A standalone decapping die holds a single pin that pushes the fired primer out through the flash hole, and nothing else. It does no resizing, so a handloader can decap dirty brass first, then wet or ultrasonic clean the cases and primer pockets before they ever touch a sizing die.

Keeping the steps separate protects the more expensive sizing die from the carbon and grit baked around a fired primer, and it lets the pockets be cleaned while they are open. It runs in any standard reloading press.

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