Miserable loading session...

[Mike Irwin]

Maybe I'm losing my touch.

Don't know why, but my measure was throwing charges of 296 with pretty wide variations.

Several would be spot on, the next one would be far too heavy, the one after that would be far too light.

I ended up weighing every charge.

Then I was loading 125-gr. JHPs that came from I believe Georgia Arms, but were bought in bulk bags of 100 at a gunshow.

Great, until I noticed variations in seating depth of the bullets.

The damned bullets are from at least two, possibly three, different manufacturers! The profiles and amount of exposed lead are quite different. What in the hell?

Then, I started having problems with getting the right neck tension in some of the cases.

I'll be surprised if this load of ammo doesn't blow my gun AND me to hell and back.

Grump grumble grump

 

[HSMITH]

Man, that is enough to have me thoroughly whizzed off and looking for the guy I bought the bullets from at the next show to let him know EXACTLY how I feel.....

 

[Mal H]

On the powder weight problem - since 296 usually meters very well, I've got to think something is amiss outside the measuring system. Static electricity? Humidity?

 

[mtnbkr]

Georgia Arms

You know, I'm not very impressed with Georgia Arms. First my dad gets a box of reloads from them that had a 20% failure to fire rate (in a 100% reliable gun), now this.

I think their quality control process needs help.

Chris

 

[wingman]

Dont know what brand of powder measure your using however i have a lyman
and it "must" be cleaned from time to time or it will throw some wierd amounts
2 good 1 bad, etc. I guess what I am saying is a "clean tool is a happy tool".

 

[Mike Irwin]

I'm using a Lee disk. It had been working absolutely perfectly, but considering that I just grenaded my .45 ACP this afternoon, I'm thinking that the Lee may be shot.