Almost blew myself up yesterday
06-19-2007, 02:15 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tennessee
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RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
I think I may take up reloading someday, but for now I don't know hardly anything about it, and I just don't trust myself to be responsible with that yet.
"A man's got to know his limitations"
"A man's got to know his limitations"
06-19-2007, 02:21 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
Posts: 6,270
RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
ORIGINAL: younggun308
I think I may take up reloading someday, but for now I don't know hardly anything about it, and I just don't trust myself to be responsible with that yet.
"A man's got to know his limitations"
I think I may take up reloading someday, but for now I don't know hardly anything about it, and I just don't trust myself to be responsible with that yet.
"A man's got to know his limitations"
06-19-2007, 02:22 PM
#13
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,429
RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
A few months ago I was going to shoot some trap. Didn't have any shells loaded so I ran in the reloading room to run off 4 boxes of 12 ga shotshells. I notice that the powder was low so I grabbed a bottle of powder and dumped some in. In short order I had my 4 boxes of AA's loaded. Out the door I ran. Went to the line and shoved a couple of shells in. I touch the first one off and it felt like I had loaded a 3 incher. which is odd considering I was shooting low brass target loads. I thought maybe I was imagining things so I shot again. This time I knew something was amiss. When I stopped to think about it I couldn't remember what powder I had put in the loader. So I didn't shoot anymore.
I'm still not sure what I put in the loader. We normally load Clay's but I can't remember what I put in there. I ended up throwing those shells in the pond and dumping all the powder from the loader away. I'm certain that I used something other than clays and that I was very lucky that I hadn't blown myself up.
Moral of the story.... Never load when you're in a hurry and always double check what you're doing.
I'm still not sure what I put in the loader. We normally load Clay's but I can't remember what I put in there. I ended up throwing those shells in the pond and dumping all the powder from the loader away. I'm certain that I used something other than clays and that I was very lucky that I hadn't blown myself up.
Moral of the story.... Never load when you're in a hurry and always double check what you're doing.
06-19-2007, 05:21 PM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hillsdale,IN
Posts: 552
RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
Ill keep this in mind if somthing should ever happen like this. Besides the fact you could have injured or killed your self, your gun probably wouldnt have to it to well neither.
06-19-2007, 05:24 PM
#15
Join Date: Jan 2005
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RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
ORIGINAL: eldeguello
You certainly have to pay attention to what you're doing when you are charging cases and seating bullets. But when the day comes that I can't make better ammo than the factories do, I will quit!
ORIGINAL: younggun308
Just one reason I don't reload, I might screw up a cartridge.
Just one reason I don't reload, I might screw up a cartridge.
06-19-2007, 09:14 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
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RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
Excellent post!
Glad you didn't get hurt Bruce. Thanks for sharing your story.
I haven't loaded near as many bullets as you (likely around 1000 rifle...but I gotcha beat if we are counting shotgun shells), however, I usea single stage reloader..and I have still ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, forgotten to load powder. Or my personal favorite....loaded a primer BACKWARDS. How I do these things...I don't know. But...thats why I weigh each round when I am done....if one is ohhhh say 39gr light or so...then I know exactly what I did.
Glad you didn't get hurt Bruce. Thanks for sharing your story.
I haven't loaded near as many bullets as you (likely around 1000 rifle...but I gotcha beat if we are counting shotgun shells), however, I usea single stage reloader..and I have still ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, forgotten to load powder. Or my personal favorite....loaded a primer BACKWARDS. How I do these things...I don't know. But...thats why I weigh each round when I am done....if one is ohhhh say 39gr light or so...then I know exactly what I did.
07-09-2007, 01:47 PM
#18
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
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RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
There was a cool picture of a Dan Wesson .357 mag barrel that had severalbullets 4 or 5 lodged back to back in a older Speer reloading book and there was no damage to the gun! Friggin amazing !!! And the shooter didn't notice till he had just about run the cylinder dry! One strong gun but obviously a practice not recommended........Harold
07-10-2007, 09:06 AM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 287
RE: Almost blew myself up yesterday
I had a similar incident with a Colt Anaconda. I missed the powder step on a reload andthe primer pushed the bullet into the barrel. I was fortunate that the bullet only went about 1/2 of its length into the barrel and the other 1/2 was in the cylinder. So I couldn't index the next round. Other wise being young and dumb i probably would have fired the next round.