Hornady Cam Lock Bullet Puller for 9mm?

[Qc Pistolero]

You say that there is not enough weight(the bullet)to use the inertia puller.I've used mine for lighter bullets;I use the shell holder in it instead of the supplied universal holder and ram it on the concrete floor.I've used mine over a thousand times(9mm loaded way too hot;had been sold repackaged powder that wasn't the right burning right)and I can say that's the quickest way to proceed.Never broke one...yet!

 

[NH1545]

I too had a lot of 9mm rounds that needed to come apart. I did what ALK8944 said, and ran them back through a sizing die. Pulled the bullets out with my fingers and was able to save the brass and powder. Way better than throwing it all away and pretty easy.

 

[Nevada Ed]

So were the 100gr lead too slow/fast or just not good in your weapon.

I shot a 125gr coated RN out of a C9 3.5" pistol with w231 from 945 to 1065fps.
Bullseye up to 1115fps and HS-6 up to 1173fps.

Usually you can find a load your pistol will like with a bullet.
Sorry to hear this bullet is not working out for you.

I never had luck with bullets lighter than 115gr in any of my pistols
be they lead or copper.

OAL makes a lot of difference also, with a bullet from starting loads to maximum.
I have yet to get a JHP and a plated RN of the same weigh to be "Twins"
in my pistols with light, medium and a full load.

I have finished with the heavy bullets and my next outing will be
a JHP 115gr in target to full loads in my 9mm C9 and 5" pistols,
since I never gave a "Full Load" a test with reloading. It has always
been a standard 9mm or lower, in all my years of loading a 115gr.
All the +P ammo was factory stuff.

Hope you get that brass taken care of and find a powder that works
from your "Down under" stores.

 

[Kiwi cop]

So were the 100gr lead too slow/fast or just not good in your weapon.

I shot a 125gr coated RN out of a C9 3.5" pistol with w231 from 945 to 1065fps.
Bullseye up to 1115fps and HS-6 up to 1173fps.

Usually you can find a load your pistol will like with a bullet.
Sorry to hear this bullet is not working out for you.

I never had luck with bullets lighter than 115gr in any of my pistols
be they lead or copper.

OAL makes a lot of difference also, with a bullet from starting loads to maximum.
I have yet to get a JHP and a plated RN of the same weigh to be "Twins"
in my pistols with light, medium and a full load.

I have finished with the heavy bullets and my next outing will be
a JHP 115gr in target to full loads in my 9mm C9 and 5" pistols,
since I never gave a "Full Load" a test with reloading. It has always
been a standard 9mm or lower, in all my years of loading a 115gr.
All the +P ammo was factory stuff.

Hope you get that brass taken care of and find a powder that works
from your "Down under" stores.

The velocity was good, right where I wanted it to be and consistent. The bullets were just not accurate in the gun, not like the 105 gn ones I used to have.

I tried Tightgroup and W321 but still never got the accuracy i did with that old Winchester powder.

I had the same problem with reman ammo loaded by the manufacturer I bought the powder from and which I used in competitions before going to Classic Major. The factory floor is run by my club president who strangely enough sells a lot of their ammo to club shooters, but does not use it himself. He likes to reload his own using W231. Coincidentally our club secretary is now working for the same company and some of the club members are telling me that quality control has certainly improved.

My Tightgroup loads are working well but I am in the process of switching to W231 for .45, it is slightly more accurate and a lot more consistent with the velocity.

Tonight I used 100 of the reclaimed cases to load up some of my club president's preferred W231 9mm load. I'll give it a try on Wednesday when running a club competition in both my Kimber 1911 and the carbine frame.

Oh, and I now have around 60 of the 9mm/100gn LRNFP loads left to pull apart. I would have finished them tonight but called it quits early.

As for the Cam-Lock puller, I haven't yet picked it up. I will do so on Wednesday on the way to the range. I have some .45ACP loads that I need to pull apart as well as quite a few test loads that didn't pan out as I had hoped I will reclaim,

 

[Nevada Ed]

Since you seem to like lead for matches, have you ever shot a Lyman #356402
120 gr. design type bullet in any of your weapons?

W231 from around 950 to 1250fps might be doable.
I also noticed that Alliant Green Dot will almost match w231 in a lot of my 9mm loads.
GD has just a wee bit more energy and top end fps, and can be a compressed load,
if that is important.

Have fun.

 

[gwpercle]

I have a quantity of close to 800 9mm rounds that were loaded with the incorrect powder some time ago (powder is okay for 9mm but as it is close to a max load it is slightly hotter than I like and not very accurate). I would like to reclaim the cases and primers if I can.

The projectile is a 100 gn LRNFP and there is just not enough weight to overcome the slightly heavy crimp on the cases with my inertial bullet puller, so I am thinking of getting the Hornady Cam Lock puller.

The only thing is one seller here states it is for rifle calibers only. Another has the #9 338/358 collet and I am wondering if this can be used to pull the bullets from my 9mm rounds.?

You need to break the crimp before pulling the bullet....just seat the bullet a little deeper , 1/32 inch will do it.
After doing that pulling will be a breeze...whatever method you want to use .
Gary