What did you do at your reloading bench today?

Speedluvn · Dec 30, 2020

What bullet puller will you use?

davsco · Dec 30, 2020

fidelity said:
Set up a new bench in the basement.

And then I promptly cluttered it up.

that's funny, was my first thought

platekiller · Dec 30, 2020

Add another 300 rounds of 9mm while walking my aunt through setting up her new phone.

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RuralRifleGuy · Dec 30, 2020

Speedluvn said:
What bullet puller will you use?

Just a cheap kinetic hammer from Amazon. I want to get the Hornady Cam Lock or RCBS puller die but neither come with the collets and finding everything on the same site for reasonable prices wasn’t working. Figure I’ll use the hammer and buy one of the others later even if it’s piece by piece over some time.

Open to other suggestions though.

Speedluvn · Dec 30, 2020

RuralRifleGuy said:
Just a cheap kinetic hammer from Amazon. I want to get the Hornady Cam Lock or RCBS puller die but neither come with the collets and finding everything on the same site for reasonable prices wasn’t working. Figure I’ll use the oven hammer and buy one of the others later even if it’s piece by piece over some time.

Open to other suggestions though.

I too am looking for a bullet puller for rifle rounds that have been crimped.

Melnic · Dec 30, 2020

Speedluvn said:
I too am looking for a bullet puller for rifle rounds that have been crimped.

What size do you need?
I got one of these for using in the press.
I pulled about 500 8mm mauser and now I"m pretty much done with it.
The Mauser rounds had a heavy crimp on it and I put grip tape on the handles to not hurt my hands

https://www.amazon.com/GRIP-N-PULL-Large-Bullet-Puller-Calibers/dp/B01BU9MXHM

John from MD · Dec 30, 2020

Speedluvn said:
I too am looking for a bullet puller for rifle rounds that have been crimped.

The only good way to pull these with a kinetic puller is to first push the bullet into the case to break the seal. You can do this with your seating die. Then they will come out easy when you play "Whack a mole."

Speedluvn · Dec 30, 2020

Melnic said:
What size do you need?
I got one of these for using in the press.
I pulled about 500 8mm mauser and now I"m pretty much done with it.
The Mauser rounds had a heavy crimp on it and I put grip tape on the handles to not hurt my hands

https://www.amazon.com/GRIP-N-PULL-Large-Bullet-Puller-Calibers/dp/B01BU9MXHM

For a 300 blackout

fidelity · Dec 30, 2020

davsco said:
that's funny, was my first thought

Can't wait to put some shelves up, and then immediately fill them up too

GunBum · Dec 30, 2020

John from MD said:
The only good way to pull these with a kinetic puller is to first push the bullet into the case to break the seal. You can do this with your seating die. Then they will come out easy when you play "Whack a mole."

This!

Also, I don’t play whack a mole. I press the kinetic puller against a pneumatic palm nailer. Bbbbrrrrrrp... bullet out.

John from MD · Dec 30, 2020

GunBum said:
This!

Also, I don’t play whack a mole. I press the kinetic puller against a pneumatic palm nailer. Bbbbrrrrrrp... bullet out.

Now that truly is American ingenuity. That has to be the first time I have ever heard of this. :party29:

GunBum · Dec 31, 2020

John from MD said:
Now that truly is American ingenuity. That has to be the first time I have ever heard of this.

Very simple. I put the palm nailer in the bench vice, and press the kinetic bullet puller on the hammer. I didn’t think it up, but I don’t mind passing it along.

Swaim13 · Dec 31, 2020

fidelity said:
I put the turret press on a short length of a 2x6 so I could move it out of the way easily for other work. I used the Lee mounting plate to also be able to exchange the single-stage and turret on the same moveable platform.
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Take a look at the inline fabrication mount system. I have the flush mount and can swap my barrel vice, rockchucker, and a bench grinder all onto the same plate. I am looking at getting a T-7 and will just need to buy a new plate and wall hanger. It definitely helps me keep my bench cleaner. Some how clutter still seems to appear though!

Speed3 · Dec 31, 2020

Was prepping some brass for the upcoming season and noticed this. I had 12 out of 78 pieces showing signs. Probably 12 loads on this brass, but they were hot loads.

Keep an eye out folks, case head separation isn't fun.

hodgepodge · Dec 31, 2020

201 rounds of .45LC.

Muleskinner · Dec 31, 2020

Started prepping another thousand rounds of 556. 4,000 down, 14,000 to go

John from MD · Dec 31, 2020

Muleskinner said:
Started prepping another thousand rounds of 556. 4,000 down, 14,000 to go

Piker.

PowPow · Dec 31, 2020

Finished off the last of my 4lb of Ramshot Competition today and tossed the last 2.6gr into the garden. I've been happy with this powder for my lead SWC 1911 loads. I'm going switch to Bullseye, since I have some now. When that pound runs out, I've got some N310 waiting.

Speedluvn · Dec 31, 2020

PowPow said:
Finished off the last of my 4lb of Ramshot Competition today and tossed the last 2.6gr into the garden. I've been happy with this powder for my lead SWC 1911 loads.

Thanks for this info. Been using W231 for 45acp.

was42 · Dec 31, 2020

Found in an old .30 ammo can

I'm not sure if they came from Jeff Bartlett or Wideners but 20 years ago I bought a full to the brim ammo can of Lake City NM 1967-1968 .30-06 brass. The bullets had been collet pulled, powder salvaged and the primers chemically killed. The can was forgotten about till I was cleaning out the shop. It looked like 400 tarnished cases. I deprimed them and mic'd to verify they were unfired. Walnut media in my old tumbler would not cut the tarnish, so I bought a new Frankford Arsenal wet pin machine and a Lyman case dryer. Water, Dawn, Lemi-Shine and the insidious stainless pins worked this old brass for 3 hours. When clean and dry, I ran every case through my neck sizer to square up the mouths and they are now ready to prime and load.

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