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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Oct 28^th, 2024 at 2:47pm	Print Post
	I bought this re-decapper off of eBay and received it today. It is marked 'Handy Dandy" Alamogordo N.M. Based on the eBay photos I was hoping it took RCBS shell Holders, but nope. Ay least it is 32-40/38-55 so will work for what I shoot. Unfortunately the part that pushes up to seat the primer is missing. Also you it is a but awkward to deprime as you have to pull the lever away from the body. I don't suppose that anyone has one of these and can post a photo of the internal parts. Jack

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17262 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #1 - Oct 28^th, 2024 at 3:21pm	Print Post
	Wonder if RCBS shell holders could be adapted somehow to alter them to fit and work?

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #2 - Oct 28^th, 2024 at 3:46pm	Print Post
	That top piece with the shell holder slot could be remade to tale RCBS ones. I have made 2 copies of the Weber one I got with my 25 Hornet that take the RCBS ones.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #3 - Oct 28^th, 2024 at 3:55pm	Print Post
	Actually RCBS shell holders will fit in the body and the set screw that holds the original top piece in will hold a standard shell holder. I just need to make a piece that fits in the body and allows the use of standard RCBS primer pusher shafts. That will be simple I believe and would just drop in with a spring that will be compresses by the shell holder. One more project for the procrastination shelf

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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 835 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #4 - Oct 28^th, 2024 at 5:39pm	Print Post
	Good project for you Jack....keep you outa trouble.....

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Kurt_701 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1029 Location: Missouri Joined: May 20^th, 2004	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #5 - Oct 28^th, 2024 at 5:43pm	Print Post
	I recognize the shellholder as a Lyman X shellholder for a Lyman All American Pressas shown in picture 1.The X shellholder , the adapter for X to J shellholders, and the priming punch are shown in 2. Hope it helps.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #6 - Oct 28^th, 2024 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	Perfect Kurt. Finding those parts would make this simpler. Thanks

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Kurt_701 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1029 Location: Missouri Joined: May 20^th, 2004	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #7 - Oct 29^th, 2024 at 11:15am	Print Post
	These parts are available at Midway.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #8 - Oct 29^th, 2024 at 12:51pm	Print Post
	Thanks I found some parts on eBay as well. My question is whether the priming punch works with the adapter. It seems to me that it would need to be longer. I will have to study the photos closer. Thanks

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #9 - Oct 29^th, 2024 at 1:39pm	Print Post
	Reading closer, It looks like the punch IS for the adapter. Thanks

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #10 - Oct 29^th, 2024 at 1:59pm	Print Post
	I went ahead and ordered those parts from Midway. I will still need to figure out a spring. Thanks

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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4132 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #11 - Oct 29^th, 2024 at 9:42pm	Print Post
	I saw that tool or one just like it on flea Bay. It looked a little too unwieldy to me. There was also one that looked like it may have been from Jake Simmons, but it looked like it was going to go too high for me to get as a spare. One small correction… that is a Lyman J-type shell holder and they called their “Universal” shell holders X-type. If that unit takes the original style Lyman primer stem, it’s been long discontinued by Lyman but shows up frequently on everybody’s favorite auction site. If you get the Lyman SH adaptor And priming stem, you may or may not be able to install it without alterations. It is an interesting tool, but at my age, I don’t need another project to start on. Froggie


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3391 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #12 - Oct 29^th, 2024 at 10:21pm	Print Post
	That is the eBay one you saw. I looked like it took standard shell holders from the photo so I took a gamble on it. I shouldn't be too hard to make it work with the two Midway item I bought. I'll call this eBay purchase an "OK". I get a few that are "WOW" and the occasional "WTF!"

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3819 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #13 - Oct 30^th, 2024 at 9:46am	Print Post
	Does WTF stand for 'what's this for?' If some other meaning, please explain.


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Pentz Senior Forum Member Offline Funf und Zwanzig mit den Hut Posts: 435 Location: Vancouver, WA Joined: Sep 4^th, 2014	Re: Not necessarily so Handy Dandy Reply #14 - Oct 30^th, 2024 at 10:15am	Print Post
	"what the (f bomb)"

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