Pulled bullets ?

[Downwindtracker2]

I had had five collet pulled 140gr 264 SSTs bullets sitting on my shelf, I loaded them with the run of new bullets.They grouped about over four inches at 200 meters,the new bullets gave two groups of less than an inch each.While the scope is highly questionable,again,and the test number very low,I won't be using pulled bullets for load tests.

[royinidaho]

Yep, I agree. Pulled w/the collet does bad things. Pulled w/the inertia (hammer) puller doesn't have much of an affect.

[Catfish]

What Roy said.
I have never been able to tell bullets pulled with and interia from new bullets, but one quick glance at those pulled with a collet puller and there is no doubt.

[12GA guy]

I was amazed the first time I had to pull a bullet using the inertia hammer, at how much hammering it took to pop the bullet. Do you fellows just wack it really hard once, or do you end up hammering it a half dozen times or so?

The nice thing was all the components were saved, ready to be reloaded again. The bullets shot fine after.

[buckhunter]

The first time I used the hammer the bullets came out of the case at a pretty good rate, so hard and fast that it bent the nose of the noslers I was pulling. I took a cotton ball and put in the nose of the hammer so when the release they have a "soft" handing doing little if any damage.