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RCBS Bullet Puller
calrugerfan
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I have the RCBS inertia, hammer like, bullet puller. I always have made a dummy round to check things out after I measure for gap from the lands. My problem is on the WSM and the WSSM. They don't fit, to fat. Is the there a fix to this or do I need a different puller.
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Added There are different designs for collets. I have the Forster style (it gets tighter when pulled on) the RCBS style gets looser when pulled on). For production pulling a collet style is the cats meow. Oh and if pulling military or other sealed ammo, setting the bullets a tad deeper first helps break the glue bond.
You can even pull bullets with just your press and a pair of slip-joint pliers in an emergency. Remove the die, run the round up through the top of the press and grip the bullet with the pliers held vertically. Lower the ram and the pliers will cam into the press hole exactly like a collet. CAUTION! this method can distort the top thread in the press if too much force is used. You can fix THAT by running a die in from below (upside down) until the die thread chase the press thread out.
I've used both kinds, and prefer the kinetic. I sold my RCBS collet puller.
But with kinetic, you lose the powder.
quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
I've used both kinds, and prefer the kinetic. I sold my RCBS collet puller.
But with kinetic, you lose the powder.
Not with any I've seen. In mine, the bullet and powder drop out into the body of the kinetic puller; you then dump this out in a dish, and lift the bullet out. The powder can be reclaimed.
quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
I've used both kinds, and prefer the kinetic. I sold my RCBS collet puller.
But with kinetic, you lose the powder.
Not with any I've seen. In mine, the bullet and powder drop out into the body of the kinetic puller; you then dump this out in a dish, and lift the bullet out. The powder can be reclaimed.
I never thought about reclaiming the powder. Hmmmm... either way, I think that a bullet puller would be a good tool to have.
I prefer the kinetic (rcbs) because I drop in a couple of the foam earplugs and this keeps from distorting the bullet points when they turn loose and I can also reclaim good undistorted bullets for reloading! When buying a kinetic I suggest buying a RCBS or a Hornady because they both have a lifetime warrenty on all! You can get the free aluminum hull holders or anything else that breaks. Some of the others brands will cost you half the cost of the whole thing just for the Hull holders. You can also reclaim the powder!
I use the collet type if I get into bullets that are really hard to pull and do not care much for saving the bullets! They collet types will distort the bullets, although I have test fired distorted bullets in hunting rifles and found that the group average would still be same at 100 yards, but I'm not at ease firing a distorted jacketed bullet down the bore of a good rifle!
quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
I've used both kinds, and prefer the kinetic. I sold my RCBS collet puller.
But with kinetic, you lose the powder.
We pulled about 300 9mm. a while back and didn't lose a grain.
A friend under charged them and we used two kinetic pullers.
i have bullet collets listed here on the gb site go to search under seller name shady grady
Sorry. I ordered them from midway two days ago. 45 and 44.