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[CK_32]

Letting my girlfriend help me load up some 223 for this weekend.. Coming up on the 300th round on a single stage..


Do you guys see anything wrong with this picture?





This is why we always light check...


Glad I caught it... Worst part is this was my bad. She's doing the primers and bullet seating, I'm doing the checks and power charges....



Now she's getting cocky and checking my safety checks

[JMP]

Cartridges like to be full, so your powder should generally come up to the shoulder of your cartridge and it will be apparent before seating. I pour, seat, and repour. I don't like those silly reloading trays. What looks wrong with the picture is that the case with no powder shows that the brass is a bit too clean.

[LeadFarmer74]

Uh oh, she's never going to let you live it down.

[Enfield47]

At least you caught it and saved yourself from pounding a squib out of the barrel. I always do the light check as well, it just brings me comfort knowing I've checked every case before seating bullets.

[SonofWWIIDI]

At last you caught it.

And yes, at some point in the future, she's gonna do something stupid, you're gonna call her on it and she's gonna remind you about this incident...repeatedly.

[CK_32]

Cartridges like to be full, so your powder should generally come up to the shoulder of your cartridge and it will be apparent before seating. I pour, seat, and repour. I don't like those silly reloading trays. What looks wrong with the picture is that the case with no powder shows that the brass is a bit too clean.

Shouldn't this be load dependent?

I'm loading the tried and true 25gr of H335 over a 55gr.


Shoulder would be around a 28 - 29.0 gr load... Bit excessive no?

[hambam105]

Lets see hear.....You don't have enough brass cases to fill all the hole on the reloading block?

[pacrat]

Much better to catch it on the bench with a light. Than pound it out of the barrel with a brass rod at the range. Easier to do, and much less embarrassment involved.

My system for that phase is, powder from scale pan,... through funnel,... into case,...charged case into shell holder,.... [drop another charge into pan "here", place back on scale, so it can settle, while I seat last case charged],.... seat bullet.

I do use loading blocks for mass charging "banging" pistol ammo, using a RCBS mini rotor charger doodad. I always light check, before starting to seat cases in block.

For heavy magnum loads in pistol, I use same system as rifle. Drop, weigh, and trickle every load.

I'm old, retired, lots of time, in no hurry, set in my ways, and single stage everything since 1968. Not gonna change now.

JM2c

[stilly]

Letting my girlfriend help me load up some 223 for this weekend.. Coming up on the 300th round on a single stage..


Do you guys see anything wrong with this picture?

This is why we always light check...


Glad I caught it... Worst part is this was my bad. She's doing the primers and bullet seating, I'm doing the checks and power charges....



Now she's getting cocky and checking my safety checks

Aside from missing a period from a point of ellipsis I don't oh yeah, I do.

WTF is your girlfriend doing out of the kitchen?

I will be over around 11:00 in the morning, tell her she better have me a sammich ready...

Hey YOU asked... <== see that? That is correct ellipsis... <== So is that.

[anyracoon]

I use 2 loading blocks when loading on a single stage. Sized and primed brass in left hand tray, once shell has powered in it, moved to right hand tray. I still do a visual though.

[AGunNut2]

Settle down, Stilly. He just moved the missing period to one of the other ellipses... It has 4 periods. Nazi.

[CK_32]

Settle down, Stilly. He just moved the missing period to one of the other ellipses... It has 4 periods. Nazi.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g_SeVyzFxA8

[sofbak]

Extra QC checks are a good thing. Having a woman willing to do it and keep you safe is even better.

[eric n]

I gotta agree with JMP... that reloading tray is worse then the case with no powder. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
It happens. I check each round before seating too. The thing I don't understand, every couple thousand rounds or so, I get one without a primer. How the heck does that happen? I hand prime every case, the pockets are tight, everything is grouped together but invariably I will see powder in the block or table top. Never will understand how that happens.

[pacrat]

I gotta agree with JMP... that reloading tray is worse then the case with no powder. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
It happens. I check each round before seating too. The thing I don't understand, every couple thousand rounds or so, I get one without a primer. How the heck does that happen? I hand prime every case, the pockets are tight, everything is grouped together but invariably I will see powder in the block or table top. Never will understand how that happens.

Check under your bench for primer gremlins. Sneaky thieving little B***ards.