Which bullet puller?

[Rick James]

So I ordered a cheapo Cabelas bullet puller several months ago when I was buying the majority of my new reloading setup. The collets that came with it are complete junk. Now the .223 sized collet, as well as the 30.06 sized collet have worn to the point of that lip coming right off the collet.

Should I buy another collet set? Should I just go for a better puller setup? I don't pull a lot of bullets, I've pulled maybe 50-100 in the past 6 months. I'd like to get something I can count on though.........

Any thoughts?

 

[sonier]

Oh id love a answer to this, im about to pull a bunch of 7.62x39 bullets. im gona resize them and load them for most of my .308 guns.

 

[Shadow 7D]

what type of puller, press mounted or inertial (hammer type)

 

[slamfirev10]

inertia for only a few at a time

any quantity use a press mounted imo

 

[Steve C]

I've had a Quinetics Corp. hammer type inertial bullet puller for many years and it works fine for pulling the occasional mistake but if I was going to pull mass quantities of ammunition apart I think I'd belooking at a cam lock type from Hornady or similar.

 

[Sheldon]

How about removing a little material from between the fingers of the collets so they will be able to bite deeper? It will allow the bullet jacket to get squeezed more, which may have an negetive effect on the bullets performance upon re-use.

 

[lordgroom]

I use the dillon inertia puller and I have broken it twice from tightening down too hard on .224 bullets. Dillon replaced it twice for free and suggested I strinke it on wood and allow it to bounce rather than concrete with a sharp stop. This applied only to .224.

For larger numbers I use an RCBS press mounted. It works well but does mar the bullet.

 

[sonier]

Ok for my stuff im going with press mounted, ty

 

[Deavis]

Hornady Cam Lock. Buy one of those cheapo Lee $30 single stagers, mount it in there, and never take it out. You won't regret your investment, even if you only use it a few times a month. You'll have a bullet puller for life.

 

[deerdrafter]

Check this out! I found this video on Youtube while doing some research.
I own both a Hornady Kinetic and cam puller. Both tools work great but this method puts a little twist on the process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG65EXwlzSE

 

[RainDodger]

I have a VERY old RCBS press-mounted puller that works absolutely stupendously - it's the same as sold today. The collets are excellent quality steel and they've worked well for decades. My older ones for .30 and .25 cal are probably 40 years old and work as-new. I recently bought new collets for some pistol calibers and they're just the same quality as the old ones. It will pull a bullet without leaving any marks on it, and it certainly doesn't slam it into the inside of a kinetic puller, fwiw.

 

[BigJakeJ1s]

+1 for Hornady Cam-Lock puller!

Andy