Reloading mistakes

[conan32120]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a sticky about reloading mistakes? Just came back from the range with the same .223 ammo I brought there, seems I did them with with a 2.28" OAL (gas gun, Wouldn't fit the mag). I searched and there have been other posts. Some sad some funny. Any chance the powers that be could start a sticky where we could all put them? After all, we do learn from our failures.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Using pseudonyms of course.

"Library of wisdom" sticky has many of the majors, but you're talking about even the little ankle biters. That's going to be a long, long, thread

 

[JmacD]

Well, ya know, my next mistake will be my first…
Edit to add: the good natured sarcasm is pretty deep here. Haha. I have an extensive library of mistakes: but, thank God, all eyes & fingers. And I’m protecting the hearing I still have with great vigor! My favorite is actually forgetting to expand/flare pistol brass… pffft

 

[CQB45ACP]

Well, ya know, my next mistake will be my first…

I know, me too, but we all remember the one our friend made? And there's the sticky's name: "Bonehead Mistakes Our Friends Have Made"

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Well, ya know, my next mistake will be my first…

Talk about jynxing yourself!

There’s a lot that could go into a sticky but I think a better solution is learning to use the search function. Even more important is learning when to use it. I see a whole lotta questions and complaints that are already in a sticky (tuning balance beam scales, erhem!!) that just get ignored and end up as long threads repeating the same questions and getting the same answers every time.

A quick search of the H&R forum will usually bring up an answer quicker than looking through a sticky topic.

JMHO - YMMV

 

[film495]

uuh, isn't the real question why are you loading live rounds when you haven't made some dummy rounds first to see if they fit the mag and cycle? Not to be curt, but were you just planning on getting lucky? there's no luck in relaoding as there is no crying in baseball ... lol

 

[higgite]

That would be the internet's longest thread ever in no time as people commented on each other's mistakes and then commented on each other's comments then rebutted the comments on their comments, ad infinitum.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

That would be the internet's longest thread ever in no time as people commented on each other's mistakes and then commented on each other's comments then rebutted the comments on their comments, ad infinitum.

Nah. It would get locked before page four. About the time someone mentioned the Lee FCD.

I do have a Lee factory crimp die.

 

[jmorris]

Never tumble 45 acp with 50 bmg unless you like puzzles...

 

[berettaprofessor]

That's going to be a long, long, thread

A sticky of reloading mistakes? Infinitely long. Heck my mistakes alone, with people adding in to call me an idiot, would stretch to 50 or 60 pages already.,,,

 

[jmorris]

Yeah, the only reason I can answer as many questions as I can, is because I've already had the problem myself...I couldn't make a complete list if I wanted to, as my memory doesn't even have enough storage space.

 

[PO2Hammer]

Had a squib once, a 9mm with no powder.
Wondered what went wrong, then found the missing powder charge on the scale, mocking me.

 

[Soonerpesek]

uuh, isn't the real question why are you loading live rounds when you haven't made some dummy rounds first to see if they fit the mag and cycle? Not to be curt, but were you just planning on getting lucky? there's no luck in relaoding as there is no crying in baseball ... lol

Guessing he brought the rounds he created for a bolt gun..........................I dunno, I wasn't there, just the way I took it...............

 

[higgite]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a sticky about reloading mistakes? Just came back from the range with the same .223 ammo I brought there, seems I did them with with a 2.28" OAL (gas gun, Wouldn't fit the mag). I searched and there have been other posts. Some sad some funny. Any chance the powers that be could start a sticky where we could all put them? After all, we do learn from our failures.

That would be the internet's longest thread ever in no time as people commented on each other's mistakes and then commented on each other's comments then rebutted the comments on their comments, ad infinitum.

uuh, isn't the real question why are you loading live rounds when you haven't made some dummy rounds first to see if they fit the mag and cycle? Not to be curt, but were you just planning on getting lucky? there's no luck in relaoding as there is no crying in baseball ... lol

Guessing he brought the rounds he created for a bolt gun..........................I dunno, I wasn't there, just the way I took it...............

I rest my case.

 

[Soonerpesek]

I rest my case.

Okay…….

Don’t flip over the charge bar mech with shot in the bottle while the plug is still on the bench after you filled it and walked away for something else….!!!!!…..

 

[conan32120]

I acknowledge that it would be quite long but so is " what have I done in the reloading room today" and "today I enjoyed the outdoors and chose to carry.. " neither of which have any beneficial learning experiences, they actually almost seem to invite bragging

 

[DustyRusty]

My favorite is loading powder before priming.

 

[Soonerpesek]

My guess is there is gonna be a LOT of these that MANY of us CAN’T NOT relate to…..

 

[CQB45ACP]

I acknowledge that it would be quite long but so is " what have I done in the reloading room today" and "today I enjoyed the outdoors and chose to carry.. " neither of which have any beneficial learning experiences, they actually almost seem to invite bragging

Maybe but I personally don’t need to brag.

 

[CQB45ACP]

My favorite is loading powder before priming.

My friend did that when he was using a Lee classic turret.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Okay…….

Don’t flip over the charge bar mech with shot in the bottle while the plug is still on the bench after you filled it and walked away for something else….!!!!!…..

A friend would say.

 

[higgite]

Well, ya know, my next mistake will be my first…

Well, I’ve only made one reloading mistake. That was when I thought I had done something wrong but I hadn’t.

 

[Walkalong]

That's going to be a long, long, thread

Yep.

 

[film495]

My favorite is loading powder before priming.

I'd pay good money to see the look on someone's face the moment they figured out they are doing this. That puzzled dog look we all get when our brain farts hard.

 

[CQB45ACP]

I'd pay good money to see the look on someone's face the moment they figured out they are doing this. That puzzled dog look we all get when our brain farts hard.

My friend didn’t notice it until he saw A2 all over the case holder and ram area. That’s what he said anyway.