I'm not sure how large a "good quantity" is, but I had a friend come over this weekend and we pulled about 300 9mm bullets in about 20 minutes...that included showing him how to set it up and setting him up to collect/separate the cases, bullets, and powder into different containersI have a good quantity of rifle bullets
I've found that reloading instructions are about as useful as the old manuals that used to come with PCs ...if you remember these, you're officially oldThe instructions are pure crap.
Looks great to me. I'll likely be buying one soon. I appreciate the fact that they chose to make them 100% in the USA. I realize it's not electronics and components that are nearly impossible to make in the US, but they still chose to use American Steel instead of cheap chinese steel. It is also one of those things that made me wonder how people have reloaded metallic cartridges for 200 years and it wasn't made till now. It looks pretty simple to make and that is just the kind of thing I would normally do. But I think in this case, I'm going to spend double what it would cost to make myself, but I'm going to be supporting an American small business that's trying to carve out a nice little niche in the market. I want to see a company like that succeed.Grip-N-Pull. I made a DIY one and works well!
https://grip-n-pull.com/products/st...QSgRsnnYy8UcAPgx_pruR-PvJSQPTIIkaAh6pEALw_wcB
I did see where they are made in the USA, but I didn't see where they claim to only use American steel. Was that on their site somewhere?I appreciate the fact that they chose to make them 100% in the USA. I realize it's not electronics and components that are nearly impossible to make in the US, but they still chose to use American Steel instead of cheap chinese steel.
No, but i believe it did say made in entirely in the USA. Admittedly, I was just assuming that from that statement. If they were using foreign steel, then doing all the machining, packaging, etc here, I would still want to support them as the alternative would likely be made 100% in China. Im impressed either way, I'm WOWed If my assumption is correct that made 100% in the USA or entirely in the USA, whatever it was means using US steel as well.I did see where they are made in the USA, but I didn't see where they claim to only use American steel. Was that on their site somewhere?
Making them out of wire strippers came to mind immediately upon seeing the design. They may be a little thin for this purpose, may work perfectly. But for less than the cost of a collet puller, you could have the Grip n pull just buying it and still save money over buying the colletsI actually have all 3, RCBS collet puller, hammer type and Grip-N-Pull "kind". Cost wise, RCBS is the most expensive and I have not even used it once. I have no doubt it will be faster if you have to pull a lot but it takes longer to set up. Hammer type is easy but slow and a mess to recover the powder. Grip-N-Pull is fast and powder is in the case ready to load. I made one myself mostly because I can have one for all the calibers I load for! It does not deform bullet or leave significant marks. I only use it for a few times since I am still relatively new to reloading. Hammer type has its place, some pistol caliber bullets are hard to grip.
The one I made has all the calibers I load for now. I made from a 1/8" steel slab, 1.5" wide, I already have. Cut a slot with my band saw and drill holes along the slot to the sizes. Pretty easy to make and relatively easy to use. If just one or 2 calibers, I could buy a cheap wire stripper and modify by drill open the holes to the sizes. You can find that thing in dollar store!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Wire-Str...3202&wl11=online&wl12=158768458&wl13=&veh=sem
My home made one is not much harder than my RCBS hand priming tool! Really does not need to squeeze it super hard unless super tight neck tension or heavily crimped. I don't crimp my reload and I don't ever remove bullet from a factory load. Would be hard for the inertial type if need to overcome heavy neck tension. I would use the collet type if I have to do a lot for sure. They all have their places! I hope I never need to use my collet puller! I actually got mine from clearance.The Grip-N-Pull looks neat, but the tension is based on your strength. I wouldn't want to do that too many times in a row.