Pulled bullets. How done w/o damage?
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jmorris
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Nope, but this is "The High Road" a few years ago someone asked what it means and this was a good answer.
Decorum can be maintained even if you dissagree.
You could try focusing on helping the OP (not dude) instead of being argumentative. If you feel the need for more information to help the OP answer his question ask him, he might not know what "all the information" is.
The focus on military bullets I will assume came from this part of the first post.
jcwit
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Good Post jmorris.
Bingo!
Bingo!
BigN
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Without causing any more problems here, I like to use a Lyman hammer-type puller, although I can see when there is a lot of rounds involved it could be very tedious. Works great but I've never used a collet-type puller.
REL1203
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I just recently got the RCBS Collet bullet Puller after breaking my 2nd Connetic RSBC puller, and pulled 75 40S&W plated Berry Bullets, out of the 70, only 1 had damage done to it and i toss that one, the rest were fine, and it went super easy and super smooth, the trick is to find just the right amount of force to put onto the bullet not to hurt it... Best $30 I ever spent for those 2 parts.
jcwit
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Regarding those RCBS pullers if you break one, remember RCBS has a no questions asked guarantee. And an 800 number to use it.
amlevin
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Ran across this statement on a "Pulled bullet" site. The vendor stated that the bullets were "air pulled" and had no marks or damage.
Can anyone enlighten me on this process?????
For my bullet pulling tasks I use a Forster Collet puller. If there's any damage to the bullet, I sure can't see it and the shoot just like the brand new ones.
Can anyone enlighten me on this process?????
For my bullet pulling tasks I use a Forster Collet puller. If there's any damage to the bullet, I sure can't see it and the shoot just like the brand new ones.
medalguy
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OP asked how resellers pull bullets without damaging them. That's the original post.
When military ammo was declared surplus, it used to be sold to scrap dealers to salvage the components which they were free to resell to offset the cost to the government of destroying the ammunition. The bullets were pulled, powder salvaged, and brass either scrapped or resold as were all the other components with the exception of large calilber rounds and explosive shells. Sadly surplus ammo is no longer broken down but all of it has to be burned or deep water dumped. What a shame.
In a large commercial operation, the ammo is broken down on automatic equipment. Kinetic pullers would take far too long, so collet pullers were generally used. Most of these would grasp the bullet, slightly drive it deeper into the case to break the waterproof seal in the neck, then pull the bullet out.
I'm not familiar with "air pulled" unless that might refer to a vacuum puller? Someone else will have to comment on that.
Personally I have purchased many thousands of pulled rifle bullets and reloaded them. They may have some slight damage to the bullet, possibly a nick in the jacket, but for my purposes they work just fine. I'm not striving for maximum accuracy with these bullets. Leet's just say "accuracy through volume" shall we?
I have never seen handgun bullets offered for surplus sale.
If you are wanting information on how to pull your own bullets without damage, I think that's already been covered ad nauseum.
YMMV.
When military ammo was declared surplus, it used to be sold to scrap dealers to salvage the components which they were free to resell to offset the cost to the government of destroying the ammunition. The bullets were pulled, powder salvaged, and brass either scrapped or resold as were all the other components with the exception of large calilber rounds and explosive shells. Sadly surplus ammo is no longer broken down but all of it has to be burned or deep water dumped. What a shame.
In a large commercial operation, the ammo is broken down on automatic equipment. Kinetic pullers would take far too long, so collet pullers were generally used. Most of these would grasp the bullet, slightly drive it deeper into the case to break the waterproof seal in the neck, then pull the bullet out.
I'm not familiar with "air pulled" unless that might refer to a vacuum puller? Someone else will have to comment on that.
Personally I have purchased many thousands of pulled rifle bullets and reloaded them. They may have some slight damage to the bullet, possibly a nick in the jacket, but for my purposes they work just fine. I'm not striving for maximum accuracy with these bullets. Leet's just say "accuracy through volume" shall we?
I have never seen handgun bullets offered for surplus sale.
If you are wanting information on how to pull your own bullets without damage, I think that's already been covered ad nauseum.
YMMV.
jcwit
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medalguy, I think you have hit the nail on the head as to what the orginal OP wanted to know and as to what he was talking about.
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