emptybrass
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- Jan 2, 2013
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So I'm new to reloading, with only a couple of thousand rounds under my belt, compared to most here. Last night I found another way to make an error in reloading, so I thought I would share it. I like to size and prime .45 ACP and 380 Auto and store those in bulk. I got my new My Lab Radar chrono a short time ago and was impressed by it at my first trip to the range, so now I'm ready to go through different recipes and chart bullet speeds.
I chose Unique powder last night to do four different loads in 45 Auto, fifteen rounds each. I did the work on my single stage for these loads. I would charge 15 shells, place them in my reloading tray and then run them all through bullet seating and then through crimp.
When I was about half way through seating my second batch, I had trouble getting the projectile to start in the brass - almost like I didn't expand the case. I used a powder through expander to load the powder, which made what I was seeing a mystery. I looked inside the brass...NO POWDER!! I made a quick count of rounds in the tray - 15 in the tray and one in my hand. I had reached into the sized and primed bin and grabbed a shell from there instead of the reloading tray.
Solution - I put the cover back on the bin of primed and sized and moved it out of arm's reach.
Stupid mistakes are usually the easiest to make and I find as the years creep up on me, I have to do more and more to make stupid hard to win.
I chose Unique powder last night to do four different loads in 45 Auto, fifteen rounds each. I did the work on my single stage for these loads. I would charge 15 shells, place them in my reloading tray and then run them all through bullet seating and then through crimp.
When I was about half way through seating my second batch, I had trouble getting the projectile to start in the brass - almost like I didn't expand the case. I used a powder through expander to load the powder, which made what I was seeing a mystery. I looked inside the brass...NO POWDER!! I made a quick count of rounds in the tray - 15 in the tray and one in my hand. I had reached into the sized and primed bin and grabbed a shell from there instead of the reloading tray.
Solution - I put the cover back on the bin of primed and sized and moved it out of arm's reach.
Stupid mistakes are usually the easiest to make and I find as the years creep up on me, I have to do more and more to make stupid hard to win.