Finish what you start

[mousegunner]

I was starting to pull bullets from some 55 FMJ reloads when nature called. Afterwards I got sidetracked by the wife for something.

Got to the bench and looked in the case I was working on and saw it had no powder! SOB! I could have been in for a big surprise at the range. I was mad at myself for seating a bullet on a case with no powder.

O.k. so I go to pull another bullet with my kinetic puller and yup the bullet and powder were in the puller. I should have emptied it out and then gone to take care of business, I felt like a dumba$$.

I don't normally stop in the middle of a process but I did and screwed up my rhythm but when you get older and nature calls you gotta answer.

 

[sandwarrior]

BTDT! And, yeah it can be scary with reloading. Don't start a phase like that unless you know you can finish it. Of course, not stopping unless you have to is paramount.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

...and never, ever trust a fart!

 

[Bill Norris]

...and never, ever trust a fart!

LOL That will get u in a world of S*^t no doubt.

 

[Field_2_Fork]

I had a similar incident recently. I was changing the tires on my wifes truck, they were all on with the lug nuts hand tight, my neighbor across the alley called me over to his place where we talked for about 10 minutes... An hour later my wife was calling me panicked because the truck felt funny when she was going to the bank....I got there and sure enough, the lug nuts on one wheel had backed off and the wheel was not centered. Boy did I feel stupid, could've been bad.

 

[Adam in WI]

Well, if your wife was familiar with the concept of a pre-trip she'd have caught her mechanic's oversight...

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Well, if your wife was familiar with the concept of a pre-trip she'd have caught her mechanic's oversight...

I’m my wife’s concept of pre-trip!

 

[Hoot]

Testify Brothers!
It cleanses the reloading soul.

Hoot

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

I have loaded a batch of 300 rounds for my dad once without any primers, don't feel bad

 

[K22]

The older you get the worse it gets.

Here's what I do if I have to stop in the middle of a process of reloading, I place a "post it" note on the reloading table noting where I left off so I can resume at that point.

I also have several "fail safe" and "checks" built into my reloading process to avoid mistakes, but nothing is full proof or replaces complete focus on the task at hand. But by building in checks you can minimize mistakes.

 

[Bill Norris]

Seems like with age connecting the dots when interupted does get a little harder.

 

[JMayo]

I've come to my bench and had 100 sitting in the tray and not remembered. Now
I leave notes on where I'm at in the process what's in the tray and the stage it's at in the process.

 

[Riesel]

Thanks for all the Great Suggestions. Hope it helps me if I can remember to do this.

 

[AccelR8]

I've come to my bench and had 100 sitting in the tray and not remembered. Now
I leave notes on where I'm at in the process what's in the tray and the stage it's at in the process.

I try to do that but usually can't find my pen and note paper.

Here's what happened to me Saturday. I was loading 24.7 grains of powder. Wife called me for dinner. I finished the last of ten rounds and went up to eat. Then we chatted for a few minutes and then did the dishes.

When I went down to resume, I found a stack of cleaning patches sitting smack-dab in the middle of the floor. Now, I haven't been cleaning for a week and I certainly would have seen them when I walked from the reloading bench to the stairs. How in the...well, whatever. I sat down at the bench and looked at the scale. It was set to 21.7 grains. What? I'm sure I was loading 24.7. Son of a...did I load ten rounds with the wrong charge? Double checked everything. Notes; yes, 24.7. Scale; yes it's at 21.7. Dam. So I pulled the last round I loaded and weighed the charge. 24.7. ??? I pulled the first one...24.7. I pulled the second one, the next to last, and two from the middle. Six out of ten. All 24.7.

Now how did that scale move to 21.7? There's only two people in this house, me and my wife. Neither of us had been down stairs.

Halloween approaching?

edit; Meant to say "cleaning" patches not "reloading"patches. Fixed it.

 

[Hoot]

The older you get the worse it gets.

Here's what I do if I have to stop in the middle of a process of reloading, I place a "post it" note on the reloading table noting where I left off so I can resume at that point.

I also have several "fail safe" and "checks" built into my reloading process to avoid mistakes, but nothing is full proof or replaces complete focus on the task at hand. But by building in checks you can minimize mistakes.

Who needs Prevagen @ $100 per month, when we have Post-It-Notes!

Hoot

 

[mousegunner]

I try to do that but usually can't find my pen and note paper.

Here's what happened to me Saturday. I was loading 24.7 grains of powder. Wife called me for dinner. I finished the last of ten rounds and went up to eat. Then we chatted for a few minutes and then did the dishes.

When I went down to resume, I found a stack of reloading patches sitting smack-dab in the middle of the floor. Now, I haven't been cleaning for a week and I certainly would have seen them when I walked from the reloading bench to the stairs. How in the...well, whatever. I sat down at the bench and looked at the scale. It was set to 21.7 grains. What? I'm sure I was loading 24.7. Son of a...did I load ten rounds with the wrong charge? Double checked everything. Notes; yes, 24.7. Scale; yes it's at 21.7. Dam. So I pulled the last round I loaded and weighed the charge. 24.7. ??? I pulled the first one...24.7. I pulled the second one, the next to last, and two from the middle. Six out of ten. All 24.7.

Now how did that scale move to 21.7? There's only two people in this house, me and my wife. Neither of us had been down stairs.

Halloween approaching?

Reloading gremlins! Same ones that took my micrometer and hid it for months