Adding length to OAL

Water Swatter · 09-24-2009, 08:04 PM

I have reloads that have the bullets seated to deep, how do you guys pull the bullet slightly back out?

NY Harvester · 09-25-2009, 03:59 AM

I bought one of those hammer type pullers, I havn't used it yet.
I have around a half dozen rounds I seated to deep to pull apart next session.

Pawildman · 09-25-2009, 11:47 AM

I use a hammer puller. Get the bullet started moving, make sure your seater die is set properly, and have at it.....

jeepkid · 09-25-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Pawildman

I use a hammer puller. Get the bullet started moving, make sure your seater die is set properly, and have at it.....

Yep

09-25-2009, 01:01 PM

I use a kinetic hammer too. But I never have good luck doing it. Seems those loads I pull out has less neck tension or something and doesn't shoot the same as if I loaded it that same COL.

Ridge Runner · 09-25-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bigcountry

I use a kinetic hammer too. But I never have good luck doing it. Seems those loads I pull out has less neck tension or something and doesn't shoot the same as if I loaded it that same COL.

Ditto, never had good luck with accuracy just pulling bullets a bit. I'd rather pull them dump the powder, then remove the decapping pin from the sizer die and resize and reload.
RR

TUK101 · 09-25-2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ridge Runner

Ditto, never had good luck with accuracy just pulling bullets a bit. I'd rather pull them dump the powder, then remove the decapping pin from the sizer die and resize and reload.
RR

That's what I do. It seems that once the bullet starts moving in the puller, the brass loses it's "squeeze" on the bullet and it's just not the same.

Pawildman · 09-25-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ridge Runner

Ditto, never had good luck with accuracy just pulling bullets a bit. I'd rather pull them dump the powder, then remove the decapping pin from the sizer die and resize and reload.
RR

Just wonderin'....Have you ever checked bullet runout after hammering and re-setting without resizing/resetting? Curious...

Water Swatter · 09-25-2009, 10:50 PM

Thanks, sounds like I need to dump, resize and reload.

Ridge Runner · 09-26-2009, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Pawildman

Just wonderin'....Have you ever checked bullet runout after hammering and re-setting without resizing/resetting? Curious...

never got that in-depth into it pa, but in my 7mm STW the ES went from single didgets to almost 200 fps. so just assumed it was a neck tension thing.
RR