How to pull several hundred rounds

[ivanimal]

If you do plan to use your kinetic bullet puller, you can use the shell holder from your press instead of the 3-piece holder which makes it faster.

will be trying this!

[jwb28]

NICE. I was wondering about that. Also i could weight some bullets and brass and get a worst case/best case scenario....

That is not always a good way to tell. I've had case weight differences of 13gr in .223. Even the same brass with the same headstamp can be a few grains off.
It should show a double charge, but if your charge on a .38special is 2.7gr of BE?

The best route is to pull them if you have doubts about a powder charge. Yea it's a pain. But you won't KB your gun.

[AandO]

The Hornady Cam-Lok leaves zero marks vs the RCBS which leaves cut marks on some bullets.

I've pulled 1,000's of 308 bullets with both and IMHO the Hornady is the superior product.

My .02

[BajaJames83]

Whoa! Too much work. Take one apart, dump the powder and weigh the case and bullet.
Then weigh the complete rounds and look for the possible heavier ones.

DO NOT DO THIS!

The cases and bullets will vary in weight enough that you will not get a good reading. If it was a larger cartridge with over 15grs or so of powder then it would be easier to find ones without powder. But Pistol rounds the small charge will be difficult to detect.

[edgerly779]

I use a dillon kinetic puller I hit a wood block on concrete.

[bummer7]

I use a dillon kinetic puller I hit a wood block on concrete.

+1 on this method.

I have a 3 ft long chunk of 4x4 lumber left over from fixing a fence. the 4x4 is bolted to a section of 2x12 to keep it upright. This puts it at a comfortable height for me to whack the inertia puller on top of. works well as it usually only takes a whack or two to pop out bullets.

['ol shooter]

Beelzy's suggestion unfortunately does not work in practice, I tried it with .45 acp's. Way too much case/projectile variance even when using an electronic scale.

[sirgrumps]

I did that earlier during the beginning of the pandemic. I had a ammo can filled with some I was worried that I muffed up. No squibs (zero powder) and no double charges, thankfully, but yeah I had to do that with about 500+

[MarikinaMan]

Collett bullet puller, makes pretty good time when you get a rhythm

I had to pull about 75 one time, it made short work.

Yep, I like mine. I dont even know where my hammer style bullet puller is anymore.

[cavemanlrrp]

The Hornady Cam-Lok leaves zero marks vs the RCBS which leaves cut marks on some bullets.

I've pulled 1,000's of 308 bullets with both and IMHO the Hornady is the superior product.

My .02

+1 for the Hornady.

If you want to mess with it you can use vice grips with taped up jaws. Remove die from press, run shell up through hole, grip bullet just enough, lower ram and pull bullet.

Or just buy the Hornady.

Best
caveman

[orangeusa]

Collett bullet puller, makes pretty good time when you get a rhythm

I had to pull about 75 one time, it made short work.

This is my plan, thanks. I didnt know what a colllett was.

I KNEW there had to be a better solution than those stupid inertial pullers.

Thanks all !!!!!

[baih777]

+1 on this method.

I have a 3 ft long chunk of 4x4 lumber left over from fixing a fence. the 4x4 is bolted to a section of 2x12 to keep it upright. This puts it at a comfortable height for me to whack the inertia puller on top of. works well as it usually only takes a whack or two to pop out bullets.

This ^^^^^^^^ I do the same. Cut it long enough so you can sit down.

[orangeusa]

[QUOTE=Citadelgrad87;25333849]Collett bullet puller, makes pretty good time when you get a rhythm

I had to pull about 75 one time,

This looks like a good idea

https://grip-n-pull.com/

Im gonna order thrle grip and.pull. The demo sold itself and I can.do 44 Remmag, 45LC both.of whoch I.have.loaded lots of rounds.

[croue]

[newbie1234]

I had to pull more than 200 round 9mm and around 150 rounds of 38SPL, I used Hornady Cam Lock Bullet Puller https://www.hornady.com/reloading/pr...et-collets/#!/

I used it on Lee Single Stage and Lee Turret press, it's a breeze.