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Did y'all ever spend a (long boring) day loading 500 rounds with a Lee Loader?
I did. .30 Carbine. Somewhere the stupor kicked in, and apparently I managed to double-charge one of them.
I had an IBM and a (late) Universal at the range. Was shooting fast-change drills (fifteen round magazines each loaded with five rounds to practice drop-n-swap) with the Universal when that one went off.
The whole range suddenly went silent.
The gas piston punched a hole into the counterweight. I mean perfect cylindrical hole punched in 3/8 of an inch.
Lessons learned:
1. PAY ATTENTION! when loading.
2. Yes, you can disassemble a Universal M1 with a pocket knife and hammer.
3. Get a real press if you plan to load more than 20 rounds of anything (yes, I probably have 30 Lee Loaders, but I have some weird guns).
I am eternally happy that I wasn't shooting the IBM. Even though I probably paid less than $200 for either of those, the IBM is worth up to $2K today, the Universal maybe $400. On the other side of that, I welded up the hole in the counterweight, and that silly gun still works a charm.
I did. .30 Carbine. Somewhere the stupor kicked in, and apparently I managed to double-charge one of them.
I had an IBM and a (late) Universal at the range. Was shooting fast-change drills (fifteen round magazines each loaded with five rounds to practice drop-n-swap) with the Universal when that one went off.
The whole range suddenly went silent.
The gas piston punched a hole into the counterweight. I mean perfect cylindrical hole punched in 3/8 of an inch.
Lessons learned:
1. PAY ATTENTION! when loading.
2. Yes, you can disassemble a Universal M1 with a pocket knife and hammer.
3. Get a real press if you plan to load more than 20 rounds of anything (yes, I probably have 30 Lee Loaders, but I have some weird guns).
I am eternally happy that I wasn't shooting the IBM. Even though I probably paid less than $200 for either of those, the IBM is worth up to $2K today, the Universal maybe $400. On the other side of that, I welded up the hole in the counterweight, and that silly gun still works a charm.
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