I had a new problem today. I was resizing some once fired 300WM brass, and I broke 2 decapping pins. This is actually the first time I have ever broken one.
When the first pin broke, I figured maybe I didn't get the case in the shell holder all the way or something and was slightly out of alignment. I just chalked it up to an error on my part. I replaced the pin, set it to about 3/16" inch protruding from the die, and then proceeded to try again. When I hit the bottom of the stroke on the press, i heard a pop. The new pin broke. At this point, I scrapped the case, reinstalled another new pin, and everything went fine from there. I did run across one more case that was not wanting to let me push the primer out, so I scrapped it as well.
My question is, is it possible the hole from the primer pocket to the case was misaligned from the factory, where I was actually hitting the bottom of the case with the pin? This was once fired factory loaded ammo. Or is it possible the primer was so tight it just would budge?
When the first pin broke, I figured maybe I didn't get the case in the shell holder all the way or something and was slightly out of alignment. I just chalked it up to an error on my part. I replaced the pin, set it to about 3/16" inch protruding from the die, and then proceeded to try again. When I hit the bottom of the stroke on the press, i heard a pop. The new pin broke. At this point, I scrapped the case, reinstalled another new pin, and everything went fine from there. I did run across one more case that was not wanting to let me push the primer out, so I scrapped it as well.
My question is, is it possible the hole from the primer pocket to the case was misaligned from the factory, where I was actually hitting the bottom of the case with the pin? This was once fired factory loaded ammo. Or is it possible the primer was so tight it just would budge?