Bonehead reloading mistake

[garandman]

I was testing 3 virgin brass cases with A neck collet to see how much they stretched in the chamber, To know how much to bump back the shoulder.... so I measured the unfired brass.

Loaded them up, seated the bullets, got to the range, put them in the mag, chambered the round, sighted in on target, squeezed off the trigger and… click.

Waited 3 seconds then unchambered the unfired round.

I forgot to prime the $#@&% things !!!! Doh !!!!

I need to be fully wrapped in bubble wrap so I don't hurt myself.

 

[Ron Gorski]

I was testing 3 virgin brass cases with A neck collet to see how much they stretched in the chamber, To know how much to bump back the shoulder.... so I measured the unfired brass.

Loaded them up, seated the bullets, got to the range, put them in the mag, chambered the round, sighted in on target, squeezed off the trigger and… click.

Waited 3 seconds then unchambered the unfired round.

I forgot to prime the $#@&% things !!!! Doh !!!!

I need to be fully wrapped in bubble wrap so I don't hurt myself.

been there, done that

 

[garandman]

So I came home, primed the hot rounds by holding them under the desk while I stood around the corner, and fired them out in the yard.

I warned the neighbor across the street it was gonna get loud in a little bit. Lol.

 

[Fuj]

Sometimes you'll get this tell tale trailer of powder on the bench.

 

[BlueWater]

I forgot to prime the $#@&% things !!!! Doh !!!!

Did that on a round a few reloading sessions ago. But being retentive about procedure, I frequently double-check steps to ensure it's ready to go on to the next step. Failed to prime it, put a powder charge into the case that was sitting in the loading block, tapped it a couple of times to settle the powder ... and, when I lifted it from the loading block the powder was trickling out the flash hole into the block. Oops. So, dumped the powder, brushed it out, primed, re-charged, then seated. No harm, no foul.

Of course, there were the couple of rounds I seated far too deeply, which I then pulled. Double oops.

Haven't tried the bubble wrap thing. Let us know how that works.

 

[emmett]

I usually realize it after i have dumped powder in my range bag, rifle case, and can track myself all the way back to my reloading bench

 

[BlueWater]

I usually realize it after i have dumped powder in my range bag, rifle case, and can track myself all the way back to my reloading bench

Been using a bit of Hodgdon Superformance spherical ball powder, lately. Puny little grains make for a lovely time getting it all swept up, when dribbling it all over the floor. So far, I've only dribbled it all over the reloading block and mat beneath it. Keeping my fingers crossed ...

 

[Hoot]

While we're baring our souls. At my ladder test last week, I had a click...nothing as well. My first thought was "that's what you get for picking primers out of the floor sweepings." After waiting the prescribed safety time, I extracted the round and discovered my first in over 40 years of reloading, primer in backwards.

Hoot

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I USED to be one AR bolt short, swapped between uppers as needed. Packed rifle ladder loads,chronograph, 2 scopes and tools to the range. Setup on open bench, test targets up. Load gun, what the f, no bolt. Load everything up go home.

 

[0.1 Aggregate]

At least it was a mistake that had little to no safety impact. I think that most all of us have made reloading mistakes, some more than others. Pay attention.

 

[rwj]

So I came home, primed the hot rounds by holding them under the desk while I stood around the corner, and fired them out in the yard.

For just a little more effort, I’d recommend removing the bullet and dumping the powder before priming…

 

[6ShotsOr5?]

This seems like a pretty thorough list of mistakes I have made already or those that I probably will make someday.

 

[Fast14riot]

Did this one a couple weeks ago. Had some brass prepped that I didn't load for a seating depth test still in my loading block which I put my fired cases in next too. Well, grabbed the bunch, loaded up the tumbler and saw this a couple hours later, lol!

 

[garandman]

For just a little more effort, I’d recommend removing the bullet and dumping the powder before priming…

I thought about that. These were my last 3 cases to test, and Im waiting on my neck bushings. If I pulled the bullets, then primed and reseated, I didn't have a sizer die ready to go.

 

[Adam in WI]

I've had more screwed up rounds come out of a box that said Federal, Remington, or Winchester than ever came off of my bench. Maybe I'm just lucky, or uber anal; but I've never done any of these tricks y'all have fessed up too. Cross my fingers, it's only been 20 years reloading...

 

[46and2]

While we're baring our souls. At my ladder test last week, I had a click...nothing as well. My first thought was "that's what you get for picking primers out of the floor sweepings." After waiting the prescribed safety time, I extracted the round and discovered my first in over 40 years of reloading, primer in backwards.

Hoot

At least you didn't have to replace the bolt face.

 

[Bojo]

Before I learned to slow down and that everything is not a race and to COLOR code my dies in the turret press. I ruined more than one 22-250 case by turning the turret to the wrong position and sending it up into a 44 mag die.

 

[INTJ]

Amateurs......

Many years ago I showed up at a 1000 yd BR match with only a few of my cases primed. They were the ones left over from the last match that I was using as sighters. All of my record rounds were unprimed......

 

[otnot]

Well I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s done that

 

[Retired Grunt]

When I started shooting F Class, my first two matches, I shot factory ammo while I was waiting and learning about reloading. First match I used my reloads, I intended to shoot 10 sighter's to warm up, the first 5 went off ok, the next one was a pop and no fire, bullet left the case and went in a short way, pulled the bolt got the rod out and pushed the bullet out, reentered the bolt, fired the next one, same thing. HM I was shooting with picked the next 8 rounds and shook them and said, No Powder. The rest fired, had 10 that weren't charged.