Abstract: An instrument for pressing items out of receptacles in a storage card, the card having open topped recesses which are closed by a burstable foil layer. The instrument includes a pair of arms which are held together in scissor fashion or by a resilient connection at their ends. One arm has a flat face protruding collet jaw. The other arm carries a counter member having an annular through hole or receptacle for receiving the collet and the item pressed from the card when the collet is pressed against the closed end of the recess and toward the counter member. The counter member supported on its arm may have a plurality of different size receptacles, and the base of each receptacle may be defined by the arm on which the counter member is supported. Also, the counter member on the arm may be replaceable with another counter member.