Thread: Bullet pulling related question

I know primers are the cheapest component of the primer/powder/projectile/cartridge case combination but I HATE blowing off a potentially up to 13 cents primer off just to get rid of it.

Originally Posted by zimmer

I know primers are the cheapest component of the primer/powder/projectile/cartridge case combination but I HATE blowing off a potentially up to 13 cents primer off just to get rid of it.

which is why I asked question week or so back.....can I take expanding button back up into body of die so it doesnt come right down near primer and then full length resize primed cases????

Ive done it and it worked

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

which is why I asked question week or so back.....can I take expanding button back up into body of die so it doesnt come right down near primer and then full length resize primed cases????

Yes we can. Even better if you have one where the de-cap pin is broken off. Hornady die that is...

Originally Posted by Cordite

@Tim Dicko

Also, don't fire primers indoors. Usually the active ingredient is lead styphnate and inhaling lead is a surefire way to lower your IQ.

Speaking of which, read this and decide if you should anneal before resizing those necks: Neck Tension, Bullet Seating, and the TIME FACTOR « Daily Bulletin

That interesting. size and then seat straight away. Good to know. I dont always do that as some times you take steps though it. I usually. do it over a couple nights. Thoose arbor presses are cool but just another thing to blow money on.

By the way how to you mention people in a thread?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

which is why I asked question week or so back.....can I take expanding button back up into body of die so it doesnt come right down near primer and then full length resize primed cases????

Yep. I don't decap with my sizing dies so I adjust the expander button (in dies where i use the expander button still) up as high as possible in the die.

Originally Posted by Tim Dicko

By the way how to you mention people in a thread?

@Tim Dicko

You put that squiggly a thing in front of their name

@Micky Duck Cheers

What's the go collet puller or the hammer method got some flat primer reloads with win 748 that I should sort out

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hammer works fine...at a pinch YOU CAN go even more simple with care....place round in press shellholder and pop it up through top of press,gently grab projectile with vicegrips flat with top of press frame and move ram to pull case downwards...I did quite a number this way before got a inertia hammer thingy....didnt damage projectiles when care was taken...mightnt be so good with supersoft amax but worth a crack if only half dozen to do...better than leaving too hot loads assembled.

Collet is the better long term solution, hammer works but gets old fast.

Originally Posted by NRT

What's the go collet puller or the hammer method got some flat primer reloads with win 748 that I should sort out

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I've got both. If only doing a couple I use the inertia puller. More than a couple, I get the collet puller out.
The collet puller is quicker once you're underway.

With the inertia puller I just use the shellholder for the catridge concerned and discard the "necklace" thingee.
Jam an ear plug down the bottom to protect bullet tips.

With a collet puller you need to have collets for each calibre.