Handloading Mishaps?

[420Stainless]

No safety issues thus far. I've crumpled some trying to seat bullets into new brass that I didn't bother to check out well before trying to assemble. Also had some bullets push right on through the neck on new brass. I've learned that sometimes you need to size even new brass and more often you at least need to chamfer it for that first loading.

 

[Mohave-Tec]

Squib. Use female end of cleaning rod against the bullet with duct tape wrapped to near bore diameter close the the FU to keep it centered.

 

[stargeezer]

I've had a few minor issues when I started with my Dillon XL650, mostly learning curve, so they never got out of the reloading room. (9mm seemed to be my bane in the beginning, with flipped primers, sizing issues as dies were adjusted and bullets seated.

Since I hand inspect each and every round I build, there had never been any concern of physical danger. I never want to be like the guy I once saw who was dumping a entire mag in rapid fire and one when pop instead of bang - his reflexes kept him pulling the trigger and as he yanked the trigger again with the expected results, he didn't pull it again, because all he had left in his hand was a grip and that trigger. Fortunately, all the shrapnel and the slide missed him and those around him.

 

[Potatohead]

no mishaps while reloading, but I did have one dbl charge
(of which I'm still embarrassed & ashamed)

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=692143&highlight=dbl+charge.

Wow. That's a scary sight.