Be careful metering out our powder

[SA Friday]

careful is the key, i've reloaded and shot countless thousands of my reloaded rounds over the years, without any trouble. I stay below the max load stated in up to date manual's, I keep the door closed and phones and tv's off, so I have no distractions, and hand dump every powder charge in every case with my little tin powder pan. I use the lyman 1200 dps dumper/scale combo, double check the charge weight every 50 rounds with my slide bar scale, and after I fill my plastic tray I look at all of them in the light to double check if they all look even before going further, another trick that i have learned is to use a powder that consumes more than 50% of the case volume, so a double charge is imposible without a spill over.

This is not a mechanical failure on part of the firearm, reloading equipment, nor the powder itself. This is a reloader pushing things to the limit and not wanting to take a systematic approach to the reloading with the proper precautions.

It happens... It's learning from failure.

I've reloaded hundreds of thousands of pistol rounds that took less than 50% of the case volume (9mm 147gr bullets, titegroup powder). You look in each case, every time. I have yet to have a double charge or squib with this load, and only one squib ever. I caught it before it left the machine.

[theGinsue]

Sooo, I'm actually thinking that this thread really belongs in the Reloading Forum (http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=103).

Either way, good info folks.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Slam down the gavel and ban the OP, Ginsue... You gotta exercise that power once awhile.

[theGinsue]

You crack me up.

I'm more inclined to give a good verbal tongue lashing (What? Huh? Oh, wrong site.... Never mind).


You see, I'm very OCD and have one of those "everything in it's proper place" sort of personalities. I get these nervous ticks when things are out of place - which is never good with a loaded .45 in my hand.
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[SA Friday]

You see, I'm very OCD and have one of those "everything in it's proper place" sort of personalities. I get these nervous ticks when things are out of place - which is never good with a loaded .45 in my hand.
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There are just reasons to not say stuff like that.