Anyone used the FA pile driver puller yet?

[Rp-]

I have some magnum rounds with a heavy crimp that are taking 5-7 hard hits with my hammer puller. I was thinking about getting a collet puller but wanted to see if anyone has any experience with the pile driver yet?

If so, dies it work well with a heavy crimp? Are they always working on the first go or do you have to do it 2-3 times on some rounds?

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[Rp-]

Well it looks like I'm gonna be the guinea pig

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[Chuck Perry]

Ultimatereloader did a Youtube review of it. Seemed to work as advertised.

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[Burnt Fingers]

I've found that the striking surface makes a huge difference when using an inertia puller.

A pure lead ingot is the best thing I've found.

[GONRA]

Over endless decades, GONRA has accumulated all sorts of "bullet pullers". Trick is - find (somehow) one that verks for YER particular application! NOT EZ!

[Scrounge]

I have some magnum rounds with a heavy crimp that are taking 5-7 hard hits with my hammer puller. I was thinking about getting a collet puller but wanted to see if anyone has any experience with the pile driver yet?

If so, dies it work well with a heavy crimp? Are they always working on the first go or do you have to do it 2-3 times on some rounds?

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Never seen one like that. I've always used the hammer type, or done it the hard way with a pair of pliers. And that was long, long ago, and far, far away, and in another universe.

I'll be interested to see how it works out for you.

Bill

[1hole]

Before trying to pull a bullet, seat it a few thou deeper to break the hold of the neck and any crimp.

[Rp-]

Well I just ordered it from Amazon using my free gift cards. I use an app that gives me rebates for gas and cash it out in Amazon funds. It's pretty nice. I've bought a Lee ABLP press, Lee APP press, dies, night sights, a tumbler. .... It's great.

Any of you guys who drive a lot let me know. I use receipts from my work gas card.

Anyway, it says to expect it on the 12th-14th. I'll let you guys know how it does.

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[DocSavage]

I use a 4x4 post to pull bullets with my kinetic puller never takes more than two hits too work. End gets worn down to the chop saw and as good as new.

[mattw]

How do you tie gas purchases to Amazon?

[Rp-]

Ha. I use an app that gives me rebates for gas. It cashes out with gift cards for several different places (Cabela's, Walmart, target, Amazon, etc.) and I just pick Amazon gift cards anytime I get up to 10-20 bucks. In fact I just cashed out $18 last week and $10 yesterday. I'm thinking of using that for a couple Lee case length gauges. Ive made just over $700 since the end of September.

If you drive a lot (or at least buy a lot of gas) it's definitely worth using. You can ALS cash out to PayPal or a check if you have enough saved up.

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[Rp-]

How do you tie gas purchases to Amazon?

If you buy a lot of gas and want to try it out send me a message and I'll get you going.

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[Rp-]

So I got the pile driver. It's interesting. It's a little hard to install but once you get that part it's easy to use. The problem is that it doesn't really work any faster or better than a hammer puller. It's sort of a lot of work. I'll try to post a video later.

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[Rp-]

Well, I put a total of 7 rounds through it Friday evening. Each taking an average of 3 "whacks" to remove the bullet. I decided to take a few minutes to make a video of it for you guys but decided to try another round before shooting the video.

...it failed on the first whack. The left side arm broke free from the carrier.


So, not only did I not even get 8 rounds unloaded, but the way the thing is mounted there are 2 screws under the carrier. I tried raising the carrier but the single remaining arm couldn't hold the weight of the springs and broke as well.

I was able to raise the carrier enough by hand to remove the bottom most screw but as you can see from the pictures I had to drill a hold through the carrier to remove the remaining screw to dismount the unit from the pillar.

I'll be emailing Frankford Arsenal now but last time I emailed them it took 3 weeks or so for them to get back to me. I'll keep you guys informed

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[1hole]

I just watched the youtube pile-driver demonstration; that thing's an amazingly bulky, complex and awkward looking way to simply pull bullets. For small cartridges with little exposed bullet shank to grip, a kinetic puller works well. For bigger, longish bullets a collet type puller is excellent.

To each his own but I don't think I'm interested in a new fangled pile-driver puller at any price.

[Rp-]

I would highly recommend anything else than this thing

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[abunaitoo]

Looks like a good tool if you have to pull lots of heads.
Not sure about it being made of plastic.

[Burnt Fingers]

Looks like a good tool if you have to pull lots of heads.
Not sure about it being made of plastic.

Heads? Seriously? They're BULLETS.

[Rp-]

Heads? Seriously? They're BULLETS.

Apparently he also missed the part about it not being a very good tool...

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[onelight]

If I bought that through Amazon I would return it to them if you can .
Thanks for posting your experience .