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[solv3nt]

Alec Baldwin is gonna love him!

No, he only uses the real thing.

 

[sobo]

No, he only uses the real thing.

Well, yes. We have seen that...

 

[Mikej]

Went out to try my latest load development, and after three no fires in a row, discovered that I missed a rather important step.

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I've done that before ,but, powder all over the bench was the giveaway of the missing primer.
What I hate is when I'm priming up, say, a hundred rounds of 9mm is being close to the end and dropping a shell in the done tube before it's primed. You move that pile a little, and the un-primed case dives to the bottom.

 

[DLS]

I think I need to drop my powder charge by a tenth or two? What do you think?

 

[nammac]

I think I need to drop my powder charge by a tenth or two? What do you think?

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So clearly a S&W, looks like the barrel was cut with one of those underwater welding/cutting sticks. Cylinder vaporized?

 

[sobo]

I think I need to drop my powder charge by a tenth or two? What do you think?

"Drop", you say...???

Tagging @solv3nt and Mr. @Xaevian

 

[Xaevian]

"Drop", you say...???

Tagging @solv3nt and Mr. @Xaevian

The Israelis got to that while you weren't looking.

 

[CLT65]

"Drop", you say...???

Tagging @solv3nt and Mr. @Xaevian

A drop did that? When did SIG start making revolvers?


Just kidding, just kidding! Put away that baseball bat please!

 

[sobo]

A drop did that? When did SIG start making revolvers?


Just kidding, just kidding! Put away that baseball bat please!

Too late, buddy...

 

[DizzyJ]

I think I need to drop my powder charge by a tenth or two? What do you think?

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Nope. Flashover. Too low of a charge. Top off the case to the case mouth and compress the load. That should take care of it next time.

 

[Horse_trader]

Went out to try my latest load development, and after three no fires in a row, discovered that I missed a rather important step.

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I'll give you the benefit of doubt. Maybe the pockets were just too loose from the last ladder test.

 

[2ndtimer]

Just finished up 200 rounds of 9mm on the Dillon RL-550B. Scratch that, make it 199 rounds.

 

[orygun]

Just finished up 200 rounds of 9mm on the Dillon RL-550B. Scratch that, make it 199 rounds.

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[nammac]

Just finished up 200 rounds of 9mm on the Dillon RL-550B. Scratch that, make it 199 rounds.

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That right there is a well used case. Always looking for those during processing, they have a different sound when they hit the pile. Then ya gotta go looking for them.

Yup, I'm OCD…

 

[Richo877]

My mistake today: traded for "ready to load" primed brass. Seems like a nice kid and doesn't know anything about reloading and just happened to come across this bucket. He even kicked me $20 back upon initial inspection, but it's way worse in this bucket than I thought. 6 out of 26 pounds look like this or worse:

I should've just left it alone.

 

[TTSX]

My mistake today: traded for "ready to load" primed brass. Seems like a nice kid and doesn't know anything about reloading and just happened to come across this bucket. He even kicked me $20 back upon initial inspection, but it's way worse in this bucket than I thought. 6 out of 26 pounds look like this or worse:
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I should've just left it alone.

Measure never, cut three times

 

[Richo877]

Measure never, cut three times

I'm crying a little bit. They got me

 

[Lilhigbee]

I see it was from this forum. Please leave appropriate feedback. "Ready to load" means something, and that sh!t ain't it.

 

[mhayd93]

My mistake today: traded for "ready to load" primed brass. Seems like a nice kid and doesn't know anything about reloading and just happened to come across this bucket. He even kicked me $20 back upon initial inspection, but it's way worse in this bucket than I thought. 6 out of 26 pounds look like this or worse:
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I should've just left it alone.

That is beyond terrible; God forbid any functional rounds made it to "production"! I can only imagine how powder measuring (or even selection for that matter) was being handled!

 

[Richo877]

imagine how powder measuring (or even selection for that matter) was being handled

And that's exactly why you don't shoot someone else's handloads. Honestly, I don't know if anything else in the bucket will be usable. Even the ones I haven't tossed aside yet all have issues. Flattened and concave primers. If resized at all, no lube was used. Shoulders and necks are stretched. If I use any of this brass, I'm gonna have to undo what's been done and start from the ground up.