Bullet Pulling Tools

Bullet puller

FWIW -

Many years ago when I was doing much shooting and reloading, I used my RCBS 'hammer' type puller to pull a few 300 Win Mag (loaded) bullets. On one of them, upon the second strike against a concrete floor, the primer detonated precisely as the bullet and powder exited the case into the bottom of the puller. I have often thot it was due to the primer not being seated sufficiently and the inertia of striking the puller against the concrete floor both seated-and-fired the primer concommitant to the bullet/powder being released from the case.

I was using the 3-piece spring-contained shell holder supplied with the puller and have pulled bullets since without a problem.
 
And don't go the sloppy method of using a normal shell holder with them. If you don't use the supplied collet types holders with a kenetic and instead use a normal shell holder, you risk a potential of the round going off. Not real pleasant results that way.
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I've never heard this before.

I've been using a shellholder for as long as I've been reloading. I think that was one of the first tips I got from the old-timers over on The High Road forum.
 
Yurko said:
I've never heard this before.

I've been using a shellholder for as long as I've been reloading. I think that was one of the first tips I got from the old-timers over on The High Road forum.
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What's your point, go read the link. It may change your mind on the safety of doing it that way. Your choice.
 
PDL, I read the link and I don't think it happened the way the poster suggests. At least not based only on the facts he presented.

The crescent shape on the firing pin doesn't match up with the shape of the shellholder. And with it not being seated all the way, it would actually be harder to set off without first driving it in. Which could have happened on the first two blows. Also, if the primer had gone off while the case was in the hammer, the bullet would have either stayed in it, or done some damage as it bouned back out with enough force to make a dent in the ceiling. The case rupturing would be expected and the cap would probably blow off, especially if the pressure couldn't escape around the shellholder fast enough.

I'm not disagreeing with you, or him, I just think it needs more investigation.
 
AS one who is and was interested in Bullet pulling tools in the first instance, I have read all these posts and the link to the fellow who initiated the referenced "accident". He apparently was using a shell holder. KEWPIE, a few posts back, relates his experience with a "fire", and he was using the hammers supplied shell holder. Both this guys had a "fire".
As one who was looking to buy a bullet puller, those two instances is more than food for thought.
No matter which way you go, there is a distinct possibilty of a "Fire" trying to unload with a hammer.

Thanks for all the posts and also the link to the other forum.
Regards
R
 
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JB,
No harm, no foul. I was just passing on a bit of a safety concern I'd come acoss.
Me I use the collets the puller came with. I haven't had that many to un-make or I might have gone with the oldster's tip as well.
 
W2KBR,
I think the main thing in all this is to try to be as safe as you can, which I'm sure you'd normally do anyway. Kenetic pullers have been in use safely and productively for ages.

Safety glasses with most reloading tasks shouldn't be an option, you never can tell what will happen.
 
PDL, I've always used the supplied collet too, and like you I try to be very careful the first time. In fact, I don't even know if mine will hold a regular shellholder.

But I'd sure like to know what caused the KB in the link, because I still like to load once in awhile.
 
I've used the reloading shellholder for years in my RCBS without any problem. Of course, the next time I try it, something may go KB, but I've pulled an awful lot of bullets with mine.

Concerning military ammo with lacaquered sealant giving hard pulls; it helps to put them in a bullet seating die and break the sealant contact. They come out a lot easier that way..
 
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