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When I traded into the Quigley Sharps, I got 40 rds of .45-120 reloads of unknown provenance. My buddy had bought them for the brass.
They are too long to fit into my inertia puller and a pair of vice grips on the cast bullet has had no effect. I don't mind if the bullets get buggered up since I plan on melting them down anyway.
Ideas or suggestions other than firing them and taking my chances?
Danke sehr!
If these walls could talk, I'd listen to the floor.
In your situation I'd put the cartridge in the press without the dies, run it all the way up and grab the bullet with a strong pair of pliers. Then lower the ram till the pliers are against the top of the press and reef down on it. I've never had a rifle bullet that wouldn't come out that way. No doubt the bullets will be totaled, but you've already said they're going in the lead pot anyway.
Joe
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Put the cartridge in your press and run it up. Clamp down on the bullet with a pair of pliers or vice grips, holding them vertically. Lower the ram, the pliers wont go thru the die hole, pulling out the bullet.
I do the same as Mr. Miller and jnyork BUT I use a pair of large side cutters. They bite into the bullet very well and are fairly flat on the side so they cant damage the threads of the press.
Chuck 100 yd wrote:I do the same as Mr. Miller and jnyork BUT I use a pair of large side cutters. They bite into the bullet very well and are fairly flat on the side so they cant damage the threads of the press.
Chuck 100 yd wrote:I do the same as Mr. Miller and jnyork BUT I use a pair of large side cutters. They bite into the bullet very well and are fairly flat on the side so they cant damage the threads of the press.
In your situation I'd put the cartridge in the press without the dies, run it all the way up and grab the bullet with a strong pair of pliers. Then lower the ram till the pliers are against the top of the press and reef down on it. I've never had a rifle bullet that wouldn't come out that way. No doubt the bullets will be totaled, but you've already said they're going in the lead pot anyway.
Joe
My first approach as well.
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
rjohns94 wrote:a lot of clever people here. I would have shot them!!
Shooting all the clever people is how we got the Government we have now...
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If you don't want to damage the bullets, go to your local hardware / Lowes etc, and get a short piece of plastic pipe that is a little larger in diameter than the cartridge. Cut the length to 6" or so. Put a cartridge into your shell holder ind insert it into the pipe.
Holdng the pipe in your hand and your thumb on the backend of the shell holder, hit the other end of the pipe on a hard surface a few times. That will debullet the cartridge.
Have fun!
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The vise-grips and the loading press without a die do it for me. Never had it fail. I wouldn't use the inertial puller with a black powder load, if it gets set off on a fluke, it could be pretty nasty.
Now listen boy, I'm tryin' to teach you somethin'. That ain't an optical illusion, it only LOOKS LIKE an optical illusion.
My mind reader refuses to charge me . . . .
rjohns, I thought about it until he told me about the scar on the arm of another shooter we know who had a Trapdoor let go using unkown reloads. I'd never seen them and haven't seen him since to ask wha'hoppen.
Old Ironsights wrote:
rjohns94 wrote:a lot of clever people here. I would have shot them!!
Shooting all the clever people is how we got the Government we have now...
I love the way you think sometimes...
WinM71 wrote:I wouldn't use the inertial puller with a black powder load, if it gets set off on a fluke, it could be pretty nasty.
Gee, it's only ~120g of BP....how bad could it be?
If these walls could talk, I'd listen to the floor.
OK, now what do we do with all of the not-so-clever people? It really seems that most of the College Professors I met were in this category. Can we round them all up and drop them off in the wilderness someplace. They would hug the trees and bunnies and bears-----OH, that would fix the problem.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Well if they make a .45 collet, which I believe they do, a Hornady collet bullet puller would be my suggestion. The length of the round doesn't matter as long as it fits in the press.
I got the puller then bought a collet for every rifle I have (.284, .308, .358, .430) and it works on my pistol rounds too (.38/357). I have used it for one reason or another on each. Doesn't ruin the bullet, and pulls it out of the case slick as can be. Try it, I think youll like it. Sure beats pounding a live round against a concrete floor, but that's just me.
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