Found a slick way to pull bullets

[Joe]

.............for those of you that have a lathe.

I loaded up 40 rounds of 30BR with Varget instead of H4198.

Chuck your shell head holder in a drill chuck mounted in the tailstock.
Select the proper sized collet, in this case 5/16".
Drop the loaded round into the shell head holder
Slide the bullet into the collet using the tailstock ram
Close the collet
Pull the bullet out using the tailstock ram.
With your thimb and forefinger at the bullet/case mouth junction, this can be done without spilling a single kernel of powder.


I don't hate pulling bullets so much any more

 

[blades]

I belive this would fall under the heading ""over kill". Sounds nicer than my Rockchucker and a collet system. Which, in my humble opinion, is yards ahead of the hammer types.

 

[Big Al]

I think if I was going to do that, I would add a large drop cloth to catch the powder. Vertical might be a touch faster with less mess. Just a thought!

 

[Boyd Allen]

Hornady makes a puller die that uses a collet that is tightened with a cam lever system.

 

[brian roberts]

It would work better.......

if you used a Bridgeport, wouldn't it???

 

[Big Al]

if you used a Bridgeport, wouldn't it???

Just try to throw that in your range box.

 

[Jay Idaho]

Good idea.

B'port would get you into the vertical mode but most of us only have R8 collets in 1/16 or 1/8" increments. Also, a B'port would be a pain, tightening and loosening the drawbar for each bullet.

 

[Cheechako]

I'd never used pulled bullets for anything but sighters or foulers so I just pull mine with my RCBS press and a pair of side cutters.

Ray

 

[Butch Lambert]

Ray,
I agree. The fastest way is best.
Butch

 

[Geo.OR]

Close the bolt, pull the trigger . . . Works most of the time.

 

[AMMASHOOTA]

I belive this would fall under the heading ""over kill". Sounds nicer than my Rockchucker and a collet system. Which, in my humble opinion, is yards ahead of the hammer types.

overkill? absolutely not. over kill would be rigging a small solenoid to the tailstock and running it to a foot pedal.

 

[nemo999]

Overkill? No such thing!
I can't imagine using my Bridgeport for that.
BTW, RCBS makes a little collet system that can be used in their Rockchucker or any press for that matter that accomplishes the same thing easy and quick.

http://www.midwayusa.com/midwayusa/StaticPages/pdf/instructions/Standard_Bullet_Puller.pdf

 

[goettschmooney]

As inexpensive as a collet type buller puller is for a press, I don't know why anyone would want to do much bullet pulling in a lathe or mill and create any unecessary wear on an expensive machine. Machines are for machine work.

 

[Fireball Fred]

hammer type

I use the hammer type with an old yellow ear plug inside the nose of the chamber. couple of raps and their out. with the ear plug in the nose, the bullets are not damaged other than a couple of scratches from the brass and one would get those no matter what the setup. Fred