#%$&**@.........Grrrr.

[bobm]

I think I was first in line when Quinetics and RCBS came out with this tool decades ago. That aluminum 3 jaw thing sheared off within hours of new. Went and made a proper steel one that will never fail.

So, this morning I was taking apart some .25-06 dummy rounds to save the new RP brass and bullet. I don't even own a .25-06.

All is going to plan while whacking the hammer on top of my UltraMag press with thick leather to cushion the impact. I got a stubborn one and hit harder a couple of times. True to reputation, that Nosler Ballistic Tip flew true and hit tip first into my man cave ceiling.

The ironic thing is I just sold one to a member here in a misc. parts package. Do you think he will miss it?

 

[rjtfroggy]

https://grip-n-pull.com/ No more holes in the ceiling.
Watch the videos.

 

[fkimble@charter.net]

The thick leather pad is preventing the good solid blow you need to pull the bullets. Get a solid block of oak, even pine, a leftover from a 2x6 etc will work great on a solid surface.

Frank

 

[whatsupdoc]

Hold a wooden mallet in one hand and strike it with the inertia puller
held in the other hand. Works great and is quiet compared to hammering
the table.

 

[bobm]

The thick leather pad is preventing the good solid blow you need to pull the bullets. Get a solid block of oak, even pine, a leftover from a 2x6 etc will work great on a solid surface.

Frank

That wide 1/4" thick leather strip has been hammered and "work hardened" to half it's thickness now. Like a chunk of oak. Keeps the paint from getting damaged on the UltraMag anvil. It was time for breakage.

Who has a hammer like it they would part with cheap? I have Davidson style plier tools, both brands of collet type, too. I like the hammer.

 

[PhilC]

The thick leather pad is preventing the good solid blow you need to pull the bullets. Get a solid block of oak, even pine, a leftover from a 2x6 etc will work great on a solid surface.

Frank

Keep a 10" chunk of 4 x 6 Doug Fir next my bench I rap my 30yr old Midway kinetic puller on. Bought a new Quinetics 2 or 3yrs ago, still unused in my tool chest waiting for me to kill my old one but like the pink battery bunny or an ancient Timex watch, it refuses to die. LOL.

 

[old codger]

I have had two of those fail in the last 20 years or so. The lighter the bullet the harder it is to get it to work. I bought one of the grip-n-pulls and it was not very good. A man with arthritic hands can't get a hard enough grip to pull the bullet. I have tried the Hornady collet puller with a little success. My experience has been that the impact puller works not perfectly but better than others. Just buy another when it self destructs.

 

[JSH]

Don’t mess up a bunch of 17’s! You will expand your vocabulary and invent new words and terminology.
I have a solid chunk of oak under my bench for soft anvil usage.
The handle on one of mine broke a hunk out of the side a year or so ago.

 

[whatsupdoc]

The inertia pullers do more harm than good I have had the primer compound knocked out using that Neanderthal tool.

 

[jelenko]

I have tried the Hornady collet puller with a little success.

I also tried the Hornady collet puller. Went back to the Forster collet puller.

 

[bobm]

Toss it in your range box or car, we'll meet up soon.

A guy can't own too many hammers, right?

Thanks, Art

 

[LCazador]

Time to stop beating on that dead horse! LOL!

 

[LHSmith]

4x4 oak dropoff from a stairway newell post, hit on end grain as recommended on the instructions on my 20 year old Midway (now sold as Frankfort Arsenal) puller. Rest oak block on concrete floor so there is no cushion to the impact.

 

[ebb]

Thats a RCBS puller I think (Ive got one just like it but no idea where it came from) check and see if they will replace it with under warrantee..

 

[Richard Jones]

That's a 'zero' group you have going there, don't screw it up.....

 

[OmegaRed]

Had an RCBS...broke in the exact same spot. Have an orange one now as well as a Hornaday die style puller.

As mentioned on this thread, I use a soft blow hammer to strike this hammer onto. So much quieter. If I get to where that won't do, I sacrifice the bullet to the die style puller.

 

[Gary in MD]

I broke a RCBS hammer puller a few years ago, smacking it on concrete. Called them, they sent a new one free of charge.

 

[hogpatrol]

One RCBS unit, one cheapo ebay special, now on the third one. That ten thousandths neck tension doesn't help. Just use it on scrap bullets found on the range. Collet unit for the good stuff.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Grip n pull, press is just sitting there use it.

 

[Ringostar]

PM sent. I have one with little use. I switched to the RCBS collet puller many years ago.