Hey all,
Having a heck of a time with a Hornady Cam-lock bullet puller collet. I'm a new user of it. The die is new, on an RCBS Rockchucker. The 9mm collet was purchased "used like new" off of amazon quite a while ago. I didn't try it until now so unfortunately I can't return it.
The problem: It will pull bullets, it just won't let them go. There is a point where I can feel the collet pinching on the bullet near the case mouth but it slips on past as I lower the ram. And then if I tighten the lever/handle any more, it will pinch it and pull the 9mm bullet, but it pinches it so hard that it won't let it go and there are visible indentations in the bullet. The bullet does NOT drop free when I raise the red handle to point upwards again.
My theory: Could someone have polished it, or used it so much that it wore the texture or hard angles smooth? So then there's no friction to help pull the bullet, but only deformation of the bullet produces something for the collet to grab onto? I'm thinking of roughing up the contact surfaces of the collet. Bad idea?
If not, any other ideas?
Having a heck of a time with a Hornady Cam-lock bullet puller collet. I'm a new user of it. The die is new, on an RCBS Rockchucker. The 9mm collet was purchased "used like new" off of amazon quite a while ago. I didn't try it until now so unfortunately I can't return it.
The problem: It will pull bullets, it just won't let them go. There is a point where I can feel the collet pinching on the bullet near the case mouth but it slips on past as I lower the ram. And then if I tighten the lever/handle any more, it will pinch it and pull the 9mm bullet, but it pinches it so hard that it won't let it go and there are visible indentations in the bullet. The bullet does NOT drop free when I raise the red handle to point upwards again.
My theory: Could someone have polished it, or used it so much that it wore the texture or hard angles smooth? So then there's no friction to help pull the bullet, but only deformation of the bullet produces something for the collet to grab onto? I'm thinking of roughing up the contact surfaces of the collet. Bad idea?
If not, any other ideas?