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posted 03 August 2003 09:47
has anyone successfully pulled gas checked bullets without leaving the gas check in the neck of the case? I can't...
 
Posts: 11 | Location: uk | Registered: 30 June 2003Reply With Quote
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posted 03 August 2003 01:16Hide Post
Most of mine will come out with the check still on the bullet base. I use Hornaday gas checks on all cast bullets because they "crimp on" with a positive retention as a design feature.

However, if you rotate the loose check that is stuck in the neck so it is lip side out you can catch that lip with a steel scribe and pull it out of the neck with a little flicking motion. You really can do this, just be patient.

Next, when a check pulls on a full case compressed load you can get it out this way. The check is supported by the powder, so take a much smaller diameter punch and center it in the check and give it a medium tap with a hammer. You will collapse the check around the punch some, reducing its diameter.

No matter how you do it, it is a pain in the arse. Use Hornaday gas checks to minimize the issue and (good advice here, I wish I would take it for myself) simply avoid making up a whole bunch of heavy charge cast bullet loads so that when you find out they are totally inaccurate you won't have so many to go break down.

Oldfeller
 
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posted 04 August 2003 01:34Hide Post
I have about a 50/50 sucess rate.

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Use Hornaday gas checks to minimize the issue and (good advice here, I wish I would take it for myself) simply avoid making up a whole bunch of heavy charge cast bullet loads so that when you find out they are totally inaccurate you won't have so many to go break down.
A lesson I can't seem to remember.

Eddie
 
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posted 08 August 2003 16:45Hide Post
A difficult trick to perform. The best thing to do is get it right and don't have to pull them. I suspect an inertia bullet puller might work best...but still not fool proof. Anyone tried this with GC bullets? [Confused]
 
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posted 10 August 2003 10:10Hide Post
"The best thing to do is get it right and don't have to pull them"

C'mon Pecos, doing it right the first time is too easy....

I never pull cast. Why for? Those bullets cost so little or next to nothing handmade and the powder charges ain't much otta your pocket-- so just shoot them! Plink away. Lots easier to load empty cases than pull bullets and then load.

Ten Bears
 
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posted 16 August 2003 07:18Hide Post
marky123....I do have that problem occasionally.

My latest and greatest escapade was with some formed 25/35 brass that I failed to test chamber that has the dreaded base bulge.

I pulled about 20 of the little suckers. About 1/2 came out with the GC and the remainder stood fast. I succeeded in fishing out all but two with forcepts. These two hardcores eluded me. I finally took a .250" diameter rod and a small hammer and crushed the check and emptied them right out.

You better bet I learned a lesson there./beagle
 
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