Kinetic Bullet Puller

PaulT

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Hi guys,

I am pretty sure that you guys use them but Wow, how scary to bang this hammer on a log to get the bullet out, I can't seem to get comfortable using them even if no incidents happenned.... yet with them. The one I have is sort of blue plastic composite that I have to admit is strong enough but still scary to use.:eek:

What do you guys use? Is there other method out there or am I stuck to use this method?
Have any of you had bad experiences with these hammer?

Thanks

Paul
 
Unless you try to use them on a RIMFIRE cartridge (a big no-no), there's nothing that can really go wrong with them, since you're not going anywhere near the primer. The one thing you have to remember is that since inertia is what makes these work, you have to be hitting them on something that's hard enough to bring the hammer head to a stop immediately (steel or concrete); if you're banging away on a piece of 2x4, the work is going into denting the wood instead of pulling the bullet.
 
A bullet puller is pretty much a necessity when reloading. Its only a matter of time before you have to pull some apart.
The hammer's a universal puller. Pretty much all calibers can be used in one. They work, but they really suck if you have a heavy crimp.
Another type is a collet puller. Goes into your press like a die, grabs the bullet and you drag it apart. Cleaner (you don't have powder flying about) but you need different collets for the different calibers.

(E) :cool:
 
I have both the hammer and the collet set up. The hammer works great in a pinch but I’d rather use the collet system. I also found out the RCBS hammer ( kinetic bullet puller) does work for the WSM fat cartridges...
 
never have understood why people are nervous using kinetic pullers. You have to hit a primer pretty hard to set one off, and there is absolutely no way a puller is going to do that.
 
A 'hammer-type' kinetic bullet puller is perfectly safe to use. Think about it...if you can assemble ammunition with a Lee Handloader using a REAL hammer and not have any pucker moments, then you can certainly pull bullets with a plastic hammer.
 
Thanks guys, was just wondering if any incidents happenned to you but as I can read, it seems perfectly safe, just find it odd to bang a bullet like that.:) but eh, if that's the way to do it, I will be more confident from now on...:cool:

PaulT
 
I have both the kinetic type and the collet puller,if i only have a couple to puller i use the kinetic puller.I have about a foot of railway track in my loading roon and that's what i beat on.I also put a small piece of foam rubber in the bottom or the hammer it helps not to deform the lead tips.
 
I have both types too and I'm pretty much the same way as River Rat. I use a block of wood, but I hit it on the end grain of the wood where it's harder. Probably better for the bullet puller itself than whacking it on steel.

For the collet puller, I keep it permanently installed in a spare Lee Challenger press I have sitting around.
 
I have both types and have been using my RCBS kinetic puller for over 20 years without anything bad happening. I beat mine on the concrete basement floor.
 
Kinetic pullers work great. Collet pullers are less work, but mark the bullet.

OTOH, collet pullers don't dump all the powder out of the case when you use them. Kinetic pullers are known to do that.

IMO, it's really six of one, half a dozen of the other. I like my collet puller better, but then, I didn't have to pay for it or the collets either. ;)
 
Khalnath said:
IMO, it's really six of one, half a dozen of the other.
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It's more a matter of matching the tool to the application. Got a hundred rifle cartridges with crimped bullets and you want to save the powder? Collet puller. A handful of pistol cartridges that you want to re-do because you seated the bullets to the wrong length? Kinetic.
 
HPL said:
It's more a matter of matching the tool to the application. Got a hundred rifle cartridges with crimped bullets and you want to save the powder? Collet puller. A handful of pistol cartridges that you want to re-do because you seated the bullets to the wrong length? Kinetic.
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Huh? I'd do it the other way around. If you're going to re-measure the powder, you might as well use the kinetic puller.

I'd much rather use a collet puller for a cartridge I mis-seated the bullet in. That way I don't have to re-weigh the charge.
 
Khalnath said:
Huh? I'd do it the other way around. If you're going to re-measure the powder, you might as well use the kinetic puller.

I'd much rather use a collet puller for a cartridge I mis-seated the bullet in. That way I don't have to re-weigh the charge.
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I use the collet puller for re-using powder because I'd rather dump the powder from the case into a container rather than having to dump it out of the kinetic puller into a container.

When I'm loading pistol cartridges, I'm usually doing it on a progressive press so re-measuring the powder isn't an issue for me. Seating depth is because every time I switch bullet styles I have to adjust the seating die a bit and sometimes I'll overshoot.
 
Khalnath said:
Fair enough.
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Reloading's a lot like cooking. You could tell a hundred chefs to make a dish and they'd all prepare it a hundred different ways.
 
I have use a kinetic puller for years too never had a problem till this year removeing some tops like always. I hit it on the the floor and a primer went off it scared the #### out of me the primer is still stuck in the tile on the ceiling I leave it there as a reminder and show people I will NEVER use one again Case was 300um primer was win LM. it just miss my face I use a puller know
 
Hi again,

The bullet puller you guys talk about, does it deform or mark the bullet when it pulls it out? Can you use the bullet again or is it scrap after been pulled?

PaulT
 
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