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Ooopppsss!Two kinds of handloaders; those that have and those that will. I have!!
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costly error indeed...
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Ooopppsss!Two kinds of handloaders; those that have and those that will. I have!!
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Two kinds of handloaders; those that have and those that will. I have!!
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Backwards primer - guilty - caught before boxing - disassembled for components
Unresized brass - guilty - crushed the brass trying to seat a jacketed bullet
when I was new to reloading many, many, many years ago, I started with reloading 90 gr lrn .380's. I had a few with less than minimum recommended charge that when shot at the indoor range, the ballistic curtain down range caught the round and snapped it back at me... Left a couple of nice round dents in the range door behind me...
I always double check the powder charge and weigh every 10th round, cause I'm now OCD...
I made some bad 12ga that just went "plop"... Probably bad crimps but also there was lots of powder in the barrel that looked yellow!?
".256 Winchester Magnum. 10 sets of 5 rounds each in .2 gr steps for a ladder test in a 50rnd box. Fired one shot and SPILLED THE EFFING BOX!! Plinking ammo now."
I always use a sharpie to mark each bullet with the load number, if the loads in the box are different. Then it doesn't matter if the box gets dropped. If all in the box are the same, I just mark a few...
A similar occurrence for me also, now I write the charge weight on the cartridge itself with a Sharpie. Problem solved and I can inspect every one knowing it's correct designation.
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I used to just color code the primers with a marker pen.
Record the load on a separate sheet.
I don't have any kids at home anymore...That's a good idea, though typically, I have a hard enough time finding even one shaprie let alone many colors. I buy a whole pack and before I know it -- they're gone.