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I somehow loaded 20 rounds with 10 grains less powder than I intended so I started pulling them apart. I was using my RCBS hammer type puller. The thread on cap shattered on the first one. I then went to my back up puller and the little fingers that hold the rim in place tore off . I guess I was done pulling bullets.
I waited 90 minutes on hold with RCBS this morning. Crazy long wait! They were willing to send me more parts BUT- the plant is shut down because the power is off due to the fire danger! No idea when i will get them now!
Anyone ever broke one of these?
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Broke a few inertia hammers. They wear out/fatigue after awhile.
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I threw two of em away after my incident with primer detonating.
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Get a collet puller, no breakage nor frustration.
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Yes, have pulled the rims off of the aluminum holders, never did work very well either. I use an RCBS collet pullet now, much nicer, faster, more reliable. I have mangled a few bullets if I wasn't careful though,
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Run the cartridge up thru your press without a die installed. Grab bullet with side cutter pliers. Pull ram down. Bullet comes out. And the core isn't damaged by banging a damn hammer.
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Instead of those three piece aluminum shell holders that come with the inertia puller, try using a regular shell holder from your press. I think you'll find it works much better and you'll never have one wear out like the aluminum. Also, look at getting a collet puller. Especially for smaller bullets. I've broken a couple pulling small diameter bullets before I got a collet puller. I still use the inertia puller on larger stuff.
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Get a collet puller, no breakage nor frustration. Mine has payed for itself many time over. I have a bad habit of loading in 50-round lots and deciding that after 20 rounds into it, I don't want to use it anymore....
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+1 on the collet puller! I have one permanently installed in my Redding T7 press. It sees plenty of use and it seldom damages a bullet.
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I’ve had my RCBS hammer for over 25 years and the only problem I’ve ever run into was the rubber O-ring wearing out. Called RCBS and the sent me 3 new collets with O-rings for free. Never heard of the threads shattering, did you hit the wrong end of the hammer by mistake?
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Friend Dennis, good catch on the under-loaded rounds. When I need to pull bullets that are really tight in the neck I run that round into a turned-down seater die to seat the bullet maybe a smidgen (1-2 mm?) deeper, breaking the seal between the bullet and the brass neck. Then I use the inertia puller or the collet puller and they seem to come apart easier.
Sorry about your experience with RCBS. They usually provide better service, but they are in California and plagued by the same stupid folks that decided long ago to not build reservoirs or power plants. The power was shut off for nearly a million people due to wind hazard maybe breaking electrical lines, maybe causing sparking wires, maybe causing fires.
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I think I've broken 3 over the years, eventually they just shattered. Finally wised up and bought an RCBS collet puller, should have gotten one decades ago.
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I'm ordering one of those. Put it off long enough.
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Ha Ha them hammer pullers are a darn funny idea! The noise and the effort you have to put out using one of them is ridiculous! One of RCBS's most dufus ideas. Get a grip and pull though I pull many bullets using side cutters without damaging the bullets enough to matter and if there is a bit too much of a mark left you can still use them for working up loads.
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I somehow loaded 20 rounds with 10 grains less powder than I intended so I started pulling them apart. I was using my RCBS hammer type puller. The thread on cap shattered on the first one. I then went to my back up puller and the little fingers that hold the rim in place tore off . I guess I was done pulling bullets.
I waited 90 minutes on hold with RCBS this morning. Crazy long wait! They were willing to send me more parts BUT- the plant is shut down because the power is off due to the fire danger! No idea when i will get them now!
Anyone ever broke one of these? It's an omen--buy a collet puller.........
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Get a collet puller, no breakage nor frustration. This, slow but sure and a lot safer. Also JB has written that inertia pullers can loosen the core and jacket alignment and hurt accuracy. I have observed this but didn't know the cause until JB wrote of it. I blew a cap with a hammer puller when I was 12 yrs. old. Fortunately no powder in the case (the reason I was pulling) and I had glasses on too. That one eventually shattered and good riddance to it.
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Run the cartridge up thru your press without a die installed. Grab bullet with side cutter pliers. Pull ram down. Bullet comes out. And the core isn't damaged by banging a damn hammer. This is how I do it too. It doesn’t hurt the bullets......you don’t have to grip hard with a good side cutter.
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I somehow loaded 20 rounds with 10 grains less powder than I intended so I started pulling them apart. I was using my RCBS hammer type puller. The thread on cap shattered on the first one. I then went to my back up puller and the little fingers that hold the rim in place tore off . I guess I was done pulling bullets.
I waited 90 minutes on hold with RCBS this morning. Crazy long wait! They were willing to send me more parts BUT- the plant is shut down because the power is off due to the fire danger! No idea when i will get them now!
Anyone ever broke one of these? I broke two. RCBS replaced them both times but couldn't get a reason for failure from them. Both broke in the thread area of the head. I use a piece of oak stump as my bang block and normally don't need to whack too hard. On the last break the whole cap with aluminum case rim collet blew off the top complete with male & female threads, hit a florescent light cover about 6 overhead, broke it, and ricocheted a bit further across the room. The one I have now will most likely be my last.
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I'm ordering one of those. Put it off long enough. I bought 1 a few years ago and it is basically all I use. I still use my rcbs collets once in awhile and the hammer type mainly for crimped pistol bullets. I have only broke 1 hammer and sent in a piece of it to rcbs and they sent me a new one.
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