I'm Having A Problem

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Haha. No doubt. I'm going shootin tmrw and I'm gonna let 'em rip by golly.
 
If I could get out of the habit of weighing every charge it would cut about 50% of the work out I think.
 
I still weigh every charge by hand since I started March of 2012. I enjoy it that way. Maybe one day I'll start using my powder measure for my pistol rounds.
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That's okay. Reloading is an excellent outlet for the obsessive/compulsive.;)
 
My personal problem has progressed... I keep loading but it's never enough. I squirrel away the pretty new loads and then feel the need for more. Thus repeats the cycle... get more brass, more supplies, load more, squirrel away more... it's never ending. Occasional shooting just makes it worse. I have to load more. Very sad.
 
I had a gentleman from the local reloading shop tutor me on the ABC's of reloading. He gave me three lessons and then invited me to his home where he had a nice set-up for reloading. He watched EVERYTHING I did. I loaded 3 boxes (50) of .308 and 100 rounds of 45 acp.

The 1st time I loaded up...I was waiting for a KaBOOM!! Surely, this could not be safe..since I reloaded them myself!. The first 50 went off without a hitch and 1000's and thousands of ammo has gone downrange since that 1st day, without so much of a burp. However...the 2nd box of 50 that I loaded that 1st supervised day..was a different story. I loaded up the mag with 5 rounds of 45 acp...and the 2nd shot I took was the ONE round in my entire reloading history, that went KaBOOOMM!! I thank God that I was used a steel 1911 instead of a polymer gun. The results woulod have been much worse. I still have the scar 1 inch below my eye where the base plate came back and implanted itself. I switched guns and kept on shooting that day...blood everywhere. Did I mention that I love to shoot?
 
I think some people think too much about things that need little, if any, thought. But that's just me thinking again.
 
If I could get out of the habit of weighing every charge it would cut about 50% of the work out I think.
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Wow. How long did it take to load 350 rounds weighing every charge?

I still weigh every charge with rifle stuff (unless I'm using H380. No need then), but for pistol stuff I weigh about every 15 or so.
 
Hour and a half for 50 rds. I enjoy it though. I usually just manage 50 rds per sitting (9mm). Thats also already having the cases sized and primed. I have a lot of trouble getting the powder measure (lee auto disk) to drop the exact same thing every time. Drives me bananas. I just got the lee charge bar too and its charges are scattered too. Well, to scattered for me to feel like i can trust it, being a newb.
 
Let me break this down in terms we can all understand.

If you like looking at them, you gonna love shooting them.

It is kinda like a centerfold...really nice to look at, but even nicer......if you don't get the parallel at this point. God help you!

Thank me later.
 
Potatohead said:
Hour and a half for 50 rds. I enjoy it though. I usually just manage 50 rds per sitting (9mm). Thats also already having the cases sized and primed. I have a lot of trouble getting the powder measure (lee auto disk) to drop the exact same thing every time. Drives me bananas. I just got the lee charge bar too and its charges are scattered too. Well, to scattered for me to feel like i can trust it, being a newb.
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Any volumetric powder measure is going to do that. Most should hold within 0.1 grain. However, things (variables) like how much powder is in the hopper pushing down will change the powder drop as will things like vibration. So the question becomes if you drop powder in let's say 5 or 10 rounds and then weigh the powder in each case how much variation are you seeing?

Ron
 
You still talking instead of shooting? OK, here's what you do, take pictures of the ammo and post them here so they will live on forever. THEN GO SHOOT THEM! Next post the pictures of the targets to prove you made ammo that looks good and shoots good too... :p
 
Reloadron said:
Any volumetric powder measure is going to do that. Most should hold within 0.1 grain. However, things (variables) like how much powder is in the hopper pushing down will change the powder drop as will things like vibration. So the question becomes if you drop powder in let's say 5 or 10 rounds and then weigh the powder in each case how much variation are you seeing?

Ron
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It's mostly just a tenth of a grain (or 2) off every time. Sometimes .3 off. I should've mentioned, I'm trying to find "my" load in 9mm so I want to make sure I know what charge is loaded in each round in each batch. That's another reason I'm measuring everything. Also because I'm trying to go squibless and KABOOMless.
Also because I just dont trust this measuring equipment yet.

You know, that charge bar has given me more trouble than anything on scattered drops. I wonder whatsup w that? I talked back and forth with the Lee dude and he said I was trying to drop to small a charge (loading 380, i think it was 3.2 of hp38) so I tried 6.3 of Herco (not for 380) and it wouldn't drop that right either. Are the shotshell powders notorious for bad dropping from a fixed cavity? PH
 
With powder measures it seems they are most accurate when kept at least half full. It also helps to try and do everything the same each time. Don't slam the case against the measure one time and be very easy the next. Sometimes tapping the side of the measure helps settle the charge especially with flake powders like Unique.
 
Thx. Yea Ive wondered if I should, kind of bang the ram up into the powder through die, or do it easy, or what. I'll try consistency, that may be one of the problems. Is their a correct position for the actual hopper/measure to be in. Over the center....or towards the outside? Didnt know if the centrifugal forces have anything to do with anything if positioned differently...
 
I don't think position of the measure has anything to do with it. Consistency is the key and keeping the hopper above half full with all powders other than ball powders which seem to meter well even when the hopper is low.
 
Alritey gents. The range gear is packed and waiting by the front door. I'm heading out at 5:30am to go let 'em fly. My problems are in the past...I'm pretty sure..yea..I think.
 
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