Nick,500 is a lot. The Quinetics puller is the hammer style I would recommend because of the modified gripping collets available for it. However, the factory shows them to be currently out of stock. And that's OK because hammer-pulling 500 would be a good bit of work over several sessions. The plus will be no bullet distortion, so you can re-use them as they come out of the puller.
On the other hand, with 45 Auto, you probably don't have any sort of roll crimp on the cartridge cases, so the bullets may be relatively easy to pull with a collet, and for a volume of them, the only collet puller to bother with, IMHO, is the Hornady Cam Lock puller. It is way, way faster, and easier to use than the T-handle style collet pullers sold by RCBS, Forster, and others. The only issue will be, what diameter collet to get with it? If you have a full-diameter portion of the bullet to grasp, as with some RN projectiles, then get a collet that is 0.45 in diameter. But if there is a shoulder on the bullet that starts a very short distance from the case mouth, measure the diameter at that location and call Hornady and see what collet they recommend for grasping that stepped-inward diameter.
44amp,The Lyman "orange hammer" will do the job just fine. Nothing extra needed.
I've pulled 400 7.62 NATO ball with one so I'm sure you won't have any problems if you follow the instructions and use a good solid surface. I used the top of a COLD wood stove, and things worked fine.
Alternately, you could try running (a few to see) those rounds into a taper crimp die and see if that would size them enough to chamber in your pistol.
No need to bother with the press mounted collet type pullets, the RCBS one I have doesn't work for spit, with lead bullets and only "meh" with jacketed ones.
The Lyman "hammer" works great!
and its not very expensive.
FOR THE OP:If its loaded too hot,....
I have a 460 rowland kit and shoot 460 all the time. His loads feels like shooting the 460 or basically shooting a 45 super.FOR THE OP:
- Are they in fact too hot?
- ...and if so, by how much?
It is worth a shot, but may not work for your application, depending upon the bullet profile. It doesn't do well at all with certain styles of lead bullets.I will order the cam bullet puller.
The 45 ACP, 308/7.62, 30-06, 7MM-08 and all other cartridges based on 308 or 30-06 (243, 270, 25-06, 358, etc.) all also use that shell holder/plate platorm.
In my Lee loading Manual the starting charge and max charge are both 4 grains of bullseye for that bullet which I found interesting." was trying 4 grains of Bulleyes behind a 230gn LRN bullet and shot amazing in my 1911."
I'm not surprised. The original 1911 load for the .45 ACP was 5/0 gr. bullseye and 230 gr. round nosed bullet. I still have fo mark FA 17 and the 2o round box is marked, "Loaded with Bullseye powder." I run 5.0 gr. Bullseye with a 230 gr. Cast round nose bullet and a 200 gr. SWC with 5.0 gr. of Unique. Both loads are accurate in my ColtCommander.
Paul B.
In my Lee loading Manual....