Scotch_egg Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 I have been using a generic lyman die for depriming on my press, has anyone got experience of one of these Frankford Arsenal Platinum Series Handheld Depriming Tool - Brownells UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webley Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Currently I am in the process of acquiring my reloading kit so this from the point of view of a total newbie. I have deprimed .44mag, .303 and .308 with mine. Probably 400 ish cases so far. It works well, I have managed to knock the clear plastic tube off once or twice spilling spent primers, but that is user error really. It will wear on your hand after a while. The grips are not bad but ridged metal does fatigue your palm near the thumb. I tend to do 20-30 then leave it for a bit. I will probably wrap the grips at some point. The odd case needs two hands to pop the primer out, but generally it has enough leverage. I think I paid less than the brownells link from spud reloading when it was on sale, but that has gone up since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoppe Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 I have not got one of these but here is my thoughts. Maybe fine for de-priming in front of the tv. I use the lee depriming die. You can rattle through HEAPS of cases in no time at all. It must be one of the quickest steps to be carried when reloading. Keep your money unless you want to watch the tv at the same time. It looks like ,given time, bits will wear out on this tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_egg Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 Thank you for your thoughts both of you. Quite interesting what you say about de-priming in front of the TV. I am currently loading from a temporary location and being able to load anywhere is necessary. Be that in front of the TV or on the kitchen table. The idea of finger fatigue has put me right off, to be honest. I load batches at a time and only doing 20-30 before feeling discomfort doesn't sound like it will work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoppe Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 I agree with the finger fatigue thing. I normally load in batchs of 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy W Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 I de-prime batches of hundreds at a time. I found the best and most time efficient way is the LEE APP Press. It's simple once you get it set up and just batch lube, then crack on. You can deprime hundreds of cases an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 I'd imagine that gun looking deprimer would soon make your hand/wrist ache.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellboy Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 21 minutes ago, No i deer said: I'd imagine that gun looking deprimer would soon make your hand/wrist ache.. 100 at a times not too bad while watching the tv . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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