OK, I'm very interested in this topic and a peripheral one, perhaps imaged by 243. I've been shooting for about 5 years and I'm interested in and starting to learn about reloading.
As you guys (meant to be inclusive of ladies) learned to reload you developed experience with what worked and what did not work. I've read about splitting case necks, separation, overpressure seen in primers, etc. and I'm wondering about where the learning curve levels off, so to speak. Is it after blowing a bolt carrier, as in the illustration provided by 243? What about the case with a hole blown open at the base? As a novice reloader, while I work up the skills and experience, is it only a matter of time until I miss some clue on a piece of brass that a more experienced eye would have caught, which then gets reloaded within published guidelines, fired... and to what end? What happens? What's the price of my inexperience/mistake? Does the case just rupture ... or does my barrel explode?
I understand about double (or triple, etc.) charging a pistol round - bad, bad, bad. But what about the wear and tear on brass generally (I plan to reload .308), and what if I miss something?
If this has been commented to death already, I'll take my querry to the search pages. No hijack intended, it seemed like a natural progression to the OP.
Thanks,
2KYDS