Over the last 40 years have loaded thousands of rounds in a lot of different calibers and never had a problem.
While loading some 38 SP a few weeks ago, I checked the thrown charge weight as I normally do, everything looked good. Once I am happy with the dispenser settings, I check about every 10th one. I was seating the bullets when I noticed one charge looked light. Took care of that one but then wondered if there were any more in the batch. I checked the powder dispenser and found a small cobweb in the powder reservoir. I carefully marked the box with "Possible Light loads!!! (Yes I do look in the cases with a flashlight before seating.)
Well yesterday I decided to shoot them off, All was going well and I had my Chrony with me and was shooting my target through the chrony. All of a sudden I had a shot that felt light and I looked and it was only at 440 FPS. all the others had averaged about 950. THe shot cleared the barrel fine and actually still hit the target. Luckily it was the only one and all the others produced a fine group on the target.
Goes to show, its a continuous learning process and now the checklist includes checking my powder dispenser for obstructions, especially cobwebs!!
While loading some 38 SP a few weeks ago, I checked the thrown charge weight as I normally do, everything looked good. Once I am happy with the dispenser settings, I check about every 10th one. I was seating the bullets when I noticed one charge looked light. Took care of that one but then wondered if there were any more in the batch. I checked the powder dispenser and found a small cobweb in the powder reservoir. I carefully marked the box with "Possible Light loads!!! (Yes I do look in the cases with a flashlight before seating.)
Well yesterday I decided to shoot them off, All was going well and I had my Chrony with me and was shooting my target through the chrony. All of a sudden I had a shot that felt light and I looked and it was only at 440 FPS. all the others had averaged about 950. THe shot cleared the barrel fine and actually still hit the target. Luckily it was the only one and all the others produced a fine group on the target.
Goes to show, its a continuous learning process and now the checklist includes checking my powder dispenser for obstructions, especially cobwebs!!
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