I got a new set of dies that are a different brand from what I am used to. I seated the first bullet way too deep so the kinetic bullet puller doesn't work and it is too far deep to even use pliers. How do I deactivate this round? I assume water will work as it hasn't been crimped and there still should be a little space. Any other ideas? I have given up on trying to save the brass or primer on this one.
Deactivate a live round?
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Wreck-n-Crew
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x2. I use a hammer I keep around and smack the kinetic bullet puller against it.
THe Dove
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I would think you have to hit the kinetic hammer on a harder surface and hit it harder..... I've loaded thousands of rounds over the past 20 plus years and never seated them so deep that my k-hammer wouldn't work??????
The Dove
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Reloadron
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It went in so it should come out. Unless the bullet is in there so deep and crimped? Short of hitting the primer the thing won't go bang. Got a tubing cutter? Can you latch onto the bullet with pliers and wiggle it loose? You don't mention the caliber so I haven't a clue what you are looking at. The only thing water will do is make it wet.
Ron
Arkansas Paul
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Whack it harder.
il.bill
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You likely need to use more 'oomph'! I have been surprised how firm a whack I have had to give cartridges at times. I have better luck hitting on my anvil than on concrete, so maybe striking the kinetic puller against a sledge hammer face might help.
Safety glasses are a must!
Good luck ...
Safety glasses are a must!
Good luck ...
rcmodel
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Soaking it in water or oil is useless.
As stated, it went in, it will come out with an impact bullet puller if you do it right..
The third option is to softly squeeze the case neck with pliers several time around it to loosen the bullet.
Then whack it out with the puller.
That will ruin the bullet, but you can save the case by resizing it.
rc
As stated, it went in, it will come out with an impact bullet puller if you do it right..
The third option is to softly squeeze the case neck with pliers several time around it to loosen the bullet.
Then whack it out with the puller.
That will ruin the bullet, but you can save the case by resizing it.
rc
lezmark
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what is your time worth for one round? I take some pliers/cutters and snip it below the bullet, keep the powder, trash the rest
matrem
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Before I'd spend that much energy beating on a kinetic puller, I'd get a hacksaw or tubing cutter.
Better yet, I'd find a swamp or other permanently very damp place to "store" it.
Better yet, I'd find a swamp or other permanently very damp place to "store" it.
medalguy
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^^^^^ Winner winner chicken dinner.
gamestalker
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It will come out with the kinetic puller, I've pulled roll crimped .357's with mine. The trick to using a kinetic puller, as others have said, smack it hard on either concrete, or a good solid piece of plate steel. I've smacked mine on the top of my Rock Chucker before, that works pretty well also.
Wood absorbs too much kinetic energy and won't get it done. In fact, smacking them on wood will often times result in breaking the handle off the puller, because it takes so much more energy.
Soaking them in water won't do anything. You would have to soak them for months, or however long it takes for the brass to corrode all the way through.
GS
Wood absorbs too much kinetic energy and won't get it done. In fact, smacking them on wood will often times result in breaking the handle off the puller, because it takes so much more energy.
Soaking them in water won't do anything. You would have to soak them for months, or however long it takes for the brass to corrode all the way through.
GS
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Tin snips....cut neck off?
WestKentucky
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Broke the head off of my k hammer twice so far. Haven't met a bullet I couldn't pull with it yet though.
32_d3gr33s
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shoot it?... in someone elses gun of course...
gamestalker
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Ya, I broke one also. But it was all my fault, being that I missed my target and ended up smacking the handle against the top of my Rock Chucker. Just don;t miss, and smack it in concrete or steel, or just bury the entire cartridge nice and deep.
GS
GS
frankenstein406
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Just twist your wrist and smack it on the concrete. It should come out
bob4
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Bury it a few feet under and let someone find it 100 years from now. Make their day.
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