Removing A 9mm Bullet Using Pliers And A Vise

 

Removing A Bullet

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Removing a Bullet Without a Bullet Puller

DON'T DO IT! I have this 9mm Luger round of ammunition that was found on the shooting range floor that I would like to disassemble in order to inspect it's component parts (the bullet, powder, case and primer) as part of my self-education for reloading ammunition. See also Ammunition Reloading Instruction & Reviews.

I tried using a Frankford Arsenal Quick-N-Ez Impact Bullet Puller to remove the bullet from it's case. I struck the bullet puller per the instructions pretty hard, but the "bullet" would not separate from it's case. I didn't want to break my bullet puller so I gave up. I tried it again the following day with no luck. That bullet was stuck in that case pretty tightly. It got me to thinking that the bullet may crimped on there way too tightly and it may not be a good idea for me to fire it in my gun. Too much of a crimp can produce excessive pressures when the round is fired leaving me with disastrous results.

Since I couldn't get it apart with a bullet puller, I toyed with the idea of placing the round in a bench vise grabbing it tightly by the bullet, then use a pair of pliers to carefully grab the mouth of the case and slowly rotate it to loosen. I was afraid to do so after researching everything I could find on removing a bullet from a case with pliers so I emailed my friend and asked him what he thought of "If I stay away from the primer, what are the dangers? (Wearing gloves, hat, eye protection and long sleeves)"

He replied.. "I would not rotate the bullet in a tight fitting case. It is possible that there may be powder fragments between the bullet and the case wall when the case was powder filled. The rotation may cause enough friction to ignite the powder. This may be overly cautious but a gunpowder filled case with a crimped bullet could cause lots of damage to you!"

Smart guy!

Why take the risk? Even though it may be a small risk it is better to play it safe. I told him I would bring it back to the range and discard it there.

 

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Sent: July 30, 2011
Subject: Removing A Bullet With Pliers

So could i take the bullet apart with pliers? p.s. im only 12
Tyler


Response - Tyler,

NO!! IT'S DANGEROUS!

Don't mess around with live ammunition. If you try to take it apart with pliers it might go off. If you have one, take it to your father or mother.

Best regards,

Tanner

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