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My all time favorite. Glad it wasn't me.
I stuck a 221 FB brass in my 20 VT FL die today..........what a dumb azz......
yes I have a stuck case remover..........if you ain't got one........
get one........
S/shot Savage & heavy Pac Nor's rock !! 'JM' Marlin lever gun nut !
My all time favorite. Glad it wasn't me.
^^^ wth. How is that even possible?
Finger in wrong spot on progressive?
Is that a bad thing?Originally Posted by ivob
Holy..... I almost threw up on my tablet! That's aweful!
My all time favorite. Glad it wasn't me.
Can't to that one...you win
Got to appreciate the fact that he stopped to take a picture for others to learn from... Man that sure is nasty
My all time favorite. Glad it wasn't me.
Forgot the primers, forgot the lube, and prob the biggest was forgot to write on the box what the load was...yep found a box of 50 .270 rounds that I'm not sure if they are 140g or 150g sst's I'll run a few through the chrony and that will tell me.
[QUOTE=fgw_in_fla;256183]We told you so...[/QUOTE]
As far as the case in the finger. I think that is not too far fetched. Moving fast holding or grabing wile pulling the handle while watching tv!
Bet that hurt more coming back out.
Bingo. Rumor is it was a progressive with a electric motor running the show.
Sorted couple hundred 308 brass into junk bag and bag to tumble and load. Tumbled for 3 hours before I realized I tumbled the junk bag instead
At least it was primed. Might make removal easier.
My all time favorite. Glad it wasn't me.
Here is one for new folks. The other day I walked back into the reloading room to get started and I had left powder in the chargemaster. I had loaded a couple different powders the day or so before and totally couldnt recall with confidence, which one it was. I had a couple half full bottles on the shelf. Note to self, put current bottle behind chargemaster!!! Sucks to trash 1/4 lb of powder. Better safe than sorry.
If I leave powder in my thrower over night it will be garbage anyways with our humidity down here.
[QUOTE=fgw_in_fla;256183]We told you so...[/QUOTE]
DA-M!! That must make his eyes water!
Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
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Its Not the Violence that sets Men apart...
Its the Distance They are Willing to travel!
now about wasting powder. My first time emptying my uniflow powder measurer, didn't think it all the way through, unscrewed the stem, dumped 1/4 lb of VV N310 on the floor. In my tool bag, junk brass bucket, empty ammo boxes, freaking everywhere.
Last edited by schnyd112; 02-26-2016 at 04:18 PM.
I have of course charged pistol cartridges with no primers and of course was using VV N310 so it promptly went everywhere. I have a 22-250 that shoots heavy bullets and a 220 Swift that takes a very light bullet. I loaded 50 rounds of 220 swift with 60 gr. bullets and had to pull them all and start over. READ THE BOX!
Last edited by brtelec; 02-27-2016 at 02:59 AM.
Any clod can have the facts; having opinions is an art.
Tumbled in walnut media after priming once. Probably not an issue, but like all things reloading better safe than sorry.
This seems like a good place to write this. A while back I wrote about witnessing a guy nearly blow up his 243 at the range. Thought at the time it was due to adding a magnum primer to an already too hot load receipe.
Just to close the loop on this story, I saw him again some weeks later, having problems popping primers (again) with that same 243.
In passing the time with him during a cease fire period (actually it was a grass fire started by a suspected FMJ skipping off the ground, fire dept responded, etc) , I asked what he used to trim his case neck to size after FL sizing.
He said "what do you mean trim? I just run a chamfer tool around the mouth".
I measured a couple of cases he'd reloaded and found them .020+ over max length.
I advise him on the dangers of pinching a bullet and suggested he throw away his brass and get new off the shelf ammo, then learn a bit more about what he is doing before attempting to hand load anymore ammo. And if i ever saw him there again, I'd make dang sure I was nowhere near him while he was shooting.
Haven't seen him since….which is fine by me.
Wow he could use a how to manual in the worst way!
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Ahh last night,I'm loading some test bullets....never set my bullet depth...went to seat a bullet in and wham...what was suppose to be 2.650 col....turned out to be 2.350...what a pain to pull out!
Just last week.... bought a collet/neck sizing die, second time using it. I forgot to check the necks before priming. Well... first bullet fell right in. Then I got the bright idea of pulling the decapping pin and neck sizing without it. Now I've got a bunch of cases too small to seat...Gonna try some boattail bullets and make sure the case doesn't get shorter meaning I crushed the shoulder and need to throw them out.....
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