Thread: Pulled Projectiles - still useful?

Thanks but no thanks, all done and dusted

Ever recovered copper jacketed bullets shot from a subsonic load? No expansion whatsoever, and dirty great gouges from the rifling.



Makes you wonder how they get to fly so well.

shite you could use them again LOL

Nice fast twist barrel that but I guess it needs to be!

Originally Posted by Shearer

More shooting and less pulling would be my advice @Gibo.

The kinetic bullet pullers work well but can damage the plastic tips a little, I have found no real difference between pulled bullets or new ones.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Ever recovered copper jacketed bullets shot from a subsonic load? No expansion whatsoever, and dirty great gouges from the rifling.

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Makes you wonder how they get to fly so well.

Somewhere around here I have an old magazine, maybe "NZ Guns", with an article where a bloke scrounged around in the earth backstop at a rifle range and picked up a bunch of fired-but-mint 7.62 mm FMJ match projectiles.
He loaded them up, fired them in a .308 and as I recall they shot pretty well.
You'd think the previous rifling marks would've allowed gas to blow past the projectile but it seemed not.
Will try and find the article...

Originally Posted by Mooseman

The kinetic bullet pullers work well but can damage the plastic tips a little, I have found no real difference between pulled bullets or new ones.

Put a disposable ear plug in the hammer for the tip to contact when it comes loose

Originally Posted by bully

Put a disposable ear plug in the hammer for the tip to contact when it comes loose

Yep you need something soft to take the impact of the bullet when it leaves the case.

I have closely watched the bullet come out and release when using a kinetic hammer...... have a look next time... mostly they release on the bounce back.
Interesting nerdy factoid

they work better with a really solid thing to whack it into ....gently gently just doesnt do it.

I whack mine on the flat piece on my vice and yes you need to whack em hard, generally four or five thumps moves them .

I made my own bullet puller. (6.5) by drilling cheap pair of pliers with a 6.5mm bit. A bit of masking tape on the jaws protects the projectile when being pulled using My Lee loader in reverse.

In the first couple of years of my reloading career if I hadn't of reused pulled bullets I doubt I could have afforded to reload.
Always used the Kinetic hammer type and and have an extra bit of sponge

Thought it may have been a little much expecting to reuse the powder, but only after much consideration.