Cheap press with a hollow ram?

[Randy Bohannon]

Gents,


im after a cheap press with a hollow ram to use as a dedicated decapper.

i have a RCBS rockchucker that is wonderful but I hTe having to clean abrasive primer grit from the grease on the ram after decapping, it feels like lapping paste...

Does the c frame Lee press have a hollow ram?

[grim_reaper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNf-lXAAQ7I

Skip to about 4.40

[Randy Bohannon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNf-lXAAQ7I

Skip to about 4.40

Cheers Grimmy, it seems the Lee press doesn't have a hollow ram after all.

i think the classic cast press does have a hollow ram, it's just a bit bulkier and more expensive than I would have wanted for a dedicated decapping press.

[pbranthwaite]

Thats what I use as a decapper with a universal die, the ram has a channel machined and unlike the video the primers are directed into the base of the press , not the best idea, but they are contained.

[Jamie]

Lee hand press has a cavity in the ram that catches primers, holds about 20 large iirc. Handy wee thing, I do nearly all my loading on one now.

[TALL]

how much is cheep,?

[bradaz11]

£25 when i bought one from kranks

http://leeprecision.com/reloader-press.html

[activeviii]

£25 when i bought one from kranks

http://leeprecision.com/reloader-press.html

This is what I use as my dirty press, only thing is the primers fall inside and fill up. I tape o er the hole and have a bin under the bench to catch the crud. I only use it with a universal decal die then brass goes into the ultra sonic then tumbled before I neck size, prime then its to the 3 stage preas

[bewsh]

i cant be arsed using a press for decapping

I just use a manual decapping pin from the lee loader now
whizz through a box of 200 cases in a few mins
do them at a rate of about 1 every 2 seconds!!