It doesn't take any specialized tool to salvage components out of loaded shells and save the shot cup. A sharp pocket knife is all you need. Does anybody carry a sharp pocket knife anymore?I do, and I mean sharp. All you do is cut the ridge off the top of the hull which opens it all up and never touches the wad/shotcup. Pour the shot out into a cup, take a tiny set of pliers and grab a wad petal and it will pull right out with no damage. Then the powder, then the primer. Yes, I have salvaged and reused many hundreds of primers, maybe in the thousands.
Thanks for responding to my post Stan. I'll put my pocket knives against yours any day of the week, and then I will cut open 12 gauge hulls 3x faster with that tool than you will with your knife. Good grief, you need to critique every post. But at least you are reading them. Keep it up, you might learn something.
