Rcbs collet bullet puller?

I have one and it works well but can be a bit of a PITA to use. Try the Hornady collet bullet puller which uses a lever to tighten the collet (rather than a screw, as in the RCBS). It looks like it would be faster/easier.
 
The Hornady one, supposedly, is prone to handle breakage prematurely.

I've used the RCBS and it worked pretty good. I enjoyed using it more than the kinetic hammers
 
An inertial puller works with most any cartridge. Really slow if you have a larger quantity to break down. RCBS is much faster, but requires a collet for each caliber.
 
I have one and it is worth the effort and money. My kinetic puller looks good on the pegboard wall now.
 
I have the Hornady version and it works well. I only bother to set it up when I have a lot of bullets to pull. When I just have a few, say, 10 or less, I just use the whack-a-shell kinetic puller.
 
Own the RCBS; leaps and bounds better than kinetic which looks fancy on my "pegboard" also.
I would like to get a Hornady cam style to speed up the process when I'm doing a lot of teardown.
 
Good to read the reviews. I just bought a Hornady & the collet to pull 762x39. I"ve got 400 I'm pulling . 762x39 to 303. I already broke 2 hammers. Some of that military ammo is crimped WAY Tight.
 
I have two RCBS collet type pullers, and collets for all bullet diameters I use [224 - .375]
While it requires tightening a threaded part to grip the bullet, it is a great tool when
breaking down any quantity of ammo.
An inertia puller works fine if you have just a couple of rounds to break down, but it
gets pretty tedious when you have a larger number to disassemble. D.
 
I just used the RCBS collet puller to pull 250 rounds of .223. It only took me a 1.5hrs. Not sure if there is a better option, but 1.5hrs wasn't bad to fix my rookie mistake. I don't plan on making it a habit, so it seemed to work great.

I have a cheap single Lee press I use for small operations like this, so it made it a little easier.
 
lone ranger said:
Good to read the reviews. I just bought a Hornady & the collet to pull 762x39. I"ve got 400 I'm pulling . 762x39 to 303. I already broke 2 hammers. Some of that military ammo is crimped WAY Tight.
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The inertial pullers last much longer if you hammer onto a piece of wood, on the grain end. A piece of firewood or chunk of 4 x 4 works well.
 
shootist1876 said:
How well does a collet puller work on revolver bullets which are short and rounded or tapered?
Say a RNFP .45 Colt or a SWC .357?
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If there isn't enough surface area on the bullet for the collet to grab a hold of, it's back to the hammer. To prevent the powder mess/loss from using a hammer, I will use the hammer to draw out the bullet to a point I can use the collet on it. That way I don't spill powder all over the place.

ipscgraz said:
The inertial pullers last much longer if you hammer onto a piece of wood, on the grain end. A piece of firewood or chunk of 4 x 4 works well.
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Yup, I smack mine into a hockey puck. Five years old and still going strong... knock on wood.
 
lone ranger said:
Good to read the reviews. I just bought a Hornady & the collet to pull 762x39. I"ve got 400 I'm pulling . 762x39 to 303. I already broke 2 hammers. Some of that military ammo is crimped WAY Tight.
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Try seating the bullets a little deeper to break the seal between bullet and case. Some of them are lacquered in.
 
Thanks guys. Ice got about 80 to break down. My kinetic went tits up the last time I did about 40 in a row. Got a load that shoots great at 100 yards but not good at 200+.
Should have tested at 300 before I loaded a few boxes....lol
 
I have the RCBS puller and I use it in a Lee classic single stage press like this one:

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I swap it out for a universal decapping die when I want to de-prime crimped primers. Best option I have seen over a hammer or the Hornady lever type that can break.
 
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