shouldifail
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so i recently picked up a used lee 3 hole turret press at a gunshow. i've been looking to get into reloading for quite sometime, and the press with a lee autodisk powder dispenser with dies for 39 special for $40 seemed like a good opportunity to start.
now i had some once fired 38 spec. brass and wanted to get it cleaned up before resizing and decapping...no tumbler, so i washed them real well, decapped them and reprimed then placed them primer up in some plastic shell trays i had....
fast forward 4 days.....
with powder and bullets handy, i decide to make some ammunition the old fashioned way. but to my suprise, as i take out the first primed case, i feel moisture on the case.
i am an idiot.....i didn't let the cases dry enough, and yes, the primers were "deactivated" by the moisture...all 150 of them.
attempting to set them off in my revolver confirmed it.
so, after depriming, repriming, and setting up the autodisk i was ready to load.
once i was done triple and quatruple checking everything, and an hour and a half later....i have 150 brand spankin new reloads.
158 grain hornady lead bullets,
unique powder (4grains, .43autodisk) according to the lee megabible reloading book...
cci and winchester small pistol primers.
now i can't wait to get out to fire some.
and i bought a tumbler to avoid damp issues in the future.
now i had some once fired 38 spec. brass and wanted to get it cleaned up before resizing and decapping...no tumbler, so i washed them real well, decapped them and reprimed then placed them primer up in some plastic shell trays i had....
fast forward 4 days.....
with powder and bullets handy, i decide to make some ammunition the old fashioned way. but to my suprise, as i take out the first primed case, i feel moisture on the case.
i am an idiot.....i didn't let the cases dry enough, and yes, the primers were "deactivated" by the moisture...all 150 of them.
attempting to set them off in my revolver confirmed it.
so, after depriming, repriming, and setting up the autodisk i was ready to load.
once i was done triple and quatruple checking everything, and an hour and a half later....i have 150 brand spankin new reloads.
158 grain hornady lead bullets,
unique powder (4grains, .43autodisk) according to the lee megabible reloading book...
cci and winchester small pistol primers.
now i can't wait to get out to fire some.
and i bought a tumbler to avoid damp issues in the future.