I was reloading some 230 grain extreme regular plate bullets with 4.6 grains of tite group Sunday night with my Lee load master when my RCBS lock out die locked up 2-3 times. Each time I checked the offending case it had .7 grains or less in the case (due to the size of a 45 case and the small charge of tite group the best I can do with the lock out is empty case and well over max). I was using the lee precision adjustable charge bar because the disc could only do 4.4 and 4.8, 4.4 was functioning but barely. Needless to say I was very suspect of all the bullets made during this session and was carefully watching for squibs when I shot them today.
Around 80-90 shots in I had my first squib, I thought maybe it was a high primer at first because it made no noticeable noise/recoil, the empty case did not eject. Luckily the bullet had just gotten past the chamber and I was able to clear it with a screw driver and hammer with the barrel out of the gun(I know not the best but what I had on hand, for what its worth I didn't notice any gouges and I felt like I kept it on the nose of the bullet when hammering). I had one more squib like that and one round that felt really weak that misfed the next round.
Anyways I ordered the lee auto drum Sunday due to the loss of faith in the adjustable charge bar (never liked it much to start with, it is weird that my bullets made using it the week before had 0 squibs).
Have been reloading a little over a year, have loaded somewhere around 3656 rounds of various calibers.
Around 80-90 shots in I had my first squib, I thought maybe it was a high primer at first because it made no noticeable noise/recoil, the empty case did not eject. Luckily the bullet had just gotten past the chamber and I was able to clear it with a screw driver and hammer with the barrel out of the gun(I know not the best but what I had on hand, for what its worth I didn't notice any gouges and I felt like I kept it on the nose of the bullet when hammering). I had one more squib like that and one round that felt really weak that misfed the next round.
Anyways I ordered the lee auto drum Sunday due to the loss of faith in the adjustable charge bar (never liked it much to start with, it is weird that my bullets made using it the week before had 0 squibs).
Have been reloading a little over a year, have loaded somewhere around 3656 rounds of various calibers.
