pulling .20 cal bullets

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pulling .20 cal bullets

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'Just bought an old Herters (Forster I believe) puller. Came with a .22 collet. Probably no way to make it work on my .20 cals, right :doh: ?
Why else would they sell collets for every caliber, right :doh: ?

Well, it ain't stopping me from asking, :D lol!... anyone find a way to use a .22 collet on .20's?

In the mean time, when I have my next order ready, a .20 collet will be on it, but is gonna be a loooog time...
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Re: pulling .20 cal bullets

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bs: You're right, no .22 collet will work for a .20 cal bullet just by virtue of design....ain't no way.

This is one of the reasons for over 30 years I've used the inertia-type bullet pullers; no bullet damage (bullet is reuseable), and no collets to dink about with. I've still got my collet-type puller, but don't use it any more, much preferring the inertia unit. Bullets pulled with a collet puller always have squished/deformed jackets that render the bullet less than perfect in terms of accuracy.

I put a piece of cork in the bottom of my inertia puller to protect both lead and plastic bullet tips...works perfectly with zero bullet damage. JME
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Re: pulling .20 cal bullets

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Understood, RIO, just wondering if someone had a trick.

I have an inertia puller... and its great for my bolt gun. The loads for the AR are pretty deep and take forever to loosen up.

I understand inertia and momentum, so I think I'm hip on the proper way(s) to "whack".

So I guess I'll wait till my next order, and pick up a collet...
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Re: pulling .20 cal bullets

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Another thing that works well in inertia pullers to prevent bullet damage is a set of foam ear plugs.

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You know, I should try seating them a tad deeper just to break the friction/weld and wack again... I bet they'll knowck out much easier after that.
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Re: pulling .20 cal bullets

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wood is the best to I have found when using the inertia floor bangers it just has enough density and less oh no I may crack my inertia assy.Wood just feels better and not overly hard and enough bounce that you don't flinch each down stroke.
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Yup I go with wood!
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I third the wood. :)
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Re: pulling .20 cal bullets

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Just to let you know I just pulled 40 204 rounds apart they were 35 gr. Bergers in Remington cases with my RCBS 22 cal bullet puller and had no problem not a mark on the bullets. Tighten it up a little bit before you start the bullet up into it and it will work and save your money.
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Re: pulling .20 cal bullets

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I think seating depth is my problem... the rounds are loaded for my AR mag, so there is jut the tiniest slice of shank-side of the olgive, on which to grab... but man, I'm willing, I'll give it a wack!

Also, I'm using a Herter's (Forster) puller, and the more I search on the issue, these seem to be the worst ones out there if you don't have a lot of bullet to bite...
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