Stupid reloading mistake of the week

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I primed 300 9mm cases on the LCT since I've determined it saves profanity and time versus priming on the Pro1000. So I'm loading on the Pro1K using the case feeder and things are going swimmingly. Then I go to place a bullet and I can feel it move into the case. What the?

My initial thought was a split case mouth. Nope.

Maybe it would be fun to let people guess what I did wrong.
 
You didn't resize them?
Sorta correct. I grabbed a couple dozen unsized/non-deprimed cases from a can sitting conveniently near and dumped them into the hopper. So I had a couple non-resized cases make it into the mix before I caught my stupidity.

Which means I had to sort all my loaded rounds, sort all the unsized cases from the sized/primed cases, and lost way more time than the little I'd saved.

Luckily I found only one completed round with a fired primer.

I also busted the lid off a full pound of Silhouette using it to hold open my den window, spilling powder everywhere in the window frame, etc.

So I'm batting 1000 this week.

I think I'll take a break until I'm not on cold medicine o_O
 
1K, how are you setting up and running your Pro1000

I tried running it with charge, seat then FCD and just couldn't get use to it.
 
I just use the standard 3 die setup but remove the sizing die since I'm loading pre-primed cases.

I use the FCD on the turret press for most calibers but in 9mm I have always just seated and sized with the standard die and have had no issues.
 
I grabbed a couple dozen unsized/non-deprimed cases from a can sitting conveniently near and dumped them into the hopper. So I had a couple non-resized cases make it into the mix before I caught my stupidity.

Which means I had to sort all my loaded rounds, sort all the unsized cases from the sized/primed cases, and lost way more time than the little I'd saved
Could you have removed the depriming pin from the sizing die and resized the primed cases?

I just use the standard 3 die setup but remove the sizing die since I'm loading pre-primed cases ... in 9mm I have always just seated and [taper crimped] with the standard die and have had no issues.
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Using pre-resized/primed cases not only makes reloading silky smooth on the Pro 1000 but also reduces OAL variance down to .001" for me (provided bullet ogive is consistent where bullet seating stem makes contact), even with mixed range brass - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...progressive-press.833604/page-2#post-10779806
 
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I found a reloaded 9MM round at the range Sunday. Pretty looking coated RN, no primer. Stuff happens, but you caught your mistake long before it got to the range, like it should be.
 
So you are only using 2 dies on the Pro1000 for 9mm? If that is the case why not add a lockout die or powder cop or???
I don't see the need. I have a light mounted and visually confirm powder level before placing each bullet.
Plus I don't have a lockout or powder cop die. For larger progressives where I can't get a good look into the case I can see how that would be useful.
 
Could you have removed the depriming pin from the sizing die and resized the primed cases?
Could have, but my primed cases were already resized. Had I decapped with a universal decapper and primed before sizing that method would be the bee's knees.

But since I prefer to size/decap/prime on the LCT for now I don't need a second resizing step in the first spot on the Pro1K. Unless I misunderstood your intent.
 
Ah, I think I see what you meant. My problem was unsized, non-decapped brass mixed in with primed, sized brass. So removing the decapper would have allowed me to size the unsized brass but wouldn't solve the problem of them not being primed.
 
Last week I primed a bunch off the press. Then I ran them through the deprimer and took the primer out before filling them with powder and getting powder all over the place.
 
I don't see the need. I have a light mounted and visually confirm powder level before placing each bullet.
Plus I don't have a lockout or powder cop die. For larger progressives where I can't get a good look into the case I can see how that would be useful.

Exactly like I feel. I don't own one of those dies either. I take my time, look into every case and probably weigh check way more than I need to. I am going to send you a PM though.
 
I found a reloaded 9MM round at the range Sunday. Pretty looking coated RN, no primer. Stuff happens,

Why I post load tumble then case gauge. Any loose pockets, the primer will be gone before the gauge.

Only takes one time to understand a loose primer can make an AR inoperable if it gets between the trigger and the receiver at the bottom.

I could start a lot of “how could that happen” threads from things I have seen gone wrong first hand...
 
Now this has me thinking too muck with a what if!

What would be the outcome if these were loaded with used primers and fired in the gun to then have them come out complete with spent primer thinking FTF. To then pull them apart and find full powder charges. Would that leave one thinking faulty primers?
 
Only takes one time to understand a loose primer can make an AR inoperable if it gets between the trigger and the receiver at the bottom.
That is usually where they end up, but they can find their way into the oddest places.

Things happen. It is good to have a routine that gives multiple chances to find an issue. This primer in the gas tube issue was simply from pushing the envelope a bit too hard though, no fault of the equipment or the process, I just went too far.
 

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No matter how hard I tried I could not fit a LPP into a SP primer pocket. Then while trying to fix that I knocked off a powder measure full of powder.

I said a few words and went and took a NAP!:what:

Stuff happens.
 
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