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Pulling bullets
- Thread starter 06shooter
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disseminator
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I use mine for fouler and load development.
06shooter - My inertia pulled ballistic tip bullets don't deform. About the only real damage I've seen is from the crimp on plated bullets. But, accuracy is a relative term. For a defensive shooter, looking at targets 7-25 yards away, accuracy will be different than someone shooting in 1000yrd matches. I'm loading "practice" loads primarily, so I use them again. Don't know that I would in a hunting pistol/rifle load.
603Country
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When I had a new barrel put on my 223, the new chamber was very snug. The reloads for barrel 1 would not chamber. I used the RCBS collet puller for a couple hundred 40 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips, and there was a ring around each bullet, about 1/3 down from the plastic tip. When I ‘reused’ them for barrel 2, the plan was that they’d be for plinking by the grandkids, but when I shot them they pretty much shot like new ones. There did seem to be a few flyers from time to time, and since some of the bullets had deeper collet puller rings, I assumed that was the reason (maybe).
When I use my inertia puller, I keep a wadded up Kleenex in the end, so bullet Tips don’t get deformed.
When I use my inertia puller, I keep a wadded up Kleenex in the end, so bullet Tips don’t get deformed.
When I use my inertia puller, I keep a wadded up Kleenex in the end, so bullet Tips don’t get deformed.
I used wadded up toilet paper for awhile then switched to one of those orange foam ear plugs. Works good and the powder doesn't get mixed up in the paper.
Sure Shot Mc Gee
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I wouldn't be to concerned seeing a lightly made tooling ring. Where I would be concerned is how much crimp round over or banding of brass was applied.
I've only removed bullets one way. Inertia pulled. To do it correctly without bullet tip damage a reloader has to watch his bullet pulling closely. Knowing when to shut down the forcible pounding it takes in getting a bullet to move forward in its cartridge brass is a major step in learning the tools operation. Its a technique one acquires over time with use. To this day I'm not always successful at second guessing a bullets OAL length & movement.
I've only removed bullets one way. Inertia pulled. To do it correctly without bullet tip damage a reloader has to watch his bullet pulling closely. Knowing when to shut down the forcible pounding it takes in getting a bullet to move forward in its cartridge brass is a major step in learning the tools operation. Its a technique one acquires over time with use. To this day I'm not always successful at second guessing a bullets OAL length & movement.
FrankenMauser
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The ring should be fine.
I've never had a problem with minor witness marks from pulling.
The Barnes XPBs that I had to drill and tap to remove, due to insane neck tension, though... They got scrapped.
(I already had an inertial puller and a Hornady collet puller, but bought an RCBS collet puller specifically to yank those bullets out ... because only RCBS offered .475" diameter at the time. And even then, the RCBS tool couldn't clamp hard enough to overcome the INSANE neck tension of those cases.)
I've never had a problem with minor witness marks from pulling.
The Barnes XPBs that I had to drill and tap to remove, due to insane neck tension, though... They got scrapped.
(I already had an inertial puller and a Hornady collet puller, but bought an RCBS collet puller specifically to yank those bullets out ... because only RCBS offered .475" diameter at the time. And even then, the RCBS tool couldn't clamp hard enough to overcome the INSANE neck tension of those cases.)
Yosemite Steve
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Glad to know about the ear plugs. I have been using cotton balls.
Plus 1 on Dufus' post #14
Though I haven't had to use it often, I have a Frankford Arsenal impact/kinetic bullet puller (pretty much like a light blue instead of the green RCBS one; cheaper, too). I, too, use just a lightly wadded up piece of tissue or paper towel to catch the bullet and powder and it works well for me (I WILL remember the ear plug deal mentioned here; thanks!).
You can also watch as the bullet gets near expulsion through the transparent puller case, so you can tap more gently as that's about to happen, saving a bit more trauma to the bullet. I've never noticed any damage to bullets using one of these pullers; never had to pull one crimped bullet, yet, but I would imagine it's a bit harder on the case than the bullet (IMO). Just no problems with the impact puller as I need it; no worries using the bullets over, either.
Having a bullet puller is as needful a piece of reloading equipment as is the stuck case removal kit. "Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it." (Cpt. Call, Lonesome Dove)
Though I haven't had to use it often, I have a Frankford Arsenal impact/kinetic bullet puller (pretty much like a light blue instead of the green RCBS one; cheaper, too). I, too, use just a lightly wadded up piece of tissue or paper towel to catch the bullet and powder and it works well for me (I WILL remember the ear plug deal mentioned here; thanks!).
You can also watch as the bullet gets near expulsion through the transparent puller case, so you can tap more gently as that's about to happen, saving a bit more trauma to the bullet. I've never noticed any damage to bullets using one of these pullers; never had to pull one crimped bullet, yet, but I would imagine it's a bit harder on the case than the bullet (IMO). Just no problems with the impact puller as I need it; no worries using the bullets over, either.
Having a bullet puller is as needful a piece of reloading equipment as is the stuck case removal kit. "Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it." (Cpt. Call, Lonesome Dove)