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Offline sk330lc

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Bullet puller?
« on: September 18, 2008, 01:57:30 PM »
Whats the best bullet puller that you guys have used?  I have a RCBS hammer style Puller and would like to Find something better. I have about 120Rd's. of 223. rem I need to Pull. They are Max loads for a rifle that I no longer have.  I like the looks of The Hornady Cam Lock Puller ???
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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2008, 02:40:44 PM »
The Inertia stlye (hammer) puller works great for a few rounds. More than that I have a RCBS collett puller that in very nice but leaves a mark on the bullet... the pulled bullets seem to be as accurate as before the marks.
I have a friend that has a Hornady puller with the lever... if I had used the Hornady first no doubt I would have purchased it instead of the RCBS. Oh yea... I loved the RCBS until I tried the Hornady.

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2008, 02:51:03 PM »
I agree with HT , if you only need to do a few then the ol-wac-a-mole works fine but for a bunch you can't beat the Hornady , not as cheap as the hammer style but does a wonderful job .

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2008, 03:38:02 PM »
I use an RCBS collet puller.  Ideally, you shouldn't need a puller - but I confess to having to pull my share of mistakes. 

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2008, 05:53:08 PM »
Inertial pullers are difficult to use with light bullets; there's just not enough bullet mass to generate enough inertia to pull it.

I heartily recommend the Hornady Cam-lock bullet puller. Once set and locked, they do not lose adjustment, and consistently pull bullets very quickly. A simple flip of the cam lever is all it takes...

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2008, 04:50:25 AM »
I have the RCBS with collets for the calibers I have. It was on sale when I bought it and did not know if the Hornady was any good or not. I think the Hornady is easier to use over all, but the RCBS is easy too, once you get it adjusted correctly. One thing I do like about the RCBS is I can put a little pressure on or a lot, depending on how much I turn the handle and how hard the bullets are to pull.
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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2008, 06:54:08 AM »
I use the Forster collet pullet, which I think is pretty similar to the RCBS. I also have the hammer type.

The hammer type are also good if you have mistakenly seated a bullet too deep.

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2008, 11:44:35 AM »
"I loved the RCBS until I tried the Hornady."

Yeah.  Lots of folks love RCBS tools best until they seriously try something else.

Get the Cam-Lok puller for volume work, especially for rifle stuff.
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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2008, 05:05:42 PM »
For my purposes (I don't redo a lot) the impact puller works great, except for my 500 S&W rounds. None I have seen do more than .45. Is there one that will do 50s?

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2008, 03:52:49 PM »
I use the Forster collet pullet, which I think is pretty similar to the RCBS. I also have the hammer type.

The hammer type are also good if you have mistakenly seated a bullet too deep.

I only have a hammer type and adjusting bullet seating depth is it's main use. There's an oak stump in my yard and it's the best striking object I've found.
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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2008, 04:43:42 PM »
For my purposes (I don't redo a lot) the impact puller works great, except for my 500 S&W rounds. None I have seen do more than .45. Is there one that will do 50s?

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There is a kenetic (hammer style) puller called SmartReloader Bullet Puller-SR1750 that claims to be able to pull all bullets from .17 to .50 caliber. Here's a link to one on Midsouth Shooters:
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=00047SR1750

or Google SmartReloader bullet puller.

RCBS makes a .50 caliber puller collet for their's.
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000449445

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2008, 11:40:53 AM »
The only reason I needed the collett puller was I was given 500 reloads and I did not want to shoot reloads from an unknown source.

So far I have not screwed up enough of my own reloads to need more than the hammer style.

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Re: Bullet puller?
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2008, 02:10:33 PM »
Thanks all,
I'm going to order the Hornady puller..   I wouldn't need it but as I said. I sold the rifle that I had all these Max loads for.   Thanks for the advice.
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