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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Crunchy on June 15, 2020, 06:54:33 PM

Title: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Crunchy on June 15, 2020, 06:54:33 PM: Just curious what everyone does. I pulled 40 bullets, but got me thinking what to do with the primed cases. Do you dump powder and seat bullet and go for broke. If so, do you see any neck tension issues? Not sure if you can resize, as the mouth of the case hasnt really expanded, and not sure if the mandrel would cause issues going in...
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: jakeweb on June 15, 2020, 07:00:10 PM: I’ve done it, and resized. Never had a problem. As long as your die is set right should put it right back to where it should be
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 15, 2020, 07:01:08 PM: I usually run thru neck die again tho I don’t think its needed. I lube necks with liquid graphite so bullets and neck is unscathed.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Crunchy on June 15, 2020, 07:05:23 PM: I might just have to seat and bullet and go for it. My resizing die also de-primes, so that would be ridiculous to do. I will shoot a few and see how they match up.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: jakeweb on June 15, 2020, 07:08:51 PM: You can just pull the depriming pin out of your die too
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Fl0und3rz on June 15, 2020, 07:09:09 PM: Resize with a Lee collet neck sizing die with the decapping pin pulled.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 15, 2020, 07:09:16 PM: Your neck tension will be different if you just seat a new bullet. Just take the decap pin out of your sizing die and size them again. :twocents:
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Jingles on June 15, 2020, 07:35:34 PM: Don't have the luxury of being able to have multiple dies for the same cal so I just back off the deprimer pin and run through the die after I dump the powder
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Crunchy on June 15, 2020, 07:41:52 PM: the decapper and expander ball are on the same rod. So wont the neck tension be off without the exander ball as well?
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Fl0und3rz on June 15, 2020, 07:50:40 PM: On the Lee, you can pull and replace the pin. Not sure about other dies.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Stein on June 15, 2020, 08:10:59 PM: Quote from: Crunchy on June 15, 2020, 07:41:52 PM
the decapper and expander ball are on the same rod. So wont the neck tension be off without the exander ball as well?

I know it is on the Lee dies. I deprime, resize and then back at it. Be very careful on depriming and wear eye and ear protection, but I have done a couple hundred and haven't set one off yet.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 15, 2020, 08:45:55 PM: Think about a hand deprimer and a different hand primer. Ditched doing it on the rock crusher and so much quicker and can feeler pockets it they loosen.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: grundy53 on June 15, 2020, 09:43:21 PM: Quote from: Stein on June 15, 2020, 08:10:59 PM
Quote from: Crunchy on June 15, 2020, 07:41:52 PM
the decapper and expander ball are on the same rod. So wont the neck tension be off without the exander ball as well?

I know it is on the Lee dies. I deprime, resize and then back at it. Be very careful on depriming and wear eye and ear protection, but I have done a couple hundred and haven't set one off yet.
:yeah: I've done it too without issue.

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Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: jasnt on June 15, 2020, 10:17:20 PM: I just reload them. Never had a problem
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: CaNINE on June 16, 2020, 07:03:10 AM: Quote from: jasnt on June 15, 2020, 10:17:20 PM
I just reload them. Never had a problem

Same here. There may be slight neck tension variations but the results have never shown up on target.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: HighlandLofts on June 18, 2020, 08:54:37 AM: Save yourself some time and give them to me.
Title: Re: Pulled bullets now what
Post by: Crunchy on June 18, 2020, 09:12:39 AM: Quote from: HighlandLofts on June 18, 2020, 08:54:37 AM
Save yourself some time and give them to me.

Dream. Got my load dialed in yesterday. One more trip and I will compare just powder and seating a bullet in them, to brass that hasnt had the bullets pulled just to see.