Removing Dillon Decapping Pin?

[Kirk Freeman]

So I bent the decapping pin on die #1 for .38.

I have replacement pins but the pin is not coming off the brass collar/retaining cap (if this is the term).

What is the trick to this? I found RCBS and other videos on you tube, but nothing on Dillon.

 

[Clay Pigeon]

On mine you remove the center pin and you use a Allen wrench on the top to hold the stem and a pair of plyers to unscrew the bottom that holds the pin inside of it.
If you understand that.

https://www.dillonprecision.com/docs/april-2015_dillon-die-instructions.pdf

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Do I do a good job of screwing up machinery or what?

Vise is ineffective, switching to fire.

 

[Clay Pigeon]

You seem to be hard on decaping pins, you might want to order a 30 pack.

I posted a PDF for you.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

On mine you remove the center pin and you use a Allen wrench on the top to hold the stem and a pair of plyers to unscrew the bottom that holds the pin inside of it.
If you understand that.

https://www.dillonprecision.com/docs/april-2015_dillon-die-instructions.pdf

Pin won't come out of the blankety-blank retaining cap.

 

[Clay Pigeon]

Use a small punch , nail or a new pin to tap it out with a hammer. Don't hurt your typing fingers.
The pin has a button head on it. Make sure you are driving it the correct way.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Use a small punch , nail or a new pin to tap it out with a hammer. Don't hurt your typing fingers.
The pin has a button head on it. Make sure you are driving it the correct way.

A valid concern when dealing with Freeman.

I really should hire myself out to gun companies to test their vaunted gear. Oh, your pistol is reliable? Well, let's just see about that now.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Decapping pin snapped in half and I pulled it from the collar with hemos.

Fire on the gas stove in the kitchen and two sets of channel locks.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I did not a fine job of screwing that pin up. It looks like "daal" in Arabic (like a right angle J).

 

[Clay Pigeon]

 

[chezuki]

You seem to be hard on decaping pins, you might want to order a 30 pack.

Or switch to a Lee die... I've punched through berdan primed steel cases with my Lee decapper. Only one I've ever broken was due to a piece of gravel stuck in the case.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Ok, back up and humming along. Loaded up 50 more before dinner break. I have now gone through 4lbs of powder (HP-38) loading up .38s this winter. That's 7K rounds and I am up a .50 can more than I had at the holidays and the boys and my bro burned through a BUNCH of ammo.

Thanks, Clay, for your advice.

For future reference, if anyone jacks up a decapping pin like I did so that the pin will not come out of the retaining collar, fire and 2 channel locks works magic.

 

[Clay Pigeon]

Or switch to a Lee die... I've punched through berdan primed steel cases with my Lee decapper. Only one I've ever broken was due to a piece of gravel stuck in the case.

Lee's will work, but they don't have the ease that Dillon has with a one clip removal for die disassembly. It's a great feature when seating lead pistol bullets and you need to clean the seater without readjusting the die.