Im one of those wet tumbling weirdos that likes to deprime before cleaning.
So after decapping the 1200th case of 38 special, I was thinking there must be a faster way.
Using the progressive press setup with a universal decapping die, ‘decapping only’ is one of the lowest force requirements of the handle and press, yet you have to use the full stroke. This is kinda lame, kinda tiring.
Was thinking that a shorter stroke system trading mechanical advantage for reduced stroke combined with the casefeeder could be a viable solution. I mean on this old lee press it takes less than 45 degrees of lever to allow for case insertion, deprime, clearance and kick (I use a case kicket) so with linkages it could be reduced significantly and speed up case decapping.
Anything on the market that I may have missed? Is this a silly idea?
But haven’t had the time nor the inclination to make what would end up being a finger chopping machine. Or you could drop $5k - $7k on Dillon auto-drive add-on.
