Pat Riot
Contributing Member
Like @Capstick1 I tried a progressive but switched back to a single stage. I donated the 550L to a Boy Scout troop.
I have seen lots of folks, especially at Cowboy Action matches, with various issues from fast reloading on progressive presses. Nearly every time I hear "I was low on ammo and needed to hurry up and load some up for this match....I wasn't paying attention..."
For me, I have nothing against progressives presses at all, it's just that I am too OCD to trust everything is going as it should so back to the singe stage I went.
Regarding mistaken powder use, I always store my powder away from the loading bench. When I need a specific powder I retrieve it, use it and put in back in my gun room. The loading bench is in the garage.
Also, I put a piece of masking tape on my powder measure to show the last powder and quantity I dispensed.. I do this because a friend of mine once loaded some .38 Spl with .357 Magnum powder charges. Luckily one round let him know he made a boo-boo and he didn't destroy his gun as he was shooting a .357 Magnum Ruger Blackhawk at the time. I learned from his mistake. I always double check powder loads but the tape is there as a reminder.
I am absent minded as heck sometimes. I need all the help I can give myself so as not to get myself hurt.
I have seen lots of folks, especially at Cowboy Action matches, with various issues from fast reloading on progressive presses. Nearly every time I hear "I was low on ammo and needed to hurry up and load some up for this match....I wasn't paying attention..."
For me, I have nothing against progressives presses at all, it's just that I am too OCD to trust everything is going as it should so back to the singe stage I went.
Regarding mistaken powder use, I always store my powder away from the loading bench. When I need a specific powder I retrieve it, use it and put in back in my gun room. The loading bench is in the garage.
Also, I put a piece of masking tape on my powder measure to show the last powder and quantity I dispensed.. I do this because a friend of mine once loaded some .38 Spl with .357 Magnum powder charges. Luckily one round let him know he made a boo-boo and he didn't destroy his gun as he was shooting a .357 Magnum Ruger Blackhawk at the time. I learned from his mistake. I always double check powder loads but the tape is there as a reminder.
I am absent minded as heck sometimes. I need all the help I can give myself so as not to get myself hurt.
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