Unique Overload ?

[Walkalong]

I cannot believe that anyone here would even think about shooting these rounds. Is loosing life and or limb worth a couple of bucks in powder? I would say "no",

I am not talking about shooting them all, even if one goes OK. If one shoots OK, I have to believe he overcharged some of them. My curiousity is wether or not they are all over charged with some unknown powder.

I guess I am talking about doing something a little risky and perhaps even stupid. Please understand I don't recommend doing this kind of thing. I post against taking chances all the time. I have always done things I would never let someone else do. I have scars to prove it.

Forget I mentioned it. Be safe, have fun.

 

[dwave]

I guess I am talking about doing something a little risky and perhaps even stupid. Please understand I don't recommend doing this kind of thing. I post against taking chances all the time. I have always done things I would never let someone else do. I have scars to prove it.

So have I. I have done MANY dangerous things that I would never recommend others to do, but hey, it's my life and I will live it as I see fit. I don't live by someone elses permition or approval. If I die or get hurt, then I die or get hurt.

 

[loneviking]

Ditto on 'this shouldn't be an overcharge with Unique'. I'd second pulling the bullets, dumping the powder and starting over. A target/defensive load I love is 8 grains of Unique pushing a Sierra 125 JHP. I use it out of a Colt Peacekeeper and have never had a problem. For 158's, I run between 6.7 and 6.9 gr. of Unique. So, I'd guess that the powder isn't Unique and I don't play around with an unknown powder....

 

[Walkalong]

If I had a bullet puller I would pull them all, deprime them, and reuse the bullets and brass, but not the powder or primers. I can pull the bullets, although I'll ruin them, but at least I'll get the brass from it.

 

[NCsmitty]

The primers should be fine to use. They are not an issue with the correct powder charges. How many rounds are you talking about?

NCsmitty

 

[Walkalong]

Around 100. I won't use the primers for the same reason I won't use the powder - unknown.

 

[Sport45]

Like NCsmitty said there's really no reason to pull the primers unless you are putting maximum powder charges in. No primer that would fit in the brass would cause overpressure if you were at least a half-grain under max. A rifle primer may cause some misfires due to its harder cup, but that doesn't seem to be the problem here.

I'd stick them in a baggy with a note not to shoot them because of the unknown powder charge and store them until you get a puller. Every reloader will eventually need that type of eraser anyway.

 

[Walkalong]

I have been loading over 20 years without a puller. I won't be getting one now.

I will satisfy my curiousity and dispose of the rounds. I am not going to buy a puller to get some used .357 brass and a few bullets.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Wanna borrow mine?

Ease up fellas...Walkalong knows what he's doin' (I hope)...

 

[GaryL]

Walkalong, do us a favor! Get a video camera and record those last minutes.
Let me wake up my friend Leroy. He ain't never seen a kaboom like that before...

Leroy? Who the hell is Leroy?! (sorry, I had to - that made me laugh)

Losing the top strap on a revolver is no fun, even if you don't get hurt, or so I've been told by someone who knows about these things, and I don't feel he was lying about it. A 100 rnds isn't much trouble to break down with a pullet puller.

BTW, I don't see how any reloader can go about this craft without a bullet puller. I've had to use one to remove bullets from a few 45acp cases that weren't holding the bullets very tight (caught that right away and had to do some additional brass sorting), and I've had instances were changing to a different bullet manufacturer changed the OAL just enough to require a reset of the seating die, and a couple bullets needed to be pulled just enough to reseat to the proper OAL. I also have had the occasional missing primer (probably operator error) and if I think any powder leaked out, I just reprocess them to avoid the possibility of a lightly loaded round. I just think there are too many occasions that warrant the use of a puller, but as always YMMV.

 

[Walkalong]

Decided to just pull the bullets with dykes and salvage the cases and primers.

Thanks to all those who tried to keep me out of trouble.

Today at work John today asked me if I wanted to turn off the power to a light I was helping him with.

"Nah, don't worry about it" I said........a 600 volt blast from the ballast later, I said "Yea, go ahead and turn it off"

 

[tasco 74]

i got a hammer type bullet puller a long time ago... not much after i started reloading... i have used it several times or my own screwups and to reclaim components... every reloader should own a bullet puller of some sort... as for shooting an unknown load DON'T DO IT! i have bought reloads from friends who know what they are doing and shot them tho........ there are only a couple of guys i know who i would shoot loads from....... i had a guy ask me a couple of weeks ago if i would load some 9mms for him... i suppose a guy should have some kind of lable on the box that would imply NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISHAP..............................

LIFE IS SHORT.....

 

[joneb]

I have been loading over 20 years without a puller. I won't be getting one now.

Me to but........ a .375" hole drilled in a stick works

 

[Wedge]

This looks like a perfect excuse to get a Ruger Redhawk in .357 Mag or a T/C in .357 Mag

In all seriousness...I would pull it for components and either a) use it as plant food or b) pile it all up and set it on fire.

Plant food being the much safer option.

 

[KegCommando]

The ammo scarcity with the Obama ban talks must be getting pretty bad if we are discussing shooting questionable rounds.

Maybe the rounds were made by an anti-gunner hoping to trick people into blowing their own guns up.

 

[1858rem]

He loaded them, and he shot more even after he had trouble extracting.

 

[Walkalong]

I like your bullet puller jibjab.

 

[joneb]

I like your bullet puller jibjab.

Thanks, having the right size drill bit helps, but if the cartridge is a little loose I use masking tape over the shell base to hold it in place, for rimless cartridges I use the shell holder and tape. If I over seat a bullet I use my stick puller to back it out a bit.