Okay, I gotta ask

[orangeusa]

Anybody ever heard of a round going off with an inertial puller ?

It HAS to be an impossibility, or they wouldn't sell them.

(That doesn't stop me from flinching just a little bit... )

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[Cowboy T]

Nope, I've never heard of that happening. You've got to strike the primer for the round to go off.

[TAS]

Never heard of it happening but it certainly crossed my mind when using it. I used mine for the occasional round over the years but then I got a batch (100 or so) of 9mm I had to dissemble. I picked up an RCBS bullet puller and haven’t looked back! Well worth the investment.

[Spyder]

I can't think of how it even would happen.

[Spyder]

Ok never mind. I suppose someone could hit a rock in the back yard primer side down, instead of tip of hammer side down, and blow the thing up.

Don't do that, and I don't see how it could even happen.

[desertrider]

Anybody ever heard of a round going off with an inertial puller ?

It HAS to be an impossibility, or they wouldn't sell them.

(That doesn't stop me from flinching just a little bit... )

.

I asked this same question several months ago. Only difference is I needed to pull a few live rounds with dud primers.

Man, I was bangin' that hammer like an ape on meth to get a couple of the rounds apart. No problems.

Have at it.

[orangeusa]

I got a "grip and pull" puller and it just doesn't work well with pistol rounds. Esp, 45ACP. It just can't grip well.

So, yeah, paying my dues for making ammo too fast and while I was stupider. That's okay, I have time, lol.

I had some really weak rounds and some hot ones, made.me realize, just redo them.

[bruce381]

maybe a rim fire only but never heard of it

[JackEllis]

Even if you managed to strike the primer and set the round off, remember it's not in a sealed tube so the worst thing that could happen is you get hit with the equivalent of a paintball. I'd wear eye protection but otherwise in the extremely unlikely event a primer did go off you might end up with a bad bruise, but more likely just a bruise.

I don't have the link handy but SAAMI put together a video for firefighters that shows what happens when ammunition cooks off in a fire. It's interesting, and a lot less dramatic than I would have believed. Not at all like the movies.

[bergmen]

I got a collet puller set and have not used an inertial puller since.

Dan

[orangeusa]

maybe a rim fire only but never heard of it

Probably wouldn't be pulling a rim fire, lol.

[orangeusa]

I got a collet puller set and have not used an inertial puller since.

Dan

The "grip and pull" was not a winner. I looked at collect killers and no one has the collets in stock. I'd need a full range for pistol tho...

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[3fcattle]

[TomReloaded]

You need to push the top of the primer into the built in anvil, and hard and fast. The anvil is protected inside of the brass, so it's pretty accident proof in an inertia puller. There's just no way to put force between the untouched outside of the primer and the anvil.

I recently got a progressive, and now me and the inertia puller are certainly more aquatinted.

[divingin]

Anybody ever heard of a round going off with an inertial puller ?

It HAS to be an impossibility, or they wouldn't sell them.

(That doesn't stop me from flinching just a little bit... )

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Yes. It's happened twice to someone I know.

I don't know details (technique-wise.)

I use a 1 foot section of 4x4 lumber stood on end as an anvil. I don't use concrete or metal (not for fear of detonation, rather for fear of breaking yet another intertial puller...)