badkarmamib
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Twice now, my father has had squibs in his .45-70. Both times, the bullet made it about 1/4" down the barrel. Primer has a good dent, H4198 IMR498 powder is clumped. Checked the powder in the jug, still loose. After the first one, I did find that the new Starline brass was shorter than trim-to length, so it needed more crimp than once-fired Federal. We corrected that, but it happened again today. I think the clumped powder may both have come from the same session, which he admits he put in the car the (very cool) night before. He also wiped the new Lee PPM out with a dryer sheet since then. So, I am leaning toward condensation, but I didn't know if that would still be a problem two weeks later. This is his first foray into reloading, and don't want him to get discouraged, so I am wondering if there is something else that I should check.
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