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jonk
Just curious. I have one of the impact pullers. THis is great for the occasional reloading mistake, but for various reasons that I'm not going to get into, I plan on pulling several hundred rounds each of 8mm Mauser and 30-06. What type of bullet puller would do this best and fastest, with a minimum (or no) bullet marring?

"...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • bobski
    good luck! anything you do is going to marr the bullet. the crimp will shave the base of the bullet no matter what you do. maybe someone else has a secret, but im not one of them.

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  • p3skyking
    For a no mar bullet the impact is the only way to go.
    The collet types always leave a mark.

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  • richbug
    Jonk, If you are pulling bullets out of that turk 8mm, grab the bullet with one hand, the case with another bend the cartridge. the brass is so thin at the neck they fall right apart. I found it much cheaper to buy that ammo for bullets than buy bullet themselves. Doesn't work well for good ammo, but for that thin walled turk stuff works like a champ.

    I wouldn't advise using an impact puller for any quanity of military ammo unless you want an instant case of carpal tunnels. I f you do try to use one use your eating dies to push the bullet deaper in the case to break the sealant, then use your puller, figure 3-4 sharp blows per cartridge; unscrew the cap, work the case out of the collet without the O-ring and all the small pieces of the collet flying every which way, then repeat the process.

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  • Mobuck
    It may take a lot of hammering to pop those bullets if they are mil surplus with crimp and sealer. A collet type puller won't damage the bullets too much for reuse unless you're shooting a match. One trick that might help you is to set a bullet seater die to just push the bullet back a little to break the sealer and loosen the crimp before trying to pull them.

    Mobuck
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  • jonk
    Well since you ask I WILL get into my reasons.

    I got a lot of 1943 dated ammo from CMP awhile back. Contrary to their warnings I have shot the stuff, but pulled several rounds to inspect first. Great stuff! And no, I don't plan on shooting it all, I will save some to collect. With bolt actions, I just shoot it as is. But for my M-1, not wanting to rip it down and clean it super well EVERY time, due to the primers, I have been pulling bullets and transferring to a newly primed case.

    So far as the Mauser ammo, yeah I plan on pulling the turk stuff. If the neck is already cracked- which happens- I do just pull the bullet by hand. But I don't much like the idea of purposefully cracking brass. I would use the empties for cast bullet reloads. But using my seating die to break the seal, then using the impact puller- ooh, I like the idea. Never thought of it. And believe me, it does take a LOT of whalloping to pull a military round otherwise! In any event, I find it isn't too consistent for velocity, and hot anyhow. So a slightly reduced charge reweighed has done very well for me. And the powder does well for reloading commercial bullets then.


    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • Iconoclast
    Jon, the 1943 CMP surplus will not be of any great value in your lifetime. The very fact that large amounts are being released under the CMP should be sufficient to establish that. Save a few boxes if you want to have an example of WW2 packaging, otherwise shoot it up.

    The "bump and pull" technique has been around a long time; while time-consuming, it works. It's inevitable you'll have some minor scratches and sealant residue on the shank and base of the bullet, but for casual shooting, the projectiles will be just fine.
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  • snowtigger
    I haven't tried others, but with my Midway impact puller, I throw away the 3 piece "collets" and use my RCBS shellholders. Much easisr to deal with.

    It ain't what you shoot, it's what you hit.
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  • richbug
    Snowtigger, that is absolutely brilliant... why didn't I think of it?

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  • jonk
    I have tried using the reloading press shellholders instead of collets. Personal experience? I think the collets are better due to the cusioning affect of the rubber band that holds them together; with the shellholder, some of the initial impact is used in jarring the cartridge aroudn in the shellholder.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • 260
    i have found that with the hammer type pullers that the o- ring is a pain in the butt, so i just use the correct shell holder in its place. this works great and speeds things up
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