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Post by ET on Mar 9, 2020 17:25:55 GMT -5
Another hard lesson learned. I had to take apart 20 crimped 3030 shells after discovering a small bulge in the neck occurring. So, I took my bullet puller and hammered away. First round the bullet wouldn’t budge and felt I was striking too soft a surface. Decided to try on a hard metal surface and my drill press table was handy. At first the bullet won’t budge with the level I was striking so I decided to really lay into it. Either the bullet puller was going to move the bullet or the puller was going to break. Finally, the bullet popped out and upon checking my bullet puller I saw no damage. After popping the second bullet I notice my drill press table was taking a beating. At first, I had trouble believing what I was seeing but there was visual confirmation of damage done to my drill table and no damage to my puller, unbelievable. Anyway, I still used the table but hammering on solid locations to finish the job and no noticeable damage to the puller. As they say “just when you think you’ve seen it all”.
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Post by reloader22 on Mar 9, 2020 19:47:49 GMT -5
That's something else. I acquired one last year and also had issues getting it to work well. I was pulling 120 barnes from 7mm mag cases after realizing my rifle and a load that is amazing using regular Winchester primers sucked when using Fed Magnum rifle primers. Never had pulled a bullet before but these Barnes are a little pricey to just blow off at the range or put 40 un-needed shots of wear on the barrel. I found that you need a hard surface and good technique. My rounds were seated, coincidently, right in the middle of the upper relief groove of the bullet and I usually back off the seating tip, twist the dies an 1/8 turn down and put a mild crimp into the relief groove. So may be a little resistant to giving up the bullet. I use my basement concrete floor with a thin throw rug laid down. Instead of swinging my arm hard, I use my elbow and wrist to sort of give it a high velocity whip. My father was a carpenter and always told me there was technique needed to drive a framing nail, not power. Use to say "let the hammer do the work". Usually by the 3rd wack, the bullet comes out. Another little trick I learned was to put one of them foam ear plugs in the end that catches the bullet and it will prevent any tip damage to the bullet. I have a few 30-30's too and they are thin skinned cases. you do not want to over crimp them. If you can see even the slightest crimp with your eye, it's enough, trust me. Anymore and you will ripple cases
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Post by ET on Mar 9, 2020 21:12:19 GMT -5
Reloader22
Thanks for sharing your experience and some good tips. I've only had to use this bullet puller a few times but never had the difficulty of pulling bullets like the crimped 3030. I resized another 20 cases and assembled them without any further complications, go figure.
I don't own a 3030 but my friend who provides me with range access does. I do batches of 100 a loading session. Over the years I've done numerous weld repairs to his boat trailer and never accepted any monies for my services. So now what goes around, comes around. I may not make a good business man but I do make good friends through sharing.
Ed
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Post by billc on Mar 15, 2020 21:29:15 GMT -5
We all have learned that kinetic puller has some issues if using for more than a couple of rounds. I have had to pull large numbers of 308 and 223 bullets in the learning process that auto loaders prefer small base dies over standard dies. I now have bullet pulling collets for my reloading press. The hammer puller gets little use these days.
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Post by jaycee on Mar 17, 2020 14:13:53 GMT -5
Many years ago , I found the collet type bullet pullers to be the best as they are caliber specific. Can easily pull even crimped in bullets, for this reason I gave away my hammer type [kinetic] pullers.
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Post by ET on Mar 17, 2020 17:38:48 GMT -5
Gentlemen Normally I would agree with what you’ve said. Using a press mounted collect bullet puller normally works well as long as you have a section of the bullet straight wall exposed. The 3030 using the 160gr FTX has the Cana-lure right at the end of the straight wall leaving only the olgive exposed. The collect puller can’t provide a good hold on a tapered surface, I know I tried. In this exceptional case the kinetic puller was the right choice.
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Post by jaycee on Mar 19, 2020 11:13:03 GMT -5
Pointed Bullets in a 30/30 ?? Tubular Magazine ??
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Post by ET on Mar 19, 2020 14:41:39 GMT -5
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Post by billc on Mar 19, 2020 18:12:08 GMT -5
Well with pointy bullets I might have tried my 7 mm or 6.5 mm collet LOL. Just messing with you, use what you have that works. Bill
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Post by ET on Mar 19, 2020 19:32:40 GMT -5
Well with pointy bullets I might have tried my 7 mm or 6.5 mm collet LOL. Just messing with you, use what you have that works. Bill
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