I have a bunch of FMJ 308 ...want to dump the bullets and load same-weight soft points for hunting. To remove bullet should I (1) use a hammer-type bullet-puller, (2) get a 30 cal. collet puller, (3) roll the neck on steel with some metal object that will apply pressure to the neck while rolling - to loosen the FMJ ??
And...........regardless of method used to pull bullet....do I need to re-neck-size for a subsequent tight fit on the newly inserted soft point bullet?
THANK YOU
Alex

I find the mammer type pullers are the fastest. I hardly ever use my collet puller.

You most likely well have reize the necks to maintain proper tension.

I did some 8mms and the replacement bullets were loose after that. I just ran the necks into the resizer and they worked fine.

THANKS!!!

I sometime use a pair of side cutter pliers and use the press on the down stroke to remove the bullets.
This is when I have a lot to pull apart,none of the pulled bullets have shown bad signs at the target when shot later.

Seat the bullets slightly to break the seal.

Use a collet puller.

Neck size the cases with the decap pin out of the rod. Pour 1st case's powder into scale pan and set aside. NS 1st case, campher case mouth and set in loading block. Pull next bullet and pour that case's powder into the 1st one......continue that procedure until the last case and pour the 1st case's powder into that one. Seat bullets. Goes quick that way.

Larry Gibson

find a pair of "blasters pliers" crimpers and you will see how they can be used to pull bullets.

Are going to change the powder? If you are not changing powder, collet puller would be the way to go.

Since you are gonna probably trash the fmj's, just take the die out of your press, run the round up thru the hole and grab the bullet with a pair of side cutters and retract the ram.
You will need to resize the neck.
A fairly straight forward way to go would be to weight the powder charge in several of the cases to get an average and then dump the powder from all the shells into a container. After you've resized the cases (don't forget to remove the decapping pin from your die), recharge the cases and seat your bullet normally.

UP through ram. Grab with Side cutters or just vice grips. Pull on the down stroke. If too hard, seat a bit deeper and then refer to above.
Never found need to resize. Seat and shoot.
dmw

Talk about tearing up bullets..this has got to be the thread of the year..

Save those bullets, use a collect puller but first run the cartridge up into your bullet seating die just a tad until you feel the bullet break loose then run the cartridge up into the collet die and pull the bullets..weigh your powder charge in the cases so you know the grains, then dump the powder into a container, not take the primer pin out of your resizing die and resize the case, put the powder back in the the case and seat a bullet of the same weight in the case and your ready to go..

All that said why not use them for practice shooting and save the brass to reload..

Using a pair of side cutters and your press to do this job does not hurt the bullets from being shot at a later date.
If he has a lot of them to pull by all means it would pay to get the collet puller.

I have used collets, hammer-type "inertia" pullers, and side cutters. All can be used without any significant marking or damage to the bullets. But one has to be pretty careful with the sidecutters if he doesn't want the bullets marked.

So, much of the time I use a fourth type of bullet-puller. It is a plier-like device with polished semi-circles cut into each jaw. I have three different ones, each of which has four different pairs of arcs cut into the jaws with each pair of arcs cut to fit a specific diameter of bullet.

They are very fast and take very little attention to pull bullets without damaging them.

I don't remember where I bought them, but it was probably Graf's, Midway, or Brownell's. I polished the arcs myself, as new they came smooth but not polished.

Hammer-type (kinetic) bullet pullers are noisy and require more effort than a collet-type puller. The collet puller is also faster for jacketed bullets.

Work smart, not hard.