Lapua 6.5 creedmoor using small primers - ok to drill out flash hole to help with removal?

[LostInTranslation]

My current primer removal pin (Lee) does not fit through small Lapua's flash hole. Somebody suggested drilling it out a bit. I prefer to have similar setup for all brass. I read about making primer removal pin smaller as well.

Thoughts?

 

[david walter]

Put it in a drill, lay a flat file on the pin as you rotate, file carefully until it’s the right diameter, 0.057” ish.

way easier than modifying all the cases.

 

[KnowNothing256]

Put it in a drill, lay a flat file on the pin as you rotate, file carefully until it’s the right diameter, 0.057” ish.

way easier than modifying all the cases.

+1 to this, mostly; I used sandpaper and pinched the pin between my fingers while I spun it in the drill.

Don’t ream out the flash holes, absolutely just sand down the pin.

 

[NORCAL50]

^^

 

[spife7980]

I just spent 25 bucks on the Redding decapper that comes with the small pin instead of messing with it.

 

[Jcaplinger199]

I got the Redding decapping die as well. It works. I think it cost me $18

 

[Downtown]

Much easier to modify or buy a smaller decapping pin. Not all all hard to find.

 

[Baron23]

Not trying to be free w other’s money, but buying a small pins are rather inexpensive, no?

 

[DJ 480]

Not trying to be free w other’s money, but buying a small pins are rather inexpensive, no?

Mighty armory decap die with small pin for lapua brass. Never look back.

 

[KnowNothing256]

Not trying to be free w other’s money, but buying a small pins are rather inexpensive, no?

Sandpaper is faster and even cheaper, FWIW.

ETA: Still, it’s absolutely worth having a spare pin around. Real bummer to have your whole reloading session grind to a halt due to a $10 part with a lead time in days or weeks. Many LGS’s don’t carry spare pins, esp for whatever specific die you have.

 

[DJ 480]

Sandpaper is faster and even cheaper, FWIW.

ETA: Still, it’s absolutely worth having a spare pin around. Real bummer to have your whole reloading session grind to a halt due to a $10 part with a lead time in days or weeks. Many LGS’s don’t carry spare pins, esp for whatever specific die you have.

Exactly! Nothing more frustrating then a having to stop loading because you are out decap pins. Or waiting for them to deliver.

 

[Raffy]

I just barely reduced the size of my lee decapping pin last week for my 6 creedmoor lapua brass (small flash hole) using my hand drill and a file. It was really easy and not counting the time it took to look at the thing as the progress was made it took all of 20 minutes. 40 minutes if your overly cautious like I was. The only thing was I needed to use filing motions as it spun on the drill to get it to move along. If I set the file on the rotating pin without filing as I spun it didnt hardly do anything. Get some metal off the pin by filing/spinning and then get something to smooth the rough scrapes from the file down. I just used my same file with varying (reduced) pressure on the pin with more movement up and down the length of the business end of the pin and it smoothed the file marks right out with no issues whatsoever. It was super easy. Don't bore out your flash holes!

 

[346ci]

Mighty armory decap die with small pin for lapua brass. Never look back.

Is there a specific model I need for the srp 6.5x47 lapua brass?

 

[Dead Eye Dick]

I went through the process to get a Redding decapping die with the small decapping pin. Just for giggles, I tried my Redding FL resizing die, and the pin went though the Lapua flash hole and never touched. go figure

 

[DJ 480]

Is there a specific model I need for the srp 6.5x47 lapua brass?

No not a specific model. Just the .057 small flash hole pin they sell.

 

[GONE BAD]

No not a specific model. Just the .57 small flash hole pin they sell.

I think you need to edit your post to .057

 

[DJ 480]

I think you need to edit your post to .057

Hahah you right. Worlds biggest flash hole size