Thread: Read if you have Hornady Camlock Bullet Puller

My one only had a little pitting on it & its done heaps

The problem is the cam is punched & is as rough as with a step in it so that is not so helpful & would be causing the pitting

303 will do that with factory loads

The pliers thing might be OK for longer bullets that aren't crimped (and I have done it) but on anything with a crimp, sealed or softer jacketed the pliers will write the pills off. The collets have more surface area to grip the bullet shank and more even pressure around the pill. I've used my RCBS one to pull some that just would not move any other way including pressing the pill deeper (just moved the whole neck and shoulder back).

On the other hand, the pliers are an option for some pills where you don't have any exposed parallel shank to grab with the collet.

tight bullets?

For pulling military loads like 7.62x51 or x39, First use you seating die to push the projectile down a few thou to break the seal. Then you won't need to use as much force on the cam. That plunger looked like it had been well overloaded.

I accidentally crimped some cast bullet loads a while back.
Neither those electrical crimper nor my RCBS collet type will pull them.

Sooo, I'm just shooting them.

Don't forget, minor damage to bullets is quickly negated by being jammed down a barrel at about 2700fps

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

I accidentally crimped some cast bullet loads a while back.
Neither those electrical crimper nor my RCBS collet type will pull them.

Sooo, I'm just shooting them.

Don't forget, minor damage to bullets is quickly negated by being jammed down a barrel at about 2700fps

Yup, been there, done that. And when you can't for some reason shoot them that's when you get the kinetic hammer puller out...

Originally Posted by Jhon

Yup, been there, done that. And when you can't for some reason shoot them that's when you get the kinetic hammer puller out...

I had a huge selection of bullets given to me by a dude who had tried to make up a bullet board for the wall.
I decided to chuck them all but also decided to put the lot through a $20 chinese kinetic hammer. Several types of milcrimp rounds
were in there too. They all came out in the end. I then made a big pile of powder and made a big VOOOMBF! just for laughs.

Have one too - done a fair bit of work - I've found that the handle cam lobes wear or rather distort where it interfaces with said concave bearing surface... flaring the material out - cleaned up the razor sharp edges - still works though now more attentive to greased surfaces to help the wearing... Good on Reloaders and Hornady..