First time THIS has happened....

[Double R]

Wear your safety glasses Boys and Girls....

This weekend, I was running the Chronograph stage at the state USPSA match. I had to pull a bullet to weigh it for my first shooter on Saturday. Put the cartridge into a kinetic bullet puller and hit it on a wood bench sitting next to me. The round detonated and shards of plastic, the collet, primer, and case went everywhere.

Luckily, everyone in the area had glasses on and I wasn't standing over it when it happened.

Over 35 years of doing this. Hundreds (if not thousands) of bullets pulled in my shop and while doing matches, and this is the first in-puller detonation that I've heard of, let alone experienced.

Thanks for sharing this. I do not pull many, but this will definitely make me think when I do.

 

[Jackie Graham]

I have pulled over 10k and never seen or heard of this until now.
WOW!!!
I wonder what set off the primer? Does sound like some kind of fluke. But knowing it can happen makes you a little nervous when you start pulling bullets apart.
Glad no one was injured.

 

[Glock 21]

%%Primer Detonation with Impact Bullet Puller!%%

For safety, I weight all completed rounds. Surprisingly, there is little variation since I sort my brass in .1gn lots and weight my charges with an SD503. When one of them looked suspicious (.7gn high, turns out the case dropped down from the bin above) I went to pull it apart. I placed the...

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Bullet detonated while pulling

I never thought of this as a possibility and chalking it up to a freak accident but had a .40 explode while pulling some bullets today. This was in the pull pile because the primer went in off center and was smashed. After the 3rd impact the explosion happened. The puller blew apart. The brass we...

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It’s rare but it does happen. Generally it’s a bad primer/damaged primer but good reminder to always wear eye protection and remember your dealing with something that can go boom.

 

[rosewood]

I always wear safety glasses when using the puller even if no primer is present. Also wear when handling primers or powder and loading.

I was using my RCBS puller a few months back on the same end of 6x6 block I have been using for years and the head of the puller snapped off, piece hit me in head and other flew way up above me. Safety glasses did their job. Sent in to RCBS and they sent me a new one.

Rosewood

 

[Bushwhacker]

WOW! That's super scary stuff.

 

[Bushwhacker]

I have pulled over 10k and never seen or heard of this until now.
WOW!!!
I wonder what set off the primer? Does sound like some kind of fluke. But knowing it can happen makes you a little nervous when you start pulling bullets apart.
Glad no one was injured.

This is what I was thinking exactly. What primers were you using?

I pulled about 5 .223 rounds last night, No eye pro anywhere in sight... (no pun intended)

 

[gh1950]

bet that made a butthole pucker or 2, glad everyone was alright!

Bet it puckered too late.

 

[Cartman]

Well, was the bullet weight correct?

 

[GatorBait]

Bet it puckered too late.

We changing shorts in that one

 

[Braxton1]

Well, was the bullet weight correct?

Surprisingly, Yes. He was blazing 180s at 1220 fps....

When I saw those velocities, I swore that he must've grabbed a box of 165s or 155s by mistake while reloading. It felt a bit snappy, but nothing abusive.