RCBS inertia bullet puller broke

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after a days work figured I would pull some 44webley rounds to check powder and add some, on the 6th round the head flew off the handle, had it some time maybe 200 rounds total, on inspection there is grooves in the shaft to hold the handle in, its sheared off on the first groove, likely why they have gone to all plastic

anyone had this happen?
 
redbirddog said:
Yes.. it happened to me.

They are cheap. Call RCBS and they may send you a new one.

In the future watch how hard you hit it. They won't last forever
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likely cost more to ship than what its worth, is the all plastic one decent, did not think I hit that hard, the 45 brass is not crimped or that tight it likely fractured some time ago, is there a better one out there
 
laurencen said:
likely cost more to ship than what its worth, is the all plastic one decent, did not think I hit that hard, the 45 brass is not crimped or that tight it likely fractured some time ago, is there a better one out there
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Call RCBS and see if hey might consider a replacement under warranty.
You have nothing to loose , but a phone call....
Then you can decide how much more you might wish to invest while using the replacement.
Rob
 
laurencen said:
likely cost more to ship than what its worth, is the all plastic one decent, did not think I hit that hard, the 45 brass is not crimped or that tight it likely fractured some time ago, is there a better one out there
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The plastic units are even flimsier.

I've broken three of them.

One thing I've done, that's helped to keep the last one together is to use a block of lead to pound against.

I also wire wrap the plastic where the hex metal rod is and coat it with fibreglass resin/cloth.

This one has lasted a long time.

I only use the inertia puller to pull bullets that are seated to their ogives and don't have any place fro a collet puller to grasp.
 
Spent 3 in the last 10 years. Still have one for the one off jobs but now I mostly use a bullet puller. There are collets for most calibers. Forster, RCBS and Hornady all have their version, I like the Forster.

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You Never use any inertia bullet puller like a hammer. You will break them every time.
I have pulled over 700 pistol rounds with mine.
the trick- Hold the handle Loosely with your 3 lower fingers. never, never a tight grip.
Once you Wack it....let the inertia bounce it while holding loosley.
Your kinda Limp Wristing it. It has to be able to bounce back with NO resistance.

If your using it like a Hammer, ,,you are "Using Strike Force" instead of Inertia.

I always put thick cardboard on the floor. ....and move it around as it gets damaged.

I learned this after breaking 2 of mine.
 
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laurencen said:
after a days work figured I would pull some 44webley rounds to check powder and add some, on the 6th round the head flew off the handle, had it some time maybe 200 rounds total, on inspection there is grooves in the shaft to hold the handle in, its sheared off on the first groove, likely why they have gone to all plastic

anyone had this happen?
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Hate the danged kinetic puller things, I have broken two over the years, went too an RCBS collet puller over 30 years ago and never looked back.
Cat
 
I have that plastic green inertia puller from RCBS as well, have been using it for more than 20 years... Never broke the main body but had to change the collets couple times during that time frame.

I also have the Hornady collet pullet puller, mainly using it for rifle rounds...

RCBS have two reps in Canada, they can help place the warranty order as well...
 
UR2X3M4ME said:
Spent 3 in the last 10 years. Still have one for the one off jobs but now I mostly use a bullet puller. There are collets for most calibers. Forster, RCBS and Hornady all have their version, I like the Forster.

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I have both the RCBS and Forester, not thrilled with the Hornady, so sold it a few years ago.

Sadly, most of the one offs are milsurp cartridges with heavy crimps, that just don't leave enough area for the collets to grip.
 
at least its not just me, went to the local Cabela's and picked up the new all plastic, will see how it goes tonight

I do have the collet puller but its not capable to pull 44 webley there is nothing to grab like the 45auto,

will send RCBS a email they have been real good in the past but this is sort of a destructive use tool, over time one can expect it to fatigue
 
lone ranger said:
You Never use any inertia bullet puller like a hammer. You will break them every time.
I have pulled over 700 pistol rounds with mine.
the trick- Hold the handle Loosely with your 3 lower fingers. never, never a tight grip.
Once you Wack it....let the inertia bounce it while holding loosley.
Your kinda Limp Wristing it. It has to be able to bounce back with NO resistance.

If your using it like a Hammer, ,,you are "Using Strike Force" instead of Inertia.

I always put thick cardboard on the floor. ....and move it around as it gets damaged.

I learned this after breaking 2 of mine.
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This, that's why I use a lead block.

The soft lead allows the puller to become a deadfall hammer and absorbs the shock that would be distributed along the handle.

These things weren't made to pull thousands upon thousands of bullets.

They're a compromise of materials that will hold together, if used properly.

I went sofar as to make one out of brass, It worked well but the nose kept deforming, even against the soft lead.

The RCBS INERTIA hammer works well. It wasn't intended to pull the bullets from cases of surplus cartridges.

I don't bother with the universal jaw style shell head holder they come with. I just use the appropriate RCBS shell head holders used on the press mandrel
 
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UR2X3M4ME said:
Spent 3 in the last 10 years. Still have one for the one off jobs but now I mostly use a bullet puller. There are collets for most calibers. Forster, RCBS and Hornady all have their version, I like the Forster.

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Still have a couple RCBS inertia pullers but ended up getting an RCBS bullet puller die with a 'selection' of collets. Works well and gets the bulk of any required bullet pulling duties these days.
 
When properly set, collet bullet pullers are easy on the bullets and allows you to reuse them. You can do hundreds effortless and in reasonably short time.

That said, heavily crimped bullets are real sobs... At times you have to tighten the puller so hard it damages the bullets.
 
lone ranger said:
You Never use any inertia bullet puller like a hammer. You will break them every time.
I have pulled over 700 pistol rounds with mine.
the trick- Hold the handle Loosely with your 3 lower fingers. never, never a tight grip.
Once you Wack it....let the inertia bounce it while holding loosley.
Your kinda Limp Wristing it. It has to be able to bounce back with NO resistance.

If your using it like a Hammer, ,,you are "Using Strike Force" instead of Inertia.

I always put thick cardboard on the floor. ....and move it around as it gets damaged.

I learned this after breaking 2 of mine.
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Agreed.

It work particularly well/better when striking a hard surface. I use an anvil and most of the times pistol bullets pops out at first try.

Shock absorbing surface like soft wood or hockey puck will make it harder to pull bullets as they absorb portion of the kinetic energy. YMMV
 
I don't bother with the universal jaw style shell head holder they come with. I just use the appropriate RCBS shell head holders used on the press mandrel "

Yes,..I forgot to mention that. I use it as well.
thanks for the reminder !
 
What nobody uses side cutters on top of the press?
I broke my Frankford arsenal right at the impact base. Crazy glued it all back together and 1/2" electrical tape and it has done another 30 ww2 3006 military rounds to get the bullets out of the corrosive cases.
 
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