Inertia Puller

[Hugnot]

BAM BAM BAM - pop, splinter, crunch. Do you crimp bullets so they won't back out of brass upon recoil force?

 

[hydehunter]

So I break mine the other day and I only use it to break the neck tension then use collet puller. I was going to order and dropped by my LGS today, he was putting one on shelf! Just got it in today! How does that happen? I usually get had them in stock yesterday!!! Was cheaper than on line plus no shipping!
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what brand was your old one if it was RCBS they would send you a new one for free I have done that once after over 25 years of use

 

[bamban]

Back when I shot the 14 a lot, shot Ks of MexMatch. The best thing I found was to set up a seating die to break the seal, then pull with collet puller. Push-pull. Any turret press works great for that purpose. Did not have one early on, when the T7 came out I bought one and had it set just for deprocessing.

I use the coax to seat bullets.

 

[BillLarson]

Why not use something like the cam lock Puller from Hornady? It is generally faster and causes no damage.

Using a collet type puller you can create a core jacket separation.Which in turn causes an unbalanced bullet.

 

[Ol' Red]

Why not use something like the cam lock Puller from Hornady? It is generally faster and causes no damage.

Hw fast does the Hornady cam lock work? Last weekend I had to pull 50 rounds of 5.56 that I bulged the shoulders on. That took about 50 minutes to an hour. I have 150 more to do. I did not check any until 200 were complete.

 

[VLD Pilot]

So I break mine the other day and I only use it to break the neck tension then use collet puller. I was going to order and dropped by my LGS today, he was putting one on shelf! Just got it in today! How does that happen? I usually get had them in stock yesterday!!! Was cheaper than on line plus no shipping!
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Post how you like it. I've broke RCBS and Frankfort arsenal inertia pullers. That one looks good with that soft hammer head cover.

 

[Airedale56]

I've broken a Quinetics inertia puller which was about 25 years old.
Replaced it with a Hornady that was in stock locally. It broke during use within a few hours.
Contracted Hornady customer service. They replaced it.
I apparently over-tightened it and the screw-on cap is now broken after impact.
I replaced it with a Hornady cam-lock and it has survived so far.

 

[Reelamin]

@Muddyboots I have an RCBS that is nice and straight and one that has a slight bend in it. Let me know and I will ship you a spare Gratis. LOL

 

[mdw717]

That looks like a left-handed model. Probably why it was available.

 

[Tulsa Reiner]

Hw fast does the Hornady cam lock work? Last weekend I had to pull 50 rounds of 5.56 that I bulged the shoulders on. That took about 50 minutes to an hour. I have 150 more to do. I did not check any until 200 were complete.

I would say that I pull one approx every 10- 15 seconds with it, and with no spilled powder.

 

[Muddyboots]

So I have a piece of rail that I slap the puller on so it has nice "firm" surface and all I care is to get a very slight movement then I switch over to RCBS collett puller which works really good but works better if the neck tension is broke with the inertia one. My old one was a Lyman and prob 25+ years old!!!

The seating die works but if the bullet is at a short COAL and compressing pwoder, I am trying to protect bullet a little bit so it is still ok for general ladder work or just velocity checks. I like having the bullet giving a little more bearing surface to the collett as well for better grab.

 

[cape cove]

@Muddyboots
I find the easiest way to break the initial neck tension is just to seat the bullet a little deeper in the case with the seating die. Works for me.

 

[Muddyboots]

That looks like a left-handed model. Probably why it was available.

Came with left handed crescent wrench.....

 

[baggy270]

Hit mine on piece of old railroad track