I have a small Lee press set up solely for de-capping with one of their "Universal De-capping Dies" in it. It doesn't touch the case walls, so no damage to the cases and I get to inspect the cases before they go into the tumbler.

Having the primer pocket empty allows at least some of the primer residue to be removed.

Ed

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