Bad Day of Reloading

[Gunrgood]

Long story short, I need to pull 500 .223 bullets and I need to do it as fast as possible. Any recommendations?

Is it possible to air pull in a non-commercial sense?

I'd rather not kinetically pull. Doesn't that damage the brass/bullet/both?

[Alaskapopo]

Long story short, I need to pull 500 .223 bullets and I need to do it as fast as possible. Any recommendations?

Is it possible to air pull in a non-commercial sense?

I'd rather not kinetically pull. Doesn't that damage the brass/bullet/both?

It does not damage the brass and the bullet is fine unless it has a poimer tip and then it may get smooshed a bit. Standard non poly tip bullets are fine.
pat

[Sticks]

You're in for a long day. My sympathies.

I'd check your local reloading store (preferably a box store) that sells dies. You can get an RCBS or Hornady die for your press to pull the bullets, collets are separate. $35 ish. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemL...spx?catid=1464

That or wait a week and order online. I know this is not ASAP, but faster.

Found this on another forum;

A friend who was a commercial reloader used an air chisel pneumatic gun. He welded a shell holder (calber specific) to the cut off ends of cheap air chisels that fit his gun. Had a peice of tarp hanging in front of him to catch the slugs and powder. Put the loaded round in the shell holder, pull the trigger on the air chisel. Case and bullet go out fast and case comes back fast, inertia separates bullet from case and it hits the tarp and rolls to the floor. You can pull pistol bullets as fast as you can put them in the shell holder.

[Malchira]

You can get an RCBS or Hornady die for your press to pull the bullets, collets are separate.

In my experience, the Hornady is dramatically more pleasant to use. The lever action is much more convenient and needs less adjustment.

[vaglocker]

Come on fess up what did you do? Probably not as bad as my last f'up. I bought a new sizer recently and apparently didn't look at the label carefully enough before I left the store. I started resizing my 223 brass and it seemed to take a bit more force than usual. Oh, well I continued for about a hundred rounds until I started to inspect the brass more closely. Damn, that neck looked kinda stretched out more than usual. Then I looked at the die more closely and sure enough it was a .222 sizer

[chadbag]

If you use the kinetic bullet puller, stick a plastic shipping peanut in the end. Preferably the more foaming kind and not the PS (poly styrene) kind. Protects the bullet.

Chad

[jgg]

you can also use a foam ear plug

[Texas42]

I had to pull about a hundred rounds of 9mm luger. My hammer will bend long rifle rounds and put little pits in 9mm luger (not really a problem witht he pistol rounds).

Thanks for the ideas for the foam in the in kinetic bullet hammer.

[Gunrgood]

Thanks for all the help guys.

I'm going to look into the Hornady puller and collet.

[BravoGolf59]

FWIW, I use a RCBS kinetic puller and it has a chunk of foam in the impact end of the hammer that looks like a big earplug. I've pulled a few Z-max with no problems to the tips. FMJ & SPs are fine.

This won't help you with 500 bullets, but when I have a few to pull, I set these aside in a container to use to build up "fouler" cartridges. Eventually, I will have a few cases, a few punched out primers; put it all together and you have a fouler round.