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If it does not hurt your feelings, I'll just IMAGINE IT at this point.
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See the attached photos. Tried to decap this 9mm from a batch of several thousand I recently purchased (1X-fired).
Decapping pin would not remove the primer. Headstamp says it's Lapua Finland. Are there some brass that CAN'T be reloaded like this? I'm glad I hadn't really clamped down on the sleeve that holds the decapping pin.
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. I only found it when I tried to decap and it drove the pin up in the die. That caught my attention!
You dodged a bullet there! My first berdan primed case broke the pin on a RCBS die... now I have a stock of extra decap pins. !
I wish I could say "no more" but with 13 die sets, and only two are carbide, At my age, it would be hard to justify replacing them.That's the same brand as my 9mm dies. I switched from RCBS (non-carbide) to Carbide Lee 4-Die Sets with the Factory Crimp Die. I love those. No more stuck brass and having to lube all my brass. I know, "opinions vary".
I found several brass rounds with red on the base. Not all were Berdan, though, since I was able to decap them with no problem.
You can also find a short steel or brass rod that will fit the case snugly, drill a hole in a block of wood for the case to nest in and drill a smaller hole in the center all the way through for water and the primer to escape.Simply install a expander die in the press, fill the case with water and run it up into the expander die.
I have found several S&B brass as well as some WCC, and WIN that had red-painted primers. The S&B and WCC seemed to be the toughest to decap, perhaps due to a smaller primer hole.Granted I don't have as much experience reloading as some here. Sellier & Bellot has had red on the case head. S&B is also extremely hard brass and you'll notice it in sizing. I have separated S&B from other more pliable brass because of that. 9mm , if you didn't know, is a very slightly tapered case so it feels different on the down stroke from true straight-wall cases, .38/.357, .45, .40 . etc.
The S&B and WCC seemed to be the toughest to decap, perhaps due to a smaller primer hole.
How lucky can a guy get?