Re-seating Pulled Bullets

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Does any of you know what would be the problem of re-seating a bullet that was pulled with a kinetic hammer puller? I have a fare amount of loaded roads that I wish to change as they do not group worth a darn. With the price of Nosler Partition bullets naturally I don't want to just send them down range. If the bullets are pulled do I have to re-size them and de-prime to start over?
 
I am going to a much lower charge. .308 165gr Nosler Partition bullet, IMR4895 powder with 42.5gr loads. Groups are horrible. Tried 39.0gr load and up and 39.0gr load puch bullets in same hole. I can't complain with that type of groups. Would like to reload to the lower charge.
 
Are these for range use only?
Pay close attention to how tight the necks are when
you re-install these bullets in the necks.
If they seem tight, you should be fine.
As far as the bullets go, they will be okay to use again.
 
I ran some tests for my own curiosity since I happened to have some new and some pulled of the same bullets. They where Burger 140gr 6.5mm VLD match projectiles that I loaded into 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser cases. The pulled projectiles grouped noticeably (but not significantly) worse at 100 yards. For hunting purposes at 300 yards or less it would make little difference. For competition I would call it a no-go.

I have read that with non-bonded bullets (hunting bullets are bonded) the lead core can actually come loose of the copper jacket when pulled and reduce accuracy. I have no idea if that is what happened in my case or if they where just slightly damaged so not as symmetrical.

I never reload pulled cast projectiles. Never tried but since I can just remelt and cast more I figured there no real need to reload them.
 
LUTNIT said:
I have read that with non-bonded bullets (hunting bullets are bonded) the lead core can actually come loose of the copper jacket when pulled and reduce accuracy. I have no idea if that is what happened in my case or if they where just slightly damaged so not as symmetrical.
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Did they happen to mention a preferred method of pulling the bullets as not to cause the core to come loose? (on the non bonded)
 
If your worried about it just take out the decapping pin out of your neck sizer and run them through. When I've measured neck diameter before installing the bullet and then after pulling the bullet you will probably see 1 or 2 thou difference in neck tension. Probably nothing to worry about.
 
Rookie{OMC} said:
Did they happen to mention a preferred method of pulling the bullets as not to cause the core to come loose? (on the non bonded)
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Sorry, forgot to mention, this is just for kinetic bullet pullers (hammer type pullers). I have no idea if it applies to friction pullers like the Hornady one.
 
One thing I was aware of was the tips getting damaged when they let go and pounded into the end of the hammer.I remedied this with a few drops of wax in the puller.Of course this is only for tipped bullets.

I quickly switched to the Hornady cam puller, best thing I ever did.
 
Made up a batch of Mexican match ammunition. Replaced ball with 69gr SMKs. (Adjusted powder charge).
Necessary to neck size, otherwise some bullets were not adequaqtely secured; could be pressed into the cases with finger pressure. Obviously neck tension was inconsistant.
Ball projectiles were pulled with RCBS collet die.
 
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