Hand strength issues/reloading win/win.

[Graybeard]

Since the subject of hand strength has popped up a couple of times lately, I thought I'd share this. I bought one of these because I use a SS media wet cleaning system on my empty brass. http://www.harveydeprimer.com/Home_Page.html For those that aren't familiar with this system, you have to deprime before tumbling.

Using it works like a hand strengthener. Added bonuses are depriming anywhere you feel like sitting and no primer crud in your press.

The price has gone up a little since I bought mine. It is a quality built tool that has lasted me many thousands of rounds without the need to replace the depriming rod.

[Bunny]

Great idea Graybeard!  I shall pick one up.
Thank you,

[sqlbullet]

Cool tool.

I just tumble mine with the primers still in the cases.  This reduces exposure to the toxic dust of combusted primers.  But, my primer pockets are not as clean.

Bottleneck cases get sized, trimmed and tumbled again before loading anyway, which cleans the pockets and gets rid of any burrs on the case mouth.

Pistol cases I don't care if the primer pockets are a little dingy.  I reloaded without any cleaning for many years.

[Kenk]

Nice, I need to look into something like this, Thanks!

[The_Shadow]

I mostly deprime on the press during sizing.  However I do have a couple of hardened hand ground tools that I use to tap out difficult crimped primers or unusually small off centered flash holes.  In the process of working with "range pick ups" I have found things that get inside of the casings.

Things found inside...wet and dry sand, dirt, small rocks.  Spiders and webs, other bugs.  Other smaller casings.  Cigarette butts, paper...etc.   

While many of these items come out easily some not so much, especially small bottle necked casings can be difficult.  Debris such as rocks or hard dirt can play havoc on depriming pins and ruin them.  The 357Sig brass from CCI/Speer have extremely small flash holes and have stuck depriming pins and even broken my LEE deprimer.

These hand deprimers do add a feel appeal during the process of depriming and can also aid in better inspections, should something not feel quite right.  This would also be beneficial to the dreaded "BERDAN Primered" cases....

Good call Graybeard!

[Graybeard]

You're welcome guys.

The dust issue and long term cost is why I use the SS media system. Just pour the filthy water down the drain after tumbling. Dawn dish soap and Lemishine are the only things to buy after the initial investment. The SS pins last forever, as long as you don't accidentally pour them down the drain.

Shadow is absolutely correct. The hand deprimer does lead to better case inspection and takes anything that can lock up a press out of the equation.