Bullet seated too deep

[eth727]

I seated my 1st bullet too deep. Is there a way to safely remove it and reseat it again with it being charged?
thanks

[devster55]

Bullet puller. Pull it our a little then read seat and crimp it

[Enfield47]

Just pop it in your kinetic bullet puller and give a good whack or two and reseat the bullet to the proper depth.

[sunborder]

Kinetic bullet puller = specialty tool that looks like a plastic hammer. Every reloader should have one for fixing mistakes.

The bullet goes into the collet inside, you screw it closed, then whack it on a tree stump, wooden 4x4 post, workbench corner, or similar hard, yet forgiving surface. Start gently, then go a little harder each time until you see the bullet start to creep out a bit. It will take quite a bit of force, but you want to experiment until you get a feel for it. If you whack it too hard, the bullet will come out, and you will have to decide whether or not to try and salvage the powder (if there is powder left from a previous round, you might end up mixing in a bit of a different powder...and kaboom!). You WILL have to re-weigh your powder charge if the bullet comes all the way out. Most have a piece of felt or something in the bottom to catch the bullet and prevent bullet deformation.

Depending on what the bullet is made from, and what you intend to use it for, you could very gently use a pair of plies fitted into your reloading press instead of a die (insert plier head from the top), clamp down on the bullet with the pliers in one hand, and pull the case off of the bullet using your press's handle in the other hand. This will only work with a fairly hard bullet (FMJ, surplus pulled bullets ok, no soft lead/varmint rounds with a thin jacket), and I would never do it for something I was planning to shoot for any kind of accuracy. For plinking ammo or for short-range drills, it would be fine. Yes, I have done it before, when my kinetic puller was out of action, but it is not, by any means, ideal.

[Sancho]

RCBS bullet puller is great! You will encounter in your reloading life a situation that you have to reject and pull 100 bullets from reloaded ammo. Kinetic bullet puller I think is not fit for this job. Of course you must have the Lee C single stage for this.

[Divernhunter]

^^^ Do not have to have the lee C press. Any brand press works. I have RCBS Jr and Rockchucker presses and a Hornady press I use with my RCBS collet puller.

[Jeff213]

Hornady collet bullet puller works nice too. For cast bullets i just pull thm with pliers and remelt them usually.

[Hunter57dor]

I use the frankford arsenal bullet puller for my rejects, i don't make too many of them. (have learned to be extra careful.)

i just throw all the rejects in a bin marked thusly, and pull them all when i feel like working out my frustration

I don't worry too much about the powder. its not that expensive to throw out one or two charges worth.

primed brass gets thrown back into the production line, as does the bullet. new powder goes in it.

[MountainFF]

If your worried about mixing a couple powders when you pull projectiles, spread that powder on your lawn or plants or what ever. But work up to it safely too much could be bad....bulging blades of grass or flattened rose petals could be signs of over pressure.

[nahpungnome]

I really like my rcbs collet puller, no spilled powder

[toby]

Keep it as a reminder.

[sunborder]

Hell no! What if someone else tries to load it and fire it. That round is a safety hazard.

[sunborder]

primed brass gets thrown back into the production line, as does the bullet. new powder goes in it.

Depending on your setup and process, that could work, but if you've given that brass a solid crimp, it might not take a bullet as easily and shave off some lead/copper. If you have an expander ball without a decapping pin, you could run it through that first. For pistol ammo it probably wouldn't matter, but for precision rifle, I would be hesitant to do that.

[Hunter57dor]

Depending on your setup and process, that could work, but if you've given that brass a solid crimp, it might not take a bullet as easily and shave off some lead/copper. If you have an expander ball without a decapping pin, you could run it through that first. For pistol ammo it probably wouldn't matter, but for precision rifle, I would be hesitant to do that.

I don't crimp a round if i mess up and seat too deep. every single round gets measured before moving on to my crimp die. and the bullet seat die doesn't crimp much at all. so far, no issues with shaving.