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I've been using the same cheap inertia ( hammer type) bullet puller for years to pull loads that I was no longer happy with or that were found undesireable during load tests. Over the years the 3 collets held together by a rubber band have shown some use and have let a few cases slip especially .284 Win's with the rebated rim and some belted Magnums. I thought about buying a new "puller" and also thought about buying replacement collets but in my infinite quest to "make do" and not throw more money down the hole in the purchse of a new plastic bullet puller I just took my #3 RCBS shell holder out of the press ram ( use whatever size is applicable), slid it over the rim of a cartridge and dropped the thing in the puller body and threaded the cap on it, perfect fit and works better and faster than the old 3 piece "collet" held together with a rubber band thingy. So far it works perfect every time and I see no potential for failure with this method. Just thought I'd pass this along even though I know some of you out there have probably done this already I was quite proud of getting myself up and running again. | ||
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Hornady at least, probably others, used to sell bullet pullers that had simple C-clips to fit the rims of the cases of various sizes. Worked on the same principle. "A cheerful heart is good medicine." | |||
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I've been using shell holders in my inertia bullet puller for years and haven't had any problems. It works very well and it beats buying a separate collet for the WSMs. Thanks for sharing your tip as many people haven't heard of it. | |||
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What a great idea! Thanks. Pete "Be kind to your neighbor, he knows where you live." | |||
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I have been doing the same thing for years and years with my old RCBS inertia bullet puller, works great! R Flowers | |||
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Wow, what a great idea... Want to market it? | |||
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That is a fantastic idea. LWD | |||
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I have used my shellholders before. Perhaps it is because I use Lee's 11 count assortment pack that may or may not be exactly sized for each application, but I have damaged the rim using them. | |||
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I was impressed with that idea when I read it on August 31st, 2006,: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=218188 But I am still using the little rubber bands collet. | |||
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