Pulling Bullets

RCBS? I too grabbed one. Once you have the collet for your caliber, pulling is a breeze. Worth every penny and much quieter.

The collet press mounted pullers are much faster. Are you pulling cast or jacketed bullets from rifle or handgun?

Check MidwayUSA for the collets. I bought the Hornady collet press puller from them and they had all the collets I needed.

I've found mine to be much better than the hammer-style for pulling most bullets and I have pulled well over 500 so far in a variety of calibers.

I bought a collet style puller and will never go back to inertial pullers...ever. The only hang up is getting the collets for the calibers I load as some seem to be out of stock.

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I have a Hornady collet puller and an inertial puller. The collet puller sure makes it easier, but you will need those collets.

I use the impact for most pulling and all of the pistol rounds I pull. So many people throw their "duds" into a bucket at the range. I grab them and pull them and use them for practice rounds. Good luck pulling any pistol rounds with a collet puller!
Mine is a Forester. Takes a little while to get set up and is still slow. If I only have a few to pull I just hammer away!

I have no problem pulling pistol bullets but I have heard from many that say they also have problems. Most of the bullets I have pulled so far were pistol (9mm, .38 Special, .40 S&W, 10mm and .45 ACP).

The Hornady one is the one to get. You just pull the handle down to compress the collet. All the rest have you spinning the top of the die to compress the collet, and then unwind it to open. Up and down is quicker than spinning.

OP, it really helps to research/read about a new tool before you buy it. Most reloading stuff needs additional parts to work....

I have both because the collet one doesn't work well on jacketed roll crimped wheel gun bullets, probably the same with cast too? It seems to do fine with auto loading pistol cartridges though (jacketed), and it sure makes pulling rifle bullets a breeze.

Don't throw your kinetic puller away, you'll need it at some point in time.

GS

I have to agree with gamestalker. I bought a 44 cal collet for my RCBS puller and it won't grab hold of cast, roll crimped bullets. There's just too little bearing surface for the collet to grab onto. But I have too many rounds to pound away at so I'll just have to shoot them instead. Haha.

I have a Frankford Arsenal inertial bullet puller (blue with metal shaft) - compared it with the RCBS and found the latter to be more expensive for less quality.
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I've also been using the SAME COLLET (it came with 3) for ALL the calibers - I think this one would max out with magnum-size cases, which I have no business with. I've pressed tissues down into the base to catch the bullet without it hitting the plastic molding, and a little sheet of plastic pressed over the tissue keeps powder from accumulating in the bottom.
To use it, I just unscrew the top about 85%, push the round into the collet (some wiggle may be needed if it isn't crimped), and re-tighten. The collet grabs onto the rim of the case (rimless and rimmed), and the open top screws down on the collet to squeeze the 3 parts together around the head of the case.
I've run through .30-06, 9mmP, .357/.38Sp, 6.5x55 and 7-08, at least dozens by now...no cracks, loose fitting, shake or anything from this thing. The best part is when it DOES finally snap, it'll be a whopping $11 to buy another one.

For the record, I yank apart primed cases with it with no concerns either.

As for the bench mounted pullers - I've heard that these are easier and quieter than the Inertials to use, but often times the collet on the bench mounted style will leave marks and scratches on the bullet - does anyone else have experience with this?

Yes the collet pullers do leave marks but generally that's only if you over tighten the collet. But they are a lot easier and faster than impact pullers.

Good luck pulling any pistol rounds with a collet puller!

Long story short--I pulled 1470 .40 S&W 180gr. bullets with a RCBS collet puller.

Commercial loader had a powder drop problem with his Dillon 650 and did not know if some had the proper charge. I made a trade deal with him to pull the bullets. Was 1/2 of a 5 gal. bucket worth..Bill.

Pulling Bullets?

I hate pulling bullets! Yes, I have had to at times, but I try very hard to avoid the need. The best way to do this is: Work Up Those Loads. Yes, if you will load 5 then go shoot, and do it again till you get the load you want , the need to pull bullets disappears.

The times I have had a bunch of bullets to pull was when I just grabbed a load, loaded up a bunch then went to shoot, and first shot see bad over-pressure signs.

First time I had to pull bullets, I had no puller of any kind, so I used the press and a pair of pliers to grip the bullets. Ya, it dinged the bullets a bit, but better than blowing up a gun?

Collet pullers are nice, but don't work that well if the whole exposed portion of the bullet is tapered.

Pulling Bullets?

I hate pulling bullets! Yes, I have had to at times, but I try very hard to avoid the need. The best way to do this is: Work Up Those Loads. Yes, if you will load 5 then go shoot, and do it again till you get the load you want , the need to pull bullets disappears.

The times I have had a bunch of bullets to pull was when I just grabbed a load, loaded up a bunch then went to shoot, and first shot see bad over-pressure signs.

First time I had to pull bullets, I had no puller of any kind, so I used the press and a pair of pliers to grip the bullets. Ya, it dinged the bullets a bit, but better than blowing up a gun?

Collet pullers are nice, but don't work that well if the whole exposed portion of the bullet is tapered

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This is one reason I like the Lee Loader used with a Sinclair Arbor Press, or even with a small mallet. Work the loads up at the range.

jcwit said:

This is one reason I like the Lee Loader used with a Sinclair Arbor Press, or even with a small mallet. Work the loads up at the range.

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Also the reason my primary press is the Lee Breech Lock Hand Press...arbor press portability with FL size capability. However, I AM sacrificing peak precision by using that.

My kinetic puller is mostly used for fixing mistakes like when I seat a bullet too deep. Or if I'm pulling a bullet for which I don't have a collet. Otherwise it's collet all the way.