how do you de-prime?

I use a press mounted universal depriming die and tumble before sizing.

After sizing the cases are primed off the press using a old RCBS priming tool that give me better feel.
 
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I like depriming before cleaning because it dries faster. What I do now is I use my lee loadmaster with a case collator, with 2 decapping dies. Even if the loadmaster isn't exactly a great press, for decapping it works 100% because there isn't any resistance. Each pull is a decapped piece of brass. I can decap more than 1000/hour. Only thing to change for different caliber is the shellplate.

Before I bought the hornady that's now doing the actual reloading, I used my single stage press to decap. Was not too slow, but not massively fast like using the loadmaster with a collator.
 
Mr. Friendly said:
so you all use the press. any reason for that over a hand tool?
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I use a separate priming tool and haven't used the press for priming since 1973.

Hand tools are faster and give better feel when priming.

Below is the older type RCBS priming tool I use.

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I use the little Lee decapper tool and base for rifle. Not for any reason in particular, but I like reloading, and decapping is part of the whole process. I use a .22 rod with a small base turned up side down, and can be a bit fiddly, but the job gets done!
 
Lee universal decapping die on a Lee classic cast press. The primer catch system works reasonably well although I've taken to taping off the channel in the ram to prevent the odd primer from flying out into oblivion.
 
bigedp51 said:
I use a press mounted universal depriming die and tumble before sizing.

After sizing the cases are primed off the press using a old RCBS priming tool that give me better feel.
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That works best for me too, except that I use a Lee Ergo promer, after the one I had before that broke (after 15 years of use).

I tumble the brass wet, with stainless steel pins. Sometimes I dry tumble after that if the pistol brass isn't shiny enough.
 
I use a universal decapping die on my press as I wet tumble in stainless pins before annealing and sizing. I find with the primers out the pins can get in there and clean that primer pocket pretty well. Also, helps with drying.
 
I use a universal deprimer in a lee press also... again, it's because they dry faster if they've already been deprimed.

Depending on the "soot" level, I will sometimes resize at the same time to save a step. Depends if the brass is fairly clean to start... my dies are carbide, so I'm not afraid of grit
 
Universal de-prime Boxers on an old press and hand de-prime Berdan primers with RCBS Berdan hand tool.
Clean with water and ss pins, dry, then resize. Should add that if I leave a batch to water clean with pins for more than 2 hours, I don't put Lemi Shine it untill I can be there to check on it.
 
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I run cases through the tumbler for 30 mins to an hour just to knock any buildup off, then let the sizer do the decapping. Back into the tumbler to get any lube off and shine them up. Then load.
 
I tumble so no crap goes in my dies then de-prime & resize on my Dillon 550B. Then it's back in the tumbler for 10-15 to remove the case lube.
Primer seating is also done on my Dillon though lately I have been considering a hand held primer.
 
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Deprime my brass sitting on the couch watching netflix much to my wife's chagrin. Wish they made one that could fit my 50 bmg brass.
 
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