This post just a form to incriminate oneself leading to no credibility. I'm out, lol
I know, I learned by screwing it up, all of it. Just last week was going to tone down my 6slr load, cut .2gr of powder to 42gr even. Punched in 44gr on both charemasters, loaded 30 cases, with magneto on, average now was 3270fps with a 105 hybrid, said screw it, pulling bullets with my trigger finger. 3 blown primers(new brass) later, I was able to dump 29 cases into the recycle bin, had one without a primer I was able to pull and confirm charge weight, I'm more than human, an idiot.He who has no sin shall cast the first stone. (For those of us who regularly flub up, having a few rocks to hit oneself with is a good practice!)
Hopelessly in-credible,
Snert
And thinking about all the money I was going to save! BarlowBuying my first press and a set of dies..........
And that's all she wrote.
At least that is how I justified it to my spouseAnd thinking about all the money I was going to save! Barlow
This wasn't a reloading mistake but what happens when your in a hurry and not paying attention. Running out of daylight at the range and was sighting in two Contender pistols that look exactly the same. Both were stainless frames, stainless barrels, blued Burris 3x12 pistol scopes. One chambered in 309 JDJ necked down 444 Marlin and the other chamberd in 445 Super Mag. 3/8 in longer 44 Mag case.
Yep I dropped a 445 SM in the 309 JDJ chamber and shot a .429 bullet down a .308 bore. Contender stayed together. I dove to SSK and told JD Jones what I did. He held the barrel up to the light, looked in the chamber and said looked at the dimples where the scope screw holes are!
Maybe I'm missing something but I'm surprised using a magnum pistol primer made that big of a difference.Chiming in late on this. My shooting buddy and I had as a last minute idea to go up north here in Michigan in February to do some shooting. At his house we went out to his garage were his loading equipment was set up to load up 100 9MM +P's for me and some 50 BMG for him. It was coooold outside and he didn't want to turn on the heat, so we were loading at very fast pace. To make a long story short, I grabbed small pistol MAGNUM primers by mistake. Good thing I was wearing thick winter gloves and the pistol was a early model a steel IMI, Baby Eagle. That load was +P++++P, and blew the grip panels off. Made my self a very large lettered sign that still hangs over my bench that reads"CHECK ALL COMPONENTS TWICE BEFORE YOU LOAD THEM !"
I have also seen a powderless 45acp reload where the primer had sufficient force to push the cast bullet into the barrel, which to shooter interpreted as a dud