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Old 09-24-2009 | 08:04 PM
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I have reloads that have the bullets seated to deep, how do you guys pull the bullet slightly back out?
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Old 09-25-2009 | 03:59 AM
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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.
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Old 09-25-2009 | 11:47 AM
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I use a hammer puller. Get the bullet started moving, make sure your seater die is set properly, and have at it.....
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Old 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.....
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Old 09-25-2009 | 01:01 PM
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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.
 
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Old 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.
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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.
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Old 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.
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Just wonderin'....Have you ever checked bullet runout after hammering and re-setting without resizing/resetting? Curious...
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Old 09-25-2009 | 10:50 PM
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Thanks, sounds like I need to dump, resize and reload.
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Old 09-26-2009 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
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.
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Yeah....That's interesting. With that kind of spread it's not the runout problem I kinda thought it may be. When you and bc were saying they didn't shoot as well, I wondered if the hammer was causing the bullet to come out at a bit of an arc or angle and creating excessive runout.....Thanks.....
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Old 09-27-2009 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Pawildman
Yeah....That's interesting. With that kind of spread it's not the runout problem I kinda thought it may be. When you and bc were saying they didn't shoot as well, I wondered if the hammer was causing the bullet to come out at a bit of an arc or angle and creating excessive runout.....Thanks.....
Honstely, I never check it when I pull one out with a hammer. I usually seat too deep during setup. And only 2 rounds max, so I use those for foulers.
 
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