I have to disagree with this statement. I have used my hammer puller so often because I made ALOT of mistakes when I started out. I would load 6-10 of a certain load and the first 5 would shoot like crap so Id pull them. Or didnt have my seating die adjusted right and needed then too. I would get one!
You domake a good point, I have a bin full of 'bastard' cartridges and another of dummy rounds. I usually take my 'bastards' out to the range with me for a fouling shot, or to do other shooting where accuracy isn't needed- like shooting the halloween pumpkins
Whenever I reload with a new cartridge or a new bullet, I size a piece of brass and carefully seat a bullet to the OAL that I'm looking for, then mark it with a sharpie as to what it is. I've also made up 5 or more dummies up at a time to check if a certain rifle will cycle a round loaded with a certain bullet- mauser 98s can be very finnicky with feeding anything but a spitzer bullet- you just don't know until you try. I probably have 30 or so dummies made up in various cartridges- maybe I'll use them to make keychains or something out of someday
