Jim Taylor
Re-Reloading .22 Long Rifle Cartridges
Saturday, July 12, 2025, 08:59

At the Shooting Range I always pick up any unfired .22's that I find laying around. The majority of these are dropped accidentally and cleaned up a bit they are fine to shoot. Some however have been snapped on and did not fire and others are damaged to the point they cannot be loaded and fired.

I had made a tool to pull .30 caliber military bullets and I found it worked to pull the .22 bullets, though I had to use it in a different way.

Instead of grabbing the bullet I use it to carefully mash the cartridge over the heel of the .22 bullet, loosening it.

I have a bunch of primed .22 Long Rifle cartridges. These came in a box wrapped in PINK shipping tape! The cartridges were wrapped in various bra's and panties. I didn't know whether to keep the ladies underwear and throw the .22's away or what, but I found the bra's were too large as were the panties so I kept the .22's.

I dump the powder charge from the bad cartridge into the new ones, then shove the bullet in.

I then crimp the load and it is ready to shoot.

The main issue I have had is to not mash the heel too small. If I do, I cannot crimp the load. So caution is needed when getting the bullet out of the bad cartridge.