Bullet Puller

[garage nut]

Yes I know, I should have bought a kinetic bullet puller a long time ago, but to be quite frank I only ever needed one once before in my 40 years of hunting and that was because I got a whole lot of mixed bullets from a friend of a friend of a friend, so basically only wanted the brass and for that I borrowed the friends kinetic puller.

So during the LockDown I decided to reload this season's bullets. All went well till wifie called me for breakfast, gone was my routine. when I got back I pushed a bullet into an empty shell

So the bullet had to come out because I only have 20 x 162G bullets left and that is usually a season's shooting for me.

So a quick search on the internet did not prove very helpful. The plans there was was definitely going to destroy the bullet or the brass if not both.

Plan 1 - Small nylon block drilled to 7mm (had to mention this earlier, Caliber is 7 x 57) and then split in half with a small metal saw and then 2 x 5mm scrws with nuts and washers to clamp the whole lot together.


Then push the press up and hook the shell holder to the case and gently pull down.

and it does not work...

I do not just show all the times things work out..

But I am not one for giving up, Drill out the one side so the brass can go into the nylon block and the clamping force of the bolts can be more in line with the full diameter of the bullet.
and again it slips out.

Second nylon block...6.5mm hole, recess to allow brass into block, Do not cut all the way through, leave the clearance part for the brass in tact.

then add 2 pieces of 25 x 25 x 3 angle iron and with 4 hands clamp the whole lot together.

and this time it works

Mic'ed up the bullet in 4 planes and no distortion after the clamping, ready to be used again, brass is perfect.

Anybody with any concerns about what I have done? If not I will add some 6mm bolt and nuts to the angle iron and make it a bit more user friendly not that I am planning on using this tooooo often


Keep healthy