thank you for your assistance.
Quote from Reloader on May 12, 2011, 3:22 amI hear this complaint from a lot of people with different presses.
Always thought that making the pin head flat (rather than rounding) might make it less likely to lock into the primer anvil.
Personally, I deprime all my cases during sorting and before cleaning using a Lee Universal depriming die.
Using just 20/40 grit corn cob, I never have any grit stuck in cases or primer pockets and very seldom any thing in the flash hole. If there is a speck in the flash hole (a sliver of corn), it either falls out while handling or the depriming pin during sizing will knock it out.
Personal aside: I do not understand any need for any cleaning beyond a simply 1 hour tumble in corn (I used to use walnut, but the Dillon vibratory cleaner created huge clouds of walnut dust and I ended up picking packed walnut powder out of all my cases).
If there is ever a beauty contest for shiny brass, I know I would be non-competitive, but my guns don't complain.
I know that some company, but I don't remember who, makes their depriming studs in their sizing dies with a spring-load to "shoot off" any primers sticking to the depriming pin.
I hear this complaint from a lot of people with different presses.
Always thought that making the pin head flat (rather than rounding) might make it less likely to lock into the primer anvil.
Personally, I deprime all my cases during sorting and before cleaning using a Lee Universal depriming die.
Using just 20/40 grit corn cob, I never have any grit stuck in cases or primer pockets and very seldom any thing in the flash hole. If there is a speck in the flash hole (a sliver of corn), it either falls out while handling or the depriming pin during sizing will knock it out.
Personal aside: I do not understand any need for any cleaning beyond a simply 1 hour tumble in corn (I used to use walnut, but the Dillon vibratory cleaner created huge clouds of walnut dust and I ended up picking packed walnut powder out of all my cases).
If there is ever a beauty contest for shiny brass, I know I would be non-competitive, but my guns don't complain.
I know that some company, but I don't remember who, makes their depriming studs in their sizing dies with a spring-load to "shoot off" any primers sticking to the depriming pin.