Just pulled a good chunk of bergers and eldx using the old polygrips and reverse press action.
They have a few lines in them above seating depth from the teeth of the polygrips.
I assume they are still sweet for load dev and sighting in?
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Just pulled a good chunk of bergers and eldx using the old polygrips and reverse press action.
They have a few lines in them above seating depth from the teeth of the polygrips.
I assume they are still sweet for load dev and sighting in?
Go for it.
Oh dear lord...
And I used to think Toby was scary when it came to reloading... :P
Have pulled and re loaded eldx before and never had any issues, in fact the last red I shot at 450 yards was with a pulled projectile that had some damage to the polymer tip and no decernable difference noticed, and yes we shot a few groups on paper to check before using them for hunting
if all else fails, there is always the blowtorch method :DQuote:
Originally Posted by berg243
Load dev for what Gibo? Have you reinvested yet? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
:XD: tikka 260 ha ha ha
Get a hornady collet bullet puller. Makes a near faultless job of pulling bullets for reuse.
That's the shiz for pulling projies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woody
More shooting and less pulling would be my advice @Gibo.
Good adviceQuote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
sub hundy game loads...no problem ,wouldnt want to trust something with a ding in it at 350...but at 35,jobs done.
Most scratches on the side are most likely put in the projectiles when seating rather than pulling anyway.
Not polygrip scratches! How are you seating yours? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Savage1
@Gibo I have a proper collet bullet puller that does 6.5 and a few other cals. Could be a handy investment at $50
Thanks but no thanks, all done and dusted
Ever recovered copper jacketed bullets shot from a subsonic load? No expansion whatsoever, and dirty great gouges from the rifling.
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Makes you wonder how they get to fly so well.
shite you could use them again LOL
Nice fast twist barrel that but I guess it needs to be!
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Originally Posted by Shearer
The kinetic bullet pullers work well but can damage the plastic tips a little, I have found no real difference between pulled bullets or new ones.
Somewhere around here I have an old magazine, maybe "NZ Guns", with an article where a bloke scrounged around in the earth backstop at a rifle range and picked up a bunch of fired-but-mint 7.62 mm FMJ match projectiles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
He loaded them up, fired them in a .308 and as I recall they shot pretty well.
You'd think the previous rifling marks would've allowed gas to blow past the projectile but it seemed not.
Will try and find the article...
Put a disposable ear plug in the hammer for the tip to contact when it comes looseQuote:
Originally Posted by Mooseman
Yep you need something soft to take the impact of the bullet when it leaves the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by bully
I have closely watched the bullet come out and release when using a kinetic hammer...... have a look next time... mostly they release on the bounce back.
Interesting nerdy factoid :thumbsup:
they work better with a really solid thing to whack it into ....gently gently just doesnt do it.
I whack mine on the flat piece on my vice and yes you need to whack em hard, generally four or five thumps moves them .
I made my own bullet puller. (6.5) by drilling cheap pair of pliers with a 6.5mm bit. A bit of masking tape on the jaws protects the projectile when being pulled using My Lee loader in reverse.
In the first couple of years of my reloading career if I hadn't of reused pulled bullets I doubt I could have afforded to reload.
Always used the Kinetic hammer type and and have an extra bit of sponge
Thought it may have been a little much expecting to reuse the powder, but only after much consideration.:)
