Pulling Bullets and Reloading Cases

[General RE LEE]

I want to pull about 20 bullets with my Hornady cam lock bullet puller and reload them back in the cases with 0.5 grains less powder.

Do you all recommend I run the case mouths across the expander in the FL die or just load them back up?

 

[Calvin45]

I want to pull about 20 bullets with my Hornady cam lock bullet puller and reload them back in the cases with 0.5 grains less powder.

Do you all recommend I run the case mouths across the expander in the FL die or just load them back up?

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[Jud96]

Opinions will vary, but I go back through and resize the necks then run a mandrel back through the necks and start fresh. I've puller bullets then reseated them without resizing the necks and I can feel the seating force is much less.

 

[General RE LEE]

I have Hornady dies so just an expander ball no mandrel.

 

[Ol' Red]

I resize the necks. Maybe not necessary.

 

[Laelkhunter]

No expander, I would just run the case up into the die to make mouth of case concentric. Might need a tad of sizing lube around the web of the case.

 

[Old Rooster]

When I pull bullets I pour the powder in a powder pan and re-size,like starting over.Exepct I don't deprime.

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With this pan I can pour the powder back into the case with no problem

 

[Longtine88]

Run them back through. Been there done it. Trust me.

 

[General RE LEE]

When I pull bullets I pour the powder in a powder pan and re-size,like starting over.Exepct I don't deprime.

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With this pan I can pour the powder back into the case with no problem

Interesting. How does the powder not fall out as you are turning it over to seat on the case mouth?

 

[QuietTexan]

Hornady neck size die in the right caliber, or a bushing die for a larger case with the right bushing in it. No need to resize the entire thing again. Neck size, mandrel, charge, seat, shoot.

 

[Old Rooster]

Interesting. How does the powder not fall out as you are turning it over to seat on the case mouth?

There is a tube on one end that you put over the case and it fits every case I have ever tried it on.No spilled powder yet.

 

[ARlife4me]

I just remove the deprime pin and fl size with the button. I've done it that way for decades and it's worked for me. As long as the neck stays round, then possible no need for the button, but do resize neck. I just got thru pulling (kinetic removal) and the bullet pushes is easy (this was just after bullet removal). I will do the same as always and just fl, button the neck and have deprime pin removed before starting. Check case length also as some are not the same.

 

[General RE LEE]

Update:

I pulled the bullets and went ahead and just ran them through my FL sizer. I reused the primers. Good to go.

 

[Dean2]

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We pulled the 147 grain FMJ bullets out of 7.62 military loads and replaced them with 150 Grain Hornady Spire points. Did this for years and on thousands of rounds. Never did anything but pull and replace. Easily shot under MOA.