Help on finding a good tool to pull the bullet out of the catridge.

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I have handloaded a few 308 rounds last year with 180 Grain bullets. But the only 308 gun I have is a Norc m14, so I need to find a way to pull those 180 grain bullets out.

Any advices? Thank you.
 
How many do you have to disassemble? You can push the side of the bullet against a bit of hardwood, rotate, repeat until bullet can be removed. Case will have to be resized. Or, you could by a Quinetics or similar inertial puller. Or, you could get a RCBS collet type puller die.
If it is only a few, I would use method one.
By the same token, if it is only a few rounds, and they are average loads, you could just go ahead and shoot them. Neither your #### nor your operating rod will fall off if it is only a few standard loads.
 
I had one using the impact to remove the bullet. But the process seemed too loud and messy. I did not have a instruction manual with that one. So I just insert the catridge and hit the "hammer" with a hard surface. LoL.
 
You could turn off the gas system on the m14 and fire those 180's. There is a valve at the port, there for the purpose of a grenade launcher function. You turn a screw 90 degrees to turn off the gas system. I've never done it, but you might have to push it in to turn, or maybe not.
 
Forster tools makes pullers that screw into the presses. They scratch bullets however, and you push the first bullet with the next one up, so it's hard on the softpoints, but you won't find a better tool for yanking a hundred FMJs out.
 
Thanks for all the quick help I got. I decide to get a collet puller as it seems to me a more civilized method to remove a metal stud from a shell enclosed explosive. LoL>
 
Well if you already ordered the collet puller then this post is redundant BUT I have to say, those RCBS (or anyone's) hammer style bullet removers work great, one works for all calibers. Quick, easy and very portable.

I don't understand the "mess" issue .. it's all inside the device. Pour the powder out of the hammer or out of the casing, what's the diff? As far as the noise, well if you use a cement floor it isn't loud at all. Just a matter of perspective I guess. You're concerned about the noise of a hammer bullet remover but shoot a .308 ... You know, the hearing protection you use for shooting can be used for other things. :)
 
You might find that the collet does not provide enough grip on the bullet, particularly if you try to pull military rounds that have sealant in the case necks, or rounds that are crimped. I've given up on mine, and now just use a plier type wire cutter/stripper. The serrated part of the tool between the handles designed for stripping wire bites into the bullet without slipping. Run the cartridge up with no die in your press, clamp onto the bullet shank, then lower the ram - simple and quick. There will be little marks left in the bullets, but these are not detrimental to safety..
 
I use Hornady with Collets, only pain is to buy collets, but works every time and it doesnt leave any major marks.
Recommend it.
 
I use vice grips with no die in my press, messes up the bullet but gets em out easily.
stick the bullet up through, grab it with the vice grips, pull the shell down and your done
 
I use both the kinetic and collet pullers. Some of you may recall when the .308 surplus ammo scare was around. I think it was Spanish ammo??? Anyways, my partsman and I pulled a few hundred and re-powdered them using a dipper that was about what they held originally. Needless to say, we used a collet puller for that little job. I use the kinetic for any pistol rounds and and rifle if just a couple.:p:p
 
RCBS kinetic puller(hammer) gets my vote.

I deformed a pal's RCBS kinetic puller by dismounting hundreds of loaded up(yes,my dum) 357's...it works flawlessly on everything I have tried to dismount and I can re use the components.

I bought him a new one and still use the deformed one,rifle,pistol,one,200 ,it's all the same.

If hitting it on the floor sucks,use a 2x4.Just hit it hard enough to do it in one blow.
 
I've used both the Hornady and RCBS collet pullers. The Hornady is much easier to use and the bullets are left w/o marks.

I totally recommend the Hornady. Higginsons sells them.


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x2 for the Hornady. Their Cam-Lok puller works extremely well and removes the bullet with very little effort and does not harm the bullet or leave a mark. The hammer type is fine for 1 or 2 but if u have a significant number the CamLok is the way to go. A bit tricky to get it set perfectly but once set, you can pull bullets easily and the powder is just poured from the empty case without mess.
Good Luck
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If you use a kinetic puller - I have found that, contrary to what would seem to make sense, hitting wood on the end grain, rather than concrete or something really hard, seems to work better, at least for me. I hit the end of a piece of firewood, or any decent sized block of slightly forgiving wood with the hammer, works fine. I think there is a bit of compression and rebound at work that enhances the extraction, and it isn't too noisy or violent either. Easy on the puller too (RCBS). With concrete, the hammer stops dead, with wood, it snaps back up.
 
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