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Years ago, shooting with a friend who was so very proud of his new Dillon machine, he was popping along happily with his 659, when he pulled the trigger, and seemingly nothing happened (we both had ear protection).
He went to rack the slide again, and I said, "Did you check the bore?", He looked at me quizzically, nodded his head and finished racking the slide, empty brass came out (new cartridge went in), and he went back to shooting stance. I then yelled, "DID YOU CHECK THE BORE!!" He nodded, turned his attention back to sight picture, at which point I turned around and took off running. He caught my self-preservation activity out of the corner of his eye, stopped, dropped the clip, racked the cartridge out of the chamber, slide locked to the rear, and stared down the muzzle. Dark as a well-digger's rectum.
A fine new 9mm bullet, propelled apparently only by a primer had taken up residency about halfway down the barrel. Neither of us had heard the primer report, and when he racked the slide and saw brass only come out, he figured he was good to go.
An early lesson for me regarding progressive loading machines. I don't disparage them, but I know they require focused attention: just as focused as when one loads with a single stage.
He went to rack the slide again, and I said, "Did you check the bore?", He looked at me quizzically, nodded his head and finished racking the slide, empty brass came out (new cartridge went in), and he went back to shooting stance. I then yelled, "DID YOU CHECK THE BORE!!" He nodded, turned his attention back to sight picture, at which point I turned around and took off running. He caught my self-preservation activity out of the corner of his eye, stopped, dropped the clip, racked the cartridge out of the chamber, slide locked to the rear, and stared down the muzzle. Dark as a well-digger's rectum.
A fine new 9mm bullet, propelled apparently only by a primer had taken up residency about halfway down the barrel. Neither of us had heard the primer report, and when he racked the slide and saw brass only come out, he figured he was good to go.
An early lesson for me regarding progressive loading machines. I don't disparage them, but I know they require focused attention: just as focused as when one loads with a single stage.