how would you pull the bullets from big bore rounds such as the .505? THanks!

I would try my 458 or 470 collet, they would probably work if your careful...otherwise get a collet...You will also need a very big press such as the RCBS A-2 single station...

If you are desparate, there are always vice grips.

I use an impact puller for the big rounds (470NE and 500NE). The bullets are so heavy you really don't have to whack them very hard.

Geronimo

WHat type of impact puller or collet are ya'll using? I use an RCBS hammer-style puller for smaller rounds, but the .505 is too big to fit. ANd one bullet is pushed in below the case mouth (don't ask), so vise grips are out. THanks!

Get a piece of 3/4 PVC water pipe, put the round in the shell holder and stick it down into the PVC. The shell holder will register on the mouth of the tube. Tape it in place so it won't fly back out.
Put a little wad of toilet paper in the other end to catch the bullet and bounce the assembly on a hard floor until the bullet pulls.

This is how we dod it when we do not have the right size collet.

Remove any die you might have in teh press.

Place the loaded round in the shell holder, and

Lower the handle, until just the bullet pokes out of the die hole.

Grip the bullet with a pair of adjustable pliers. If you are careful how you hold the bullet, no damage will occur.

Pull the handle up.

As the pliers are held by the top of the press, the bullet is pulled out with no damage to either the bullet or the case mouth.

You need a catcher's mitt, some good binoculars, and a wide open area to run around in, just in case you didn't shoot perfectly vertical...

H. C.

i like harry's .. i'll make one...

i also use 5c collets.. it's a long story
jeffe

Great idea tiggertate ,ill try your idea its so simple it has to work. Charlie

I should have added that if you use a piece 3 feet long you don't even have to bend over

A standard tube flairing block, used as Saeed describes (without the pliers), will accomodate about any bullet diameter and does no damage.

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I should have added that if you use a piece 3 feet long you don't even have to bend over

Good idea if there are any Navy guys in the neighborhood.

lawndart

Another way to remove a bullet is this:

1. Drill and tap the nose of the bullet to fit the bolt from your stuck case remover.

2. Put the cartridge in the shellholder, and run the press ram up through the [empty] hole in the top of the press for the die.

3. Thread the bolt into the drilled & tapped bullet, holding the stuck case remover base against the tope of the press.

4. Work the handle of the press to move the ram downwards, thereby pulling the bullet out of the case mouth.

This will work with my stuck case remover. It would also work with a 5/16" bolt and a small plate of steel with a 5/16" hole in it.

NOTE: The bullet will be a hollow point after this procedure.

500,
Thats it, you've gone over the edge, twisted off on us, its over, your done for, you need help in the worst way..Next thing you will suggest hitting the primer with a nail and catching the bullet in your teeth...Let me know how it works.

I usualy place the unfired round to be pulled between my front teeth and smack myself on the bach of the head. If its good enough for Red Skelton its good enough for me. Charlie