Pulled bullets?

[kyotekiller25]

I bought some 75g ELDMs from another forum member and 100 were pulled. Upon arriving, I noticed most of them have a nice circular indent towards the nose, I'm assuming from the collet puller. Will these effect accuracy any? Hoping they don't effect the seating to much, as it's in the general vicinity.

 

[dteamer]

I bought some 75g ELDMs from another forum member and 100 were pulled. Upon arriving, I noticed most of them have a nice circular indent towards the nose, I'm assuming from the collet puller. Will these effect accuracy any? Hoping they don't effect the seating to much, as it's in the general vicinity.

Usually the collet puller grips the straight part of the bullet after the ogive, the circular ring is probably from the seating stem pushing the bullet into the case. Test some on a target at a distance that you expect to use them.

 

[243winxb]

The bullet base is most important. Dont want damage there

 

[DIBBS]

Having done it myself, the circular ring is most likely from improper case prep and/or too much neck tension as the above poster stated. Depending on if it is a burnish mark/rub or actually has scored the jacket will likely determine how they perform downrange. Mine did ok for coyotes, I was not trying to shoot small groups on paper.

 

[markm87]

Pulled bullets are fine for casual use. I've had that ring from 300 WM brass with the dreaded donut. Seating step like the guys are saying.

 

[Webster]

I bought some 75g ELDMs from another forum member and 100 were pulled. Upon arriving, I noticed most of them have a nice circular indent towards the nose, I'm assuming from the collet puller. Will these effect accuracy any? Hoping they don't effect the seating to much, as it's in the general vicinity.

I have only pulled a few and they were about a 3/8" outside of of .400" group. Shoot a few that's the only way to know.

added later:
I shoot 58 gr Hornady bullets mostly. There is only about .100" of bearing surface outside the neck for the collet to grab. The collet slips if I don't tighten it real hard. Probably distorts the bullet shape a lot. Traveling down the bore doesn't straighten them out. The ogive shape is probably distorted.

 

[Fuj]

I generally only use pulled bullets for fire forming and foulers. Couple
of years ago, my favored bullet from Sierra was discontinued. I was
offered a pile of these cheaper then dirt from another member. I eye
balled a few and sent them into the berm. Nothing spectacular. I made
a push thru die, ran them all thru. Some went thru easy and some went
thru pretty hard even though they looked good. I did a 3 pile sort as they
came out. The ones that pushed hard shot the best and I use them on
chucks.

 

[Longtrain]

I had a Forster Seater that marked 108 ELDM’s. I contacted Forster and they sent me free of charge a seating stem that was honed (if that’s the correct word), to fit the profile of the bullet tip. Solved the problem, they did say that excess neck tension and the fact that Hornady bullets have a softer jacket could result in those marks.