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Reloading
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdyson" data-source="post: 1747081" data-attributes="member: 74061"><p>Back in 81 a friend wanted to show off his new Remington Mohawk 600 in 243. We were shooting off the hood of my Bronco and chit chatting. I should have been paying attention but I loaded and fired a 243 in my 30-06. It sounded funny and had almost no recoil. I extracted the cartridge and it had ironed out the bottleneck looked like a 45-70 case. I was lucky that my gun was unharmed and I wasn't bleeding.</p><p>I've seen what powder mistakes can do to sturdy Firearms. Not personally but people I knew. I was hit by pieces of an old Winchester pump shotgun that was double charged.</p><p>I only put one bottle of powder on my bench and I clear away everything not related to what I'm loading. On several occasions, I've thrown away powder I couldn't identify after forgetting to put it back in the bottle I poured it from some days or weeks later. It's a stupidity fee I gladly pay for peace of mind.</p><p> I too get that panicky feeling when I think I may have grabbed the wrong ammo. The hair goes up on the back of my neck when I realize I "spaced out" at the range and changed guns on auto pilot. Makes me stop, unload, verify I have the correct ammo before I proceed. You can't be too careful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdyson, post: 1747081, member: 74061"] Back in 81 a friend wanted to show off his new Remington Mohawk 600 in 243. We were shooting off the hood of my Bronco and chit chatting. I should have been paying attention but I loaded and fired a 243 in my 30-06. It sounded funny and had almost no recoil. I extracted the cartridge and it had ironed out the bottleneck looked like a 45-70 case. I was lucky that my gun was unharmed and I wasn’t bleeding. I’ve seen what powder mistakes can do to sturdy Firearms. Not personally but people I knew. I was hit by pieces of an old Winchester pump shotgun that was double charged. I only put one bottle of powder on my bench and I clear away everything not related to what I’m loading. On several occasions, I’ve thrown away powder I couldn’t identify after forgetting to put it back in the bottle I poured it from some days or weeks later. It’s a stupidity fee I gladly pay for peace of mind. I too get that panicky feeling when I think I may have grabbed the wrong ammo. The hair goes up on the back of my neck when I realize I “spaced out” at the range and changed guns on auto pilot. Makes me stop, unload, verify I have the correct ammo before I proceed. You can’t be too careful. [/QUOTE]
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