Kinetic Bullet Puller Surprise!

[Parabuteo]

I ended up putting a bit of foam in the bottom of mine after noticing the BT's not being the same as before, but more resembling a smurfs hat

Having both a cam puller & kinetic puller, the kinetic is handy for nocking out the too deeply seated bullets for ease of correct depth seating.

Mine came with foam in, but I think cotton wool sounds like a better idea as it will absorb rather than bounce.

I tend to tap quite deliberately as I found the bullet would usually come loose when I least expected it, wrecking the case rims which, in theory at least, means I have to then go and trim the lot again...I tend not to pull if I can avoid.

I had one of those collet things from Forster...horrid horrid horrid. In spite of the manual and doing everything right I still ended up knackering the rims.

Useless bit of kit that broke eventually...totally at odds with the rest of theri kit

[Paddy_SP]

Have they been (over) annealed Paddy?

As far as I know, they've not been annealed since new, and have probably only been fired a couple of times.

Hi Paddy,
If he is the ex-RAOC Roger Davies then yes, although we haven't served together. We will certainly have mutual acquaintances, as we are quite a small band of technicians. My surname is Williams, and after leaving the Army I served for 20 years with SO13, so he will probably know who I am.
Dave

Yes, that's the chap. My line of work is blast-mitigation and ballistic-protection materials development. Roger is project-managing some work for us for the US govt.

[220AI]

Have they been (over) annealed Paddy?

As 1066 said, the only time I've heard of this was after being annealed (Possible over annealed?)

I've seen case head separation before on a badly chambered 218 Mashburn Bee, but that was near the case head, obviously.

Another tip for the kinectic hammers is using the lee primer shell holder, just abit easier to get the cases in and out of, or if you lose your hammer case holder.

Interested to hear more Paddy when you have it sorted.
Steve

[Paddy_SP]

As 1066 said, the only time I've heard of this was after being annealed (Possible over annealed?)

I've seen case head separation before on a badly chambered 218 Mashburn Bee, but that was near the case head, obviously.

Another tip for the kinectic hammers is using the lee primer shell holder, just abit easier to get the cases in and out of, or if you lose your hammer case holder.

Interested to hear more Paddy when you have it sorted.
Steve

I'd not thought of using the Lee primer shell holder in the hammer - I'll have to give it a go!

[loiner1965]

I'd not thought of using the Lee primer shell holder in the hammer - I'll have to give it a go!

thats what i have always done

[Exfelix]

Paddy, you have a pm

[SandyB]

I'd not thought of using the Lee primer shell holder in the hammer - I'll have to give it a go!

You can do the same with the Hornady kinetic puller, but you need to completely unscrew the rear cap each time to insert / removed case. The flexi collet allows to to insert / remove cases with only a small twist.

[Paddy_SP]

You can do the same with the Hornady kinetic puller, but you need to completely unscrew the rear cap each time to insert / removed case. The flexi collet allows to to insert / remove cases with only a small twist.

True - but the RCBS one needs a pipe wrench to do it up tight enough to stop the case being fired forwards - at least it does with the .204R brass. It's fine with .308 and .22-250 though...

[Paddy_SP]

Well - having taken the excellent advice above, I tried a Lee primer shell holder in my RCBS hammer. I wasn't happy with the way the round rattled around though, so I've just spent half an hour on the lathe. I now have a shell holder-holder, which together with a judiciously-positioned O-ring, makes everything sit very nicely. I've not tried it in anger yet as I don't have any rounds to pull, but I'm very pleased with the results, so many thanks for the pointer!



Edited to add: While I was in the right frame of mind, I went back out to the workshops and made another shell holder-holder to take the #2 version (the .204 takes the #4). That means I can now do my .22-250 and .308 rounds as well.