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Posted: 6/9/2015 10:00:58 PM EDT
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Looking at the Hornady cam-lock and the RCBS collet pullers,after watching several vids on both pullers they seem to do what they were intended to do lol,so I guess it boils down to which one is more dependable.
Any feedback on either one?Sorry for the newbie questions as of late,but I'm trying to get all the gear I need while working with a tight budget.Thanks |
| I'm going to throw another name into the ring. Forster. I looked at all of them (as you are doing now) and the Forster was cheaper than the Hornady and the RCBS. I literally got mine on Monday and tried it out on a few different cartridges. Stupid easy setup and it did exactly what it was supposed to do. |
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A different option and probably faster than all of them...
Grip N Pull |
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I don't know how much effort that takes, but the guy is white knuckle when he is "gripping" it. I think the standard puller would be much easier to use. I typically use a lyman inertia puller. They say it is unbreakable, but it indeed is not! Mine shattered where you strike it at and shot small shards of plastic in all directions. I called Lyman and they said "sorry about that, we'll send you a new one for free." I wish all commercial products came with the warranty that most reloading products come with! I agree with others, inertia for pistol, standard collet puller for rifle. |
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A collet puller is unable to grip the bullet on a straight or largely straight cartridge like 45 ACP whereas an inertia puller will do all sorts, just more slowly.
This is a "get both" situation, and both options are pretty inexpensive. Less than $20 for an inertia puller and less than $30 for a collet puller and a couple of collets. I have broken inertia pullers twice in the past and they never really gave any warning they were going to break until they did. Not a huge deal. I will submit that I always used shellholders instead of collets to hold the cartridges I was removing bullets from. Another important note is that inertia pullers will not mar bullets... although the markings don't seem to affect accuracy anyway. |
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Looking at the Hornady cam-lock and the RCBS collet pullers,after watching several vids on both pullers they seem to do what they were intended to do lol,so I guess it boils down to which one is more dependable. Any feedback on either one?Sorry for the newbie questions as of late,but I'm trying to get all the gear I need while working with a tight budget.Thanks While you're at it either buy or make a broken case extractor. It's a fairly straight forward to make item. The tap is a 1/4-20. So you need a drill for that size tap, 2" 1/4-20 allen head bolt, allen wrench & a spacer approx 1" long. http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloading-equipment/stuck-case-removers/rcbs-stuck-case-remover-prod34373.aspx |
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While you're at it either buy or make a broken case extractor. It's a fairly straight forward to make item. The tap is a 1/4-20. So you need a drill for that size tap, 2" 1/4-20 allen head bolt, allen wrench & a spacer approx 1" long. http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloading-equipment/stuck-case-removers/rcbs-stuck-case-remover-prod34373.aspx Quoted:
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Looking at the Hornady cam-lock and the RCBS collet pullers,after watching several vids on both pullers they seem to do what they were intended to do lol,so I guess it boils down to which one is more dependable. Any feedback on either one?Sorry for the newbie questions as of late,but I'm trying to get all the gear I need while working with a tight budget.Thanks While you're at it either buy or make a broken case extractor. It's a fairly straight forward to make item. The tap is a 1/4-20. So you need a drill for that size tap, 2" 1/4-20 allen head bolt, allen wrench & a spacer approx 1" long. http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloading-equipment/stuck-case-removers/rcbs-stuck-case-remover-prod34373.aspx Use a 3/8 drive socket for the spacer. Washer under bolt head. |
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