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So I hadnt touched my reloading supplies in a bout a year.
I have a Dillon 650XL press. I set it up for 40S&W, and got everything prepped. I was working with the small primers when midway through my 10month old screamed pretty loudly. I stopped what I was doing, went inside to check on her and the wife. Everything was ok, so I went back to the garage and continued.
Loaded the 100 primers into the tube, put the low primer buzzer in and started with the first case.
When I pressed the first primer in something caught and the primer went off, setting off all 100 primers in the tube.
I am fine luckily, but I cannot hear out of my right ear very well. Luckily no one called the cops or anything.
My machine is ok, it did break one of the brass push ears off. It destroyed my low primer buzzer tube and machine.
What happened was I forgot to put the primer tube inside the main tube so I can only assume a primer came out cockeye and got smashed when I went to press it in.
Please for the love of god do not get distracted. I have been reloading for over 6 years, pressed over 10k rounds, and never, not once messed up. I have been very meticulous about it.
Just a friendly PSA for someone who is waiting on his hearing to return.
I have a Dillon 650XL press. I set it up for 40S&W, and got everything prepped. I was working with the small primers when midway through my 10month old screamed pretty loudly. I stopped what I was doing, went inside to check on her and the wife. Everything was ok, so I went back to the garage and continued.
Loaded the 100 primers into the tube, put the low primer buzzer in and started with the first case.
When I pressed the first primer in something caught and the primer went off, setting off all 100 primers in the tube.
I am fine luckily, but I cannot hear out of my right ear very well. Luckily no one called the cops or anything.
My machine is ok, it did break one of the brass push ears off. It destroyed my low primer buzzer tube and machine.
What happened was I forgot to put the primer tube inside the main tube so I can only assume a primer came out cockeye and got smashed when I went to press it in.
Please for the love of god do not get distracted. I have been reloading for over 6 years, pressed over 10k rounds, and never, not once messed up. I have been very meticulous about it.
Just a friendly PSA for someone who is waiting on his hearing to return.
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