My old Daddy always said…. “UPDATE”

[bozo699]

My old Daddy always said:
The fool killers always out to get ya
And he also said
God watches out for little kids and fools!…

Well I’ll be 61 my next birthday so I’m no kid!… so thank God he watches out for fools!…

A forum member was looking for some 6br brass for his daughter, I told him I had some 6Dasher brass we could size back to to 6br she could have. I was busy all weekend so I thought tonight I would pull the bullets and toss them in the tumbler. They were loaded with moly coated 107 sierras,, I figured they would just come right out as I didn’t figure I put more than .002 tension on them…. Well they were loaded in 2011 or 12 so about 8 swings in I thought I heard a pop,…. Looked no the bullet was still in there… I had already decided I was gonna get the collet puller but I wasn’t gonna let a little 6mm kick my butt ,.. another swing or two I smelt the burnt primer compound!… yes the primer was completely gone and the round still had 33.0 grains of Varget in it!!!… I been using inertia hammers for pulling bullets for 35+ years and never saw that before!… how it didn’t go off I have no clue!…I did about pull my bench outta the concrete pulling them!…. Stay safe out there my friends.
Wayne

 

[Dan-Schenk]

That’ll make ya pucker!

 

[sw282]

Get a collet puller or a good pair of ViseGrips

 

[Bill Norris]

WOW. Glad u didnt get hit with the primer.

 

[TTE]

WOW. Glad u didnt get hit with the primer.

or anything else

 

[jds holler]

I'm thinkin that we may have another believer in "bullet weld".? jd

 

[hoz53]

My old Daddy always said:
The fool killers always out to get ya
And he also said
God watches out for little kids and fools!…

Well I’ll be 61 my next birthday so I’m no kid!… so thank God he watches out for fools!…

A forum member was looking for some 6br brass for his daughter, I told him I had some 6Dasher brass we could size back to to 6br she could have. I was busy all weekend so I thought tonight I would pull the bullets and toss them in the tumbler. They were loaded with moly coated 107 sierras,, I figured they would just come right out as I didn’t figure I put more than .002 tension on them…. Well they were loaded in 2011 or 12 so about 8 swings in I thought I heard a pop,…. Looked no the bullet was still in there… I had already decided I was gonna get the collet puller but I wasn’t gonna let a little 6mm kick my butt ,.. another swing or two I smelt the burnt primer compound!… yes the primer was completely gone and the round still had 33.0 grains of Varget in it!!!… I been using inertia hammers for pulling bullets for 35+ years and never saw that before!… how it didn’t go off I have no clue!…I did about pull my bench outta the concrete pulling them!…. Stay safe out there my friends.
Wayne

wow wayne- its hard to believe with all the stuff you dont have a collet puller. mine is setup in the turret press all the time ready to go. i got most collet sizes and set them rite by it in a block so they are handy.. much better than inertia style for rifle bullets. i to have had an inertia for 50 years prob. got 2 or 3 now. use them when collet puller wont grip- like pistol bullets. i have best luck with inertia puller hitting it on steel anvil on the shop vise. use something steel - makes a big differance— i have never failed to get a bullet out using steel..glad u didnt get hurt.

ps- my collet puller is an rcbs

pps- i am older than you kiddo—- lol

 

[R.Morehouse]

Man, that's a new one for me. I use the same puller/hammer......Has me rethinking the whole operation.....Thanks for posting this.....Glad it was a painless lesson.

Regards
Rick

 

[DeerHunter82]

Glad you’re ok! I’ve taken many a swing with that too, mostly on handgun rounds. Got the PMA Tool pullers for my rifle stuff.

 

[bozo699]

Get a collet puller or a good pair of ViseGrips

I have a multitude of each
Wayne

 

[bozo699]

WOW. Glad u didnt get hit with the primer.

Thanks Bill , me too!… I don’t know where it went?… I do know it went off could smell it and see the soot on the case!… can you see the powder in the case through primer hole? I was in the best part of the shop for a mishap but still
Wayne

 

[bozo699]

Glad you’re ok! I’ve taken many a swing with that too, mostly on handgun rounds. Got the PMA Tool pullers for my rifle stuff.

Pat Makes nice stuff
Wayne

 

[bozo699]

wow wayne- its hard to believe with all the stuff you dont have a collet puller. mine is setup in the turret press all the time ready to go. i got most collet sizes and set them rite by it in a block so they are handy.. much better than inertia style for rifle bullets. i to have had an inertia for 50 years prob. got 2 or 3 now. use them when collet puller wont grip- like pistol bullets. i have best luck with inertia puller hitting it on steel anvil on the shop vise. use something steel - makes a big differance— i have never failed to get a bullet out using steel..glad u didnt get hurt.

ps- my collet puller is an rcbs

pps- i am older than you kiddo—- lol

Thanks buddy!…. I have several Collet pullers and lots of collets, I use my inertia puller same as you normally, I just wanted to pop one out real quick to see what bullet and powder was in them ,… why idk
Wayne

P.S I did pull the rest with RCBS collet puller

Grandpa Hoz

Wayne

 

[bozo699]

I'm thinkin that we may have another believer in "bullet weld".? jd

Definitely, but have been long before this my friend
Wayne

 

[bozo699]

Man, that's a new one for me. I use the same puller/hammer......Has me rethinking the whole operation.....Thanks for posting this.....Glad it was a painless lesson.

Regards
Rick

Rick,
I been using this thing for years, never a mishap, I hate the jolt of collet pullers, I figured one maybe two hits they would pop out!… nope!… since I had 34 to do I grabbed a shell holder instead of using the factory collet in the hammer, I checked for proud primers on the rest but they were all good, just don’t know what happened,… well I do just don’t know why .
Wayne

 

[vonb]

Seat them deeper to break the weld and then use the intertia puller. They'll come out easier next time.

 

[bozo699]

Seat them deeper to break the weld and then use the intertia puller. They'll come out easier next time.

Yes sir that works very good, I just got in a hurry I guess. I did seat them deeper before pulling them with collet puller and it did help but they were cold welded in!… a distinct pop when seated further and still pulled hard. Back in those days I didn’t put much tension on them at all so it’s kinda weird.
Wayne

 

[Sandstorm]

All in all Wayne probly good you did'nt use them in a Match.
Perhaps the moly coating had an epoxy effect after all these years.?..dont know
and never heard of this sorta thing.

 

[SeabeeKen]

Curious what the pressure and ES would have been had they been fired though. I had some 338 bullets get deformed from seating deeper prior to pulling and they had only been loaded about 2 yrs. Cold welding is tough.

 

[Zero333]

I would of seat them deeper in the case first to break the bullet weld, then they would of come out much easier.

If I have to do 50 or more pieces, I use the Hornady Collet puller.