Question for Rocky ?

[PJgunner]

A while back, I had a batch of .308 Win brass go bad, with the necks season cracking. This was brand new bulk factory brass. Probably 20 percent of the brass had cracked necks. I pulled the bullets from the rest of the brass, salvaged the powder (W-760) and removed the primers. I then annealled all the necks of the brass that had not cracked and reloaded the ammo with the salvaged powder and primers. When I tested some to see if the pulled bullets were affecting accuracy, I saw no change in the accuracy performance of the load.
Now, I used one of those RCBS hammer type pullers. I did not like the way the collet style marked up the bullets.
However, gunwriter John Wooters used the hammer style, collet style and one type of pliers to pull bullets and said he found, IIRC, no different from the hammer and collet type pullers and not much deterioration from the pliers pulled bullets. I would have to try and find the article as he did use some kind of special type pliers.
I've even used those pulled bullet to shoot deer and they worked just fine.
Paul B.