Inertia puller

**Brick** · June 16th, 2014, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by JStem1283

How long do yours last (time/rounds)? Not that $20 is a lot of money, but buying one every year seems a bit silly to me. The other type is obviously a larger financial investment, but if its something that will last a long time/require less effort/time I'd rather make it now vs just making an annual inertia puller purchase.

Mine last several years, but, I don't use them that much. Not that my reloading is perfect, it's just that I don't a lot of "salvaging" of strange ammo. I disassemble my own mistakes and that's about all.

**JStem1283** · June 16th, 2014, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Brick

Mine last several years, but, I don't use them that much. Not that my reloading is perfect, it's just that I don't a lot of "salvaging" of strange ammo. I disassemble my own mistakes and that's about all.

Yea thats all I do. I think I have well under 300 rounds pulled and it was junk months ago.

**GrumpyBear** · June 16th, 2014, 10:03 PM

I have a RCBS that I've had for at least twenty years.

No issues,yet.

**Franchi20/28** · June 16th, 2014, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by GrumpyBear

I have a RCBS that I've had for at least twenty years.

No issues,yet.

Ditto.

I find it works best if I use a thumb and forefinger hold only instead of gripping it like a hammer.
Letting it "bounce", for lack of a better description, seems to let it work MUCH better.

Doug

**Gunsnwater** · June 17th, 2014, 12:29 AM

You know it's speed not force that pulls the bullet. Not driving rail road spikes. Quick light raps. The puller should not suffer any damage.

**Noah_Zark** · June 17th, 2014, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Zeeba

A collet puller is OK if you don't intend to reuse the bullets. That collet invariably leaves a ring around the jacketed ones and pretty much trashes lead pills. I have a Cabela's version of the intertial, and just last week pulled 380 Tula 7.62x39 steel-cased bullets with no damage to either the ammo or the puller.
As an aside, I'd avoid the Forster model collet puller, as it's a royal pain to set up and operate.

I've used an RCBS collet puller for almost 30 years without issue. It's fast and effective. Yes, there is a ring on the bullet, but it is only superficial and even if the collet is overtightened (you need only use enough force on the collet screw handle) the barrel rifling will swage deeper into the jacket than the collet ring.

I've re-used EVERY bullet I've pulled, without issue.

RCBS collet puller is the way to go, IMO.

Noah

**Tomcat088** · June 17th, 2014, 01:11 PM

I have an RCBS plastic inertia puller and it doesn't look much different than when I got it like 4 years ago. It doesn't take very many strikes to pull a bullet for me. As others have said a few quick light taps, and it's out. The head has very mild deformation, but it's very minimal and should still last me a long time. I don't pull a lot of bullets, just little mistakes or when something doesn't quite seem right, miss a primer, etc. I'm sure that it'll last me at least another 4 or 5 years, maybe more. I have the all plastic one that looks like this.

**JStem1283** · June 17th, 2014, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Tomcat088

I have an RCBS plastic inertia puller and it doesn't look much different than when I got it like 4 years ago. It doesn't take very many strikes to pull a bullet for me. As others have said a few quick light taps, and it's out. The head has very mild deformation, but it's very minimal and should still last me a long time. I don't pull a lot of bullets, just little mistakes or when something doesn't quite seem right, miss a primer, etc. I'm sure that it'll last me at least another 4 or 5 years, maybe more. I have the all plastic one that looks like this.

Thats the kind I think I'm gonna get. Figure it cant hurt to try another type first.

**tabasco_joe** · June 17th, 2014, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by Noah_Zark

I've used an RCBS collet puller for almost 30 years without issue. It's fast and effective. Yes, there is a ring on the bullet, but it is only superficial and even if the collet is overtightened (you need only use enough force on the collet screw handle) the barrel rifling will swage deeper into the jacket than the collet ring.

I've re-used EVERY bullet I've pulled, without issue.

RCBS collet puller is the way to go, IMO.

Noah

I've got the RCBS and the Hornady. I lean towards the Hornady these days.
I've run tests on pulled bullets and for general shooting I never found any impact on accuracy. I wouldn't use them in bench rest competition but otherwise no worries.