Pulling a bullet

I messed up on a reload, and had to disassemble the bullet, my brother in law was curious about it last time he visited and so I video'ed it to show him, figured I would upload it so you can see it too.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• reloading
• bullet
• shell
• cartridge
• puller

[bltefft]

2 things:

1- Shell holders work better than the colliers that come with the puller.

2- I remove an unfired primer, just like I do a used one - with the resizing die, just do it slowly. I have the Hornady Lock N Load Progressive and it has a tube the spent primer falls through to the trash can. For good primer, I just hold the end of the tube and catch the primer in my hand.

Hack

[jtruxton]

Thanks for the tip, although primers aren't the cheapest, i likely wont reuse one, I am probably just being over cautious...

I will look for a shell holder, but I don't reload very often, so low quantity, I probably will stick with my methods, but Thanks!

[briand787b]

how do you take the primer out of the cartridge?

[jtruxton]

Actually, i don't... I guess if you wanted teh primer you could use a resizing die, but I personally wouldn't, but if I did, i would wear the safety glasses and probably earplugs as well... i hear you can deactivate the primers by soaking the case in oil if you don't want an active primer in your rubbish can

[RebelFlag61]

That's what I thought. IIRC, my bullet puller is a Dillon but it works the same. I really have to smack it hard to pull a bullet from my .44 mag reloads.

[jtruxton]

It usually takes a lot more to dislodge the bullet, the only problem with Youtube is that the videos aren't high enough resolution, the side of the brass was 'crinkled' down from the press.. i probably could have actually wiggled the bullet out with my fingers, but it was an easy way to show my brother the process this way without hammering my workbench :) Thanks for watching!

[HKMadness]

No safety glasses? Dismantling of live ammo no-no. The primers are subject to detonation at any time.

[KiraYamato636]

XD

[saleen308]

Bought one of these Friday! Very worth the money

[MNel86]

If you had to pick ONE TIME TO WEAR YOUR SAFETY GLASSES, it'd probably be while pulling a bullet.

[otunca]

I always wonder how bullet puller works

Thank you for the video

[paintballhead03]

wow cool, i saw a CSI episode one time and they used that

[gagiva1]

reload more ammo and kill more american.

[dontmakemeMAD1990]

and IS there an way to disasembley an bullet without making one of the parts broke ?

or is there atleast an way that you can have it that way, you have atleast after the disasembley of somme bullets, you have an good case and an good bullet, so you can use the bullet and the case again ?

[tarnishedsoull]

@itsmacko he has a gun...whos gonna argue the point?

[tarnishedsoull]

Thanks, probably kept me from shooting off my face.