Geussing that you are using a hammer type puller, so here goes on that one.

If a round is bullet sealed, you will need to first set the bullet a little deeper in the case to break the sealant bond.  If the bullet is just crimped, then you don't need to do this step.

With the rim of the case in the collet, and the collet firmly held in the place by the screw type cap to the hammer, the bullet is loaded in the tool.  Now find a block of wood, and remember that you are not making hammer type blows (holding onto the handle tightly), but actual making a snapping motion with the bullet remover when the tip of the remover makes contact with the block of wood.  This will walk the bullet out of the case. Granted that you are hitting the block of wood hard, it the really the ability for the bullet remover to snap back after the hard strike that make the tool work faster.
Note: the hammer type pullers are good for a few pull downs, but if you have to batch pull, then a press collet type bullet puller is leap and bounds better.


As for a powder trickler, set up your powder thrower to throw short charges (around 5 grains shy). This less than desired final charge is thrown into the scale pan with the scale set at what final charge you are going after.  Now load the trickler with powder and by slowly turning the dial to add powder to the scale pan from the trickler spout,  it will drop a few kennels slowly into the scale pan to get the final charge to the desired amount (scale will zero out, or hit the bench mark).  Once you have acheived your desired powder amount on the scale, using a case funnel, dump the powder into the case and start again for the next case/round.
Note: the ID of the powder trickler is threaded.  You will need to turn the knob in the correct direction for it to slowly grain flow powder out of the tube.

Quoted: DANO FWIW, these rounds are NOT charged with powder - I was fine tuning the seating die... As a newbie to reloading, I also crimped the rounds, just 'checking out' the press. Will the absence of powder and the crimps prevent freeing the bullets? As far as the trickler, I was just stymied as how to do the actual application.. Stilll not sure as to how the piece works... Thanks docgary GIANTS...... 31 PATRIOTS...27

Powder and primes have no effect on removing the bullet from the case via inertia method.


The tricker is brought into to play when a  powder thrower does not give a desired  constant amount of powder each time for the ammo you are reloading (read deviations from the norm become too high, such as in the case with long extruded powders).

Ditto on it may be time to step back from the bench.   Ideally, not only knowing how to use the tools correctly, but also learning reloading methods that you adhere to being epic as well.  Stumbling on/into reloads until you get a system down to can lead to all kind of mistakes; with the worst one being a loaded round that is unsafe and never caught until it’s fired.

The two area’s of the forum that you should really check out/post in is the reloading forum in General, and your Home town forum to see if there is a experienced reloader in your area that you can spend some time with to learn safe reloading habits.   It’s not that you may not be book intelligent, it’s the routines/methods that you learn that keeps you safe as you load for hours or get distracted.