Home made bullet puller?

When I was a kid, my dad made one from wood.
It was bulky. A square block of hard wood, with a hole drilled for the (chamber?). And a piece of wooden broom handle, for the handle.
A plywood cover that pivoted on a lag bolt in one corner.
He used washers in the recessed hole to hold the rimmed cartridges.
You could also use the standard shell holder from the press, or even Lee's shell holders for the primer tool to hold rimless cartridges.
Alot of work, I think a frankfurt arsenal are $20ish??.
 
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I've used a drill and a reloading press. Put your bullet in the case holder, up with the press ram, use the drill to grab the projectile and down with it.
 
Buy a new one, under $25.

Get one with plastic container/hammer and an aluminum handle. Before using it, wrap the plastic around the metal handle with heavy duty tape, such as hockey tape or electrical tape.

Next, make sure you have a very solid surface to whack it on. If the surface is soft, such as plywood, then you have to hit harder and more often to remove some bullets. I use a lead block or the top of my work bench, which is 5mm steel, over 2 inch thick Fir planks.

If you insist on using wood or nothing else is available, build a block, so that you can pound against the ends, rather than the sides. Less give. Less broken hammers.
 
I've tried the inertia pullers but I think they are a PAIN (somewhere). If you're only pulling 1-2-3 and don't want to use the bullets then "up ram, grap with pliers, down ram". HOWEVER if you have to pull 40-50-100 then the RCBS COLLET type puller is G-R-E-A-T and worth every nickle because you can actually USE the pulled bullets. MUCH faster than the Hammer of Thor method. (Not sure WHY anyone would be so foolish as to load 50-100 rounds of stuff that has to be pulled though....I'll look away sheepishly).
 
There is one that I believe the NRA put out many years ago using steel pipe. I’m sure if you searched the web you would find what you need to make one.
 
"I use a pair of sidecutters. Run the round up through the die hole on the press, grab the bullet and pull down."

You could also use an electrical crimping tool. Tends to damage the bullet, unfortunately.
 
Dave in Calgary said:
"I use a pair of sidecutters. Run the round up through the die hole on the press, grab the bullet and pull down."

You could also use an electrical crimping tool. Tends to damage the bullet, unfortunately.
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As long as the damage does not affect feeding and you want to reuse them then I don't see how a dent in a SWC can affect 25 yard accuracy that much. It should be as good as a WC. If need be run it through a sizing die of some sort. Of course I am talking lead pistol here.
 
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