.303 British broke resizing die

[Slooshark1]

I prepped a bunch of .303 British cases yesterday afternoon and this morning I was getting ready to resize them. The first one that I put into the reloader was a Berdan primed case that I hadn't noticed and it snapped off my depriming pin. It's a set of Lyman dies. Does anyone know where I can get replacement pins? Do I have to order them from Lyman?

 

[sarge]

Did it break or just get pushed up?

 

[SKS50]

Most places that will carry the dies will carry the replacement pins as well,a 10 pack should only cost you a few dollars.

 

[Short Knife Johnson]

Oh that brings back memories. Until I did that (with .303 Brit no less), I had no idea that Berdan priming exsisted. Made a hell of a mess I did.

 

[Boomer]

I did the same thing last week with a Berdan primed .22-250 of all things. Be sure that you didn't bend the decapping rod, they are particularly weak where the expander button screws on. My problem was resolved with a call to RCBS and the nice lady wouldn't take any money even though I told her how the rod bent. Lyman has previously replaced things for me also.

 

[Kernalvax]

i did the same thing hehe, just give them a call

who knew PPU made .303 in both berdan and boxer priming

 

[leadslinger]

Try using the shank from a small drill bit.

 

[Ganderite]

Two kinds of reloaders:

Those that have.

Those that will.


Welcome to the club.

 

[b72471]

Broken depriming pin.

I have seen this so many times on here. In a pinch a finishing nail will work remove the head round the point. Order a set of new ones.
Bill

 

[grijim]

Had it happen with 308. Whole salesports used to carry them. I now am more carefull .

 

[Shootshellz]

The Lee decapping die is just the ticket. If it encounters a berdan primed case the one piece depriming rod 'rides up' in the collet. Just loosen the collet and reset the (unbroken) depriming rod. Simple, effective and inexpensive.

 

[Qhergt]

iv had that happen as well with a 303 case

 

[Slooshark1]

I just picked up 10 pins for $4.95 at The Shooter's Den today. Dennis had them in stock.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

The Lee decapping die is just the ticket. If it encounters a berdan primed case the one piece depriming rod 'rides up' in the collet. Just loosen the collet and reset the (unbroken) depriming rod. Simple, effective and inexpensive.

Lee
I had tightened the f**k out of my collet. When I accidentally put a berdan case in the Lee, it punched a hole through the case. Didn't even bend the depriming rod. Wouldn't try it again on purpose though.

RCBS
I broke the pin on my 303 Epps dies, and bent the decapping rod, using them to decap regular 303. RCBS replaced them free, and gave me extra pins to boot.

lyman
I simply ain't broke nothin' yet.