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I want to bull a number of round I loaded, about 40 I think. Basically want to try another type of primer.

I have one of those inertia pullers... put the case in, do up the collet around the rim, bang it on the ground and walla... bullet, powder comes out.

For testing purposes will there be any probs with using these projectiles again. I mean, there may a few marks on them right? Any thoughts.

There shouldn't be any marks on them. I had a bunch of 308 Win loads that I reloaded and discovered half way through that my scale did not have the 10 grain slide sitting in the notch correcty, so I pulled about 50 bullets, dumped the charges and reloaded all the components back again. No problems at all.

I prefer the "inertia bullet pusher" type of operation.

That is where you put the case in, close the bolt, pull the trigger and "walla" the bullet comes out...

Amen, Ricciardelli!

Mills. Your method will work, if you haven't already done it. Should be no marks on the bullets but you might even put a little bit of kleenex in the bottom of your inertia puller just to pad the bullet tip.

What you need to worry about here is depriming live primers. That can certainly be done as well, but several obvious precautions are necessary like, wear eye protection, deprime them slowly and gently - (remember they are IMPACT sensitive) - and obviously get flamable things away from your press in case you accidentally torch one off.

I believe you will be able to reload and reseat the bullets when you are done without even resizing the case. But wouldn't swear to that as I'm not sure I've ever done it your way.

the only mark you would see on the bullet would be the crimp mark if you crimp the bullets.

I do .45acp and give it a light crimp. when I pulled a bullet before it had a slight ring on it from the crimp but it doesnt matter, as when you reseat the bullet the crimp just goes in the same spot

if you dont crimp there should be next to no marks at all.

I prefer Steve's method of cartridge disassembly whenever feasible.

I use an inertial puller occasionally, and haven't seen any difference with the bullets' accuracy afterward. I do occasionally see some light scratches on the side when pulling from a crimped case, as it seems the edges of the crimp scratch the bullet a little. It's not enough to worry about (they get scratched a LOT more getting jammed into the rifling anyway).

Foam ear plugs are also good for preventing bullet tip damage in an inertial puller.

Why not practice offhand with them?

There well may be marks on the bullet depending on a number of things* and I have witnessed it. It is not conjecture.
* roughness of neck lip, degree of chamfer, neck hardness, nickle plated cases etc. just to mention a few!!!!1 Mox nix. For hunting they're OK. For twigs, beer cans , water jugs and just casually shooting paper at the range they're great.

If you are firing competition don't bother pulling and reusing. Just your concern about their adequcy will loose u the match.

HOWEVER, the INERTIA PUSH method sounds the most sensable. Your pull time is more valuable than bullet salvage???????? roger

I've used both (not in huge volumes) and I like the Hornady collet puller. If you didn't put a death-grip crimp on your bullets you should be able to pull them very cleanly from the case. I've done this with no damage to the bullets (light crimp).

And it's probably faster for 40 rounds anyway, and less messy. Once the puller is in the press it's a very simple operation.

With the inertia method I've had to take some mighty big swings to pull the bullet. If you go this way some padding is very good idea. The few I pulled this way showed a very flattened lead tip.

Of course off hand practice is useful as well. Depends on how expensive the bullets and how bad the recipe you've got.

I use a Quinetics inertia type puller. To be on the sure side I stuff a piece of cotton batten in the nose to soften the blow since I use a lot of hollow points. Use a slow deft approach to remove the primers, merely pushing them out gently, and keep your head out of the way just in case. That or take them to the garage and fire them off. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

I have both kinds and if you crimped these, get ready to bang away for while with the inertia type. A lot of work for only 40 rounds plus you waste the primer and powder. (All that banging will probably damage some kernels and cause more variation than the change in primers. If the bullets come out easy, retract that concern.)

I use a kinetic puller with half a cottton ball stuffed into the bottom. The bullets come out fine.
Deactivate the live primers by squirting a shot of WD40 into the case. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then gently deprime normally.
You'll need to clean your cases again to get the WD40 out so it doesn't kill your fresh powder/primer.

I use an RCBS collet puller in my press, no mess and bullets come out in fine shape if you don't sqeeze them to hard. Even if I did they still shot pretty well. I have pulled many as when I load I do 100 at a time and have had to pull them all before.

I have also punched out hundreds of live primers and never had a problem.