Using pulled bullets

[RAVEN1]

I it O.K. to use pulled copper bullets to reload.



Thank all of you

 

[ColtPythonElite]

It better be...I just bought 3000 of them...LOL.

On a serious note, yes, it is ok to use them.

 

[beatledog7]

Did they sustain any damage the first time they were loaded (squeezing, etc.) or as they were pulled? If not, load 'em.

 

[longdayjake]

Well, I sell millions of them a year to guys that load them up and shoot them. I even have a couple master class shooters who use them in competitions and they even win from time to time.

 

[wrench]

I bought a lot of pulled 9mm pistol bullets a few years ago, cheap. Been shooting them here and there, maybe 3K so far. I pick out maybe 1 out of 500 that is just too deformed to load, but the rest are fine.

 

[Josh45]

Yes it is, I have bought some before from LongDayJake from his site and they shoot just fine for my fathers .40 S&W and also for my .357 Mag. No problems encountered.

 

[J_McLeod]

Longdayjake's pulled bullets work just like new ones in my 9, 380 and 40. Occasionally I'll pull my mistakes and they shoot well too.

 

[dbarnhart]

I buy collet-pulled 223 bullets by the thousand. No problems whatsoever.

 

[Hondo 60]

Depends on where you got them from.

If you got from a reputable dealer like Jake @ RMRbullets.
Ya sure, go ahead & load 'em up & fire 'em.

If you got 'em from your friend down the street, why are they pulled?
Do they have excessive pull marks?

 

[Lar1911]

Safe to assume they do not have to be lubed?

 

[jcwit]

Never assume anything, especially when reloading.

But no jacketed bullets need not be lubed.

 

[Jasper1573]

I bought a thousand pulled mil surp 175 grain from Hi-Tech ammo earlier this year and have been very pleased...wish I had bought 5000.

 

[Dr_B]

Pulled .38's and .45 ACP have worked fine for me.

 

[medalguy]

Just be aware they may not be as accurate as fresh bullets, also be sure they are not out of round or otherwise damaged. Saying they are "pulled" can cover a LOT of territory. Otherwise they will load and shoot just fine. I use a lot of pulled bullets for plinking ammo.

 

[oncewaslost]

Just curious,
For what reasons are such large quantities of bullets pulled?

 

[Mule]

Some lots of ammo do not meet the purchasers specs. ( U.S.Military) The lot is sold at auction. The ammo is broken down into it's individual components, case, powder, projectile and sold to reloadaholic bottomfeeders like me.

 

[Archie]

As an experiment, I once dug up the impact area at a local range and scrounged up all the fired .45 ACP FMJ bullets I could find. There were a pile of 'em. I cleaned them in a tumbler, culled out the really beat up ones and used the 'good' ones for reloading. Okay, they didn't shoot 50 yard X-ring groups, but I didn't either. They did serve well for regular defense practice.

So, if shot bullets can be 'adequate' for defense and plinking accuracy, I have no concerns about properly pulled bullets. I'm still a lot of the .30 caliber 174 FMJ match bullets - pulled - and they shoot rather tightly when I'm up to speed.