the other night I was working on a batch of 9mm

and I am about 50 from done and my more than 10 year old de-capping rod broke the pin and i bought those dies used from a co-worker who was going Dillon as his volume was getting to high.

>10K would be a fair estimate on how many rounds it loaded before breaking the $2.99 part

I was bummed I was done making ammo for a while

I went to look for the part online and hey all Lee pistol dies use the same de-capping rod so I borrowed the one from my 40 dies and back to making rounds

added a few to my Midway cart for next time free shipping comes around

When I broke a Lee decapping pin, I called Lee to order two more - a replacement and a spare for just-in-case. They gave me the replacement free of charge and only charged me for the extra one.

Lee Precision is a good company. It may not be the top of the line in quality, but it is an extremely good value for your money and their equipment gets the job done.

maybe I should have seen it coming the spring in my old style small safety prime went too weak about 2 weeks ago , I ordered the new style safety prime and started using it last week.

there was a deal to get a new style safety prime for half list price $15 plus but you had to fill out a form and mail yours in , Midway had free shipping that week and was at 25 for the safety prime. so called it a wash and had it in 3 days.