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Hi-Wall56 Full Member Offline Posts: 204 Location: Banks of the Brazos River Joined: Feb 11^th, 2011	Simmons tool decapping pin Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 10:10am	Print Post
	Bought a Jerry Simmons re-decapper back in the '80's and finally broke the decapping pin. Can anyone tell me whose pins he used for his tools? Thanks, Hi-Wall56


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RSW Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1231 Location: Arizona Joined: Sep 8^th, 2006	Re: Simmons tool decapping pin Reply #1 - Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 10:42am	Print Post
	Lyman, as I recall.

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Hi-Wall56 Full Member Offline Posts: 204 Location: Banks of the Brazos River Joined: Feb 11^th, 2011	Re: Simmons tool decapping pin Reply #2 - Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 12:13pm	Print Post
	Thanks Randy


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4117 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Simmons tool decapping pin Reply #3 - Jul 24^th, 2021 at 2:03pm	Print Post
	Hi-Wall56 wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 10:10am: Bought a Jerry Simmons re-decapper back in the '80's and finally broke the decapping pin. Can anyone tell me whose pins he used for his tools? Thanks, Hi-Wall56 I believe Randy is right in all cases. Every Simmons tool I ever saw was equipped with Lyman pins. Jake was a creature of habit in many ways, and since he started out using the commonly available Lyman decapping pins, he would have had no reason to change. My shooting box has a tiny vial with about 3-6 replacement pins in it. Most experienced users of Jake’s tool kept at least one or two spares. I sure miss sitting on the tailgate of Jake’s old pickup at Beeson’s Range and solving the World’s problems. Froggie


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Simmons tool decapping pin Reply #4 - Jul 24^th, 2021 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	You brought up a very good point Froggy My Mos built 25-21 also used the Lyman Decapping Pin as its firing pin.

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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4117 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Simmons tool decapping pin Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2021 at 4:18pm	Print Post
	OTOH, the elegant Dave Arawinko tool uses hard to find RCBS pins with heads. They look like the Lyman but are slightly different. Also they should be shortened slightly to work best in Dave’s tool... but that brass tool is so very cool, it’s worth the extra effort. Does anyone know what the Cleave tool uses? Froggie


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