Crashbox
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This evening I was loading up my typical .357 Magnum cast loads and all systems go, or so I thought. I got to about round #40 or so and noticed that some of the bullets were extremely loose in their cases. Hmmm. So I gave them the 'push test' with my thumb and about seven or eight hid themselves in the cases. Scratched my head a bit and cleared the press shell plate. What was going on???
SOMEWHERE along the line I had inadvertently mixed up cases that were *not* resized, with those that were. So, I proceeded to resize the 250-ish remaining ones as well as re-do the known errant cases. After this was done everything went fine.
For the record, I always resize on my single-stage press and prime on the bench with an RCBS bench-mounted priming tool (an archaic on-the-job injury requires that I do it this way).
I figured I would share my mistake so hopefully others will learn from it. At least I caught it fairly early.
It just goes to show that you can NEVER be too careful in this hobby. It always pays to develop a SAFE routine and stick to it.
SOMEWHERE along the line I had inadvertently mixed up cases that were *not* resized, with those that were. So, I proceeded to resize the 250-ish remaining ones as well as re-do the known errant cases. After this was done everything went fine.
For the record, I always resize on my single-stage press and prime on the bench with an RCBS bench-mounted priming tool (an archaic on-the-job injury requires that I do it this way).
I figured I would share my mistake so hopefully others will learn from it. At least I caught it fairly early.
It just goes to show that you can NEVER be too careful in this hobby. It always pays to develop a SAFE routine and stick to it.