Bullet puller?

[AK Eggy]

I messed up and loaded 100 or so rounds too long. They're already crimped so I don't think I can just re-seat them. My question is, do you think a bulet puller "die" for the press is worth the cost, o rshould I just stick with the inertia puller? I tend to see powder come out of the top of the hammer when I use the inertia puller and am wondering if I would be able to retain 100% of the powder using the puller die in the press.

Thanks for any advice you may have.

 

[ole farmerbuck]

I use a Hornady puller that goes in the press just like a die, never spilling powder. Yep, get one!

 

[snuffy]

I messed up and loaded 100 or so rounds too long.

What rounds???¿¿ Crimped where, how??¿ Rifle, handgun? More info, please.

 

[mahansm]

Depending on the type of crimp, you might be able to reseat them. If it's a roll crimp, you'll be pulling them down but if it's a taper crimp you should be able to seat them a few hundredths deeper by adjusting the seat die and running them through again. Worth a try and beats pulling them all down.

 

[gwalchmai]

I pulled 100 rounds of .45ACP last night and salvaged the powder. Lost maybe 5% due to sloppiness, but you're talking about a dime's worth of powder. Unless you're pulling hundreds a week I couldn't justify the cost of a puller die.

 

[AK Eggy]

taper

They're .45 ACP with taper crimp and clad bullets. I tried seating a few of them deeper, but the case cut into the cladding on a couple of them, so I thought I should pull them.

 

[gwalchmai]

Do they not function in your gun? If they do I'd just shoot 'em.

 

[EMC45]

A puller will, at times, trash the outside of the bullets. Where as the inertia "hammer" will not. You can still save powder with the inertia puller.

 

[NotSoFast]

I got tired of using a kinetic puller and got the RCBS puller die. It was definitely worth it the first time I had to pull 80 bullets.

I still use the kinetic type though. They are definitely a good way to tell how strong your crimp is after you adjust your crimp die.

 

[frankge]

buy the RCBS die for sure, I loaded light 9mm and had to pull them. The die is fine for FMJs, plated you have to be careful with and lead get damaged. For one offs I just use the hammer.

 

[medalguy]

Try the Forster puller, quick and easy. Not expensive either.

 

[ranger335v]

As suggested, if they will feed and chamber, shoot 'em. If the won't, seat 'em deeper, all you might do is mess up a portion of the bullet body and pulling/re-seating them will likely do that too.

 

[oneounceload]

If you use your inertia puller, put a foam ear plug in the bottom to protect the nose of the bullet; Otherwise, seat them a little deeper and go shoot them

 

[BigJakeJ1s]

The Hornady cam-lock collet-type on-press puller works great for me. The collet closure can be set and locked, so that it grips every bullet exactly the same. Once set up, just run the cartridge up into the puller, flip the lever on the puller, and lower the ram.

Andy