Thoughts on collet bullet pullers

VinnyQC said:
Kinetics are kind of a mystery to me. If you have only a few bullets to pull, then most probably the components are not worth the price of the puller, and if you have many, then the time required is insane.

I just waited until I had lots of bullets to pull, and then bought an rcbs. It completely destroyed x-metal bullets, but not even a tiny mark on anything jacketed. Pistol or rifle rounds there's nothing the eye can see. Maybe on match bullets you would lose some accuracy though.
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I don't have a bench mounted press, and I expect the collet pullers would be a pain with my Lee hand press.
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Mine was specifically bought for pulling down 762x54r to make 303 with a Lee classic loader, at the time I didn't even have a hand press. I'll continue to use it until I break it or need to pull a whole bunch at once... I usually only pull 20 at a time so it's not too bad.
 
Suther said:
I don't have a bench mounted press, and I expect the collet pullers would be a pain with my Lee hand press.
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Mine was specifically bought for pulling down 762x54r to make 303 with a Lee classic loader, at the time I didn't even have a hand press. I'll continue to use it until I break it or need to pull a whole bunch at once... I usually only pull 20 at a time so it's not too bad.
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I think a collet puller would work with a hand press. It would be slow, but nothing screams fast and easy when you start with a hand press.

I live in a condo so to me whacking all over the place with a kinetic is a big nono, so kinetic have never even been on the radar.

OP, you can stalk the EE for a kinetic though. Lots of people sell theirs.
 
VinnyQC said:
I think a collet puller would work with a hand press. It would be slow, but nothing screams fast and easy when you start with a hand press.

I live in a condo so to me whacking all over the place with a kinetic is a big nono, so kinetic have never even been on the radar.

OP, you can stalk the EE for a kinetic though. Lots of people sell theirs.
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Im sure it could work, but I feel like there would be a high likelihood of making a mess...
 
Cub, do you have to neck size the brass before you seat another bullet? I have some factory 300WSM with Fail Safes and was going to pull and seat some hot cores for deer loads. Chris
 
Collet puller all the way. I've used both styles and the collet puller is the best tool in my opinion.
 
Well, went and picked up the RCBS collet puller this evening. Finished off the 35 remaining bullets I had to pull with ease.
Honestly, I can see any arguement to be made that the Hornady model would be "easier or quicker" as this thing was about as dirt simple to use as it gets.

Thanks for the all advice guys.
 
There isn't a bullet puller made that works 100% of the time. That's why I have three different makes.

Many types of surplus ammo are seated so deep the ogive is right on the case mouth. Some also use a tar like substance to waterproof or anchor the bullet in the neck.

One trick with those and even most other bullets that are seated to deep to grip with a collet is to tap the bullets a bit deeper into the case to break the seal. I find this particularly useful when changing out bullets in 7.62x39 and with some handgun cartridges such as 9mm and 45acp.

I have pulled thousands of surplus bullets with my RCBS Inertia type puller. I also don't like the case head gripper that are supplied with them I use a regular RCBS shell head holder from the press. Yeah, I've heard all the negatives. Usually it's only going to happen ONCE and has yet to damage a rim.


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ALFE284 said:
Cub, do you have to neck size the brass before you seat another bullet? I have some factory 300WSM with Fail Safes and was going to pull and seat some hot cores for deer loads. Chris
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There is still lots of neck tension after pulling with the Hornady collet puller. It's a very good system esp with the cam lever on the top which makes it much faster once it is set up for the bullet in question.
 
Seagull said:
Tips for using any kinetic puller.
- Drop in a disposable ear plug or two to give the bullet a soft impact, or put in as many as you can fit and almost all the powder will stay in the case.
- Don't hammer it on concrete or any other hard surface. Use a block of wood, hitting the end grain is the best. I use a 4x4 cut off.

I also use a Hornady puller for larger corrections. take a bit of fiddling to get it to grab and not leave too big of a mark.
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Thanks for this...I've pulled 50ish on mine and am worried it's due it's expiry date. But I like the plugs and wood idea.
 
I have the RCBS kinetic that is 20 yrs old and has pulled thousands. As a ranger officer when things are slow have been collecting all the dud rounds and pulling them.
 
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