Why you should be careful while reloading.

[tsxshooter]

It is very easy to double or triple charge handgun rounds.

[Ammosmith]

  What happened?!?!? Is this your weapon? Anyone hurt?

[Obmi]

Can a gun like that be repaired or is it scrap / parts now?

[Iraqveteran8888]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

ANYBODY HURT?!

IS THIS YOUR REVOLVER?

[jprice]

bummer dude.  I hope that wasn't yours and that no one got hurt.

And it's scrap.  The company won't fix it.

[tsxshooter]

No not mine. Just thought I would share...
owner was fine.

The owner was pretty scared. it "kicked" so hard it pulled one of the bullets like a kinetic puller.
Primers not seated sufficiently deep in the pockets? My guess the culprit here is a double charge due to carelessness. He is lucky that there were only three rounds in the gun. Six going off at once probably would have resulted in more of a mark on his pieces parts.

His wife loaded for him

[Ammosmith]

This is one reason why I NEVER use a progressive press and I always check and recheck my charges with a light and compare to the load data.

[chandler49]

yea thats the reason I bought my bullet puller.  One day I handloaded when I was tired, I went to the range the next day... Every trigger pull I heard the jaws theme in my head.

[tsxshooter]

yea thats the reason I bought my bullet puller.  One day I handloaded when I was tired, I went to the range the next day... Every trigger pull I heard the jaws theme in my head.

Been there done that. don't drink beer while reloading.

[Ammosmith]

When in doubt pull them out. This is exactly why I single stage load only. You see, I inspect every aspect of the process. Trim length, primer seat depth, powder charge (double check and check again against published load data) OAL and headspace. I try to leave nothing to chance.

It's tough to weigh a pistol bullet to look for irregularities. A rifle bullet is easy to see if you missed a charge..it will be 20-80grs lighter depending on the cartridge.

[HeXeD775]

HOLY CRAP!!!  Glad to hear shooter was OK.  Txshooter Do you mind if I post these pics to two other reloading/shooting messageboards as an example? (thehighroad & PAFOA.org)

[tsxshooter]

My pistol loading is one at a time. Double charging scares me. The flashlight thing does not work with 4 grains. Rifle I want to load 95-100 capacity. I have double charged rifle and it spills everywhere. So hard to double charge. I had a old timer tell me if your brass is not filled to capacity switch powders.


Was not my pistol. Was just sharing the pictures. I know people who start off with the MAX in a ladder test

I am to paranoid  to have that happen. I have OCD so I double and triple check everything. It takes me all night to get a CAOL measurement with a stoney point. I keep tiring different bullets....

[phlapjack]

Not sure if this is the best place for this question, but with the previous statements I was curious when you're charging your cases and you're looking to produce match grade rounds. I would imagine you would want a slightly compressed charge to eliminate inconsistencies with powder settling to the bottom of the case before you fire and throwing the accuracy off when you fire. Am I correct in assuming that or does it not matter?

I was looking at the progressive presses and decided against it simple because I thought it would be hard to ensure with each lever pull that each operation was correctly completed.

[Ammosmith]

Not really unless it's a rifle round using a cast bullet load. Pistol doesn't matter so much.

[clubkey]

When in doubt pull them out. This is exactly why I single stage load only. You see, I inspect every aspect of the process. Trim length, primer seat depth, powder charge (double check and check again against published load data) OAL and headspace. I try to leave nothing to chance.

It's tough to weigh a pistol bullet to look for irregularities. A rifle bullet is easy to see if you missed a charge..it will be 20-80grs lighter depending on the cartridge.

Ammo I have been reloading since the early 60's on a single stage press and would never consider changing to a progressive press because I've seen way too many reloaders run into too many problems with their progressives. I have a buddy who sold his single stage press and went out and bought an expensive progressive presses in the 80's. After destroying a S&W Model 29, shortly there after from his reloads on his progressive press he now only puts one die at a time in his progressive press and uses it as if it were a single stage press.

Like you I check and double check each and every operation to the completion of every box of ammo I reload. I trust nothing to the mechanics of a a machine when it comes to reloading.