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Reloading
My First Real Reloading Mistake
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<blockquote data-quote="Muddyboots" data-source="post: 1940650" data-attributes="member: 63925"><p>AS stated there is a lot of info out there to find no matter what you are loading for, unless it is your personal wildcat! Even with manuals, you need to recognize how the loads were arrived at in them. Some use standard rifles and others use universal receivers. As result, I have had some rifles never get to max load before showing brass signs that causes me to stop. One of the steps every reloader should be doing is THOROUGHLY inspecting each case after each shot when working up a load BEFORE you shoot the next round. All sorts of indicators to tell you about your load from ejector marks (maybe soft brass or maybe not), primers, cracked necks, stiffer bolt, velocities that are out of line to manual. Some are not related to pressure but still need to be evaluated before moving on. There are other pressure signs when you reload that you have mentioned loose primer pocket which is clearly major indicator of pressure. Sometimes we get in too much of a hurry and fail to see what the brass is telling us before we shoot again. You need to be prepared to shut down the load based upon the brass observations no matter what the circumstances are. When you start to rationalize the pressure away instead of "listening" to your brass is when bad things can happen. Everybody has their own watermark for pressure signs on their brass depending upon what they want to accept for their brass. One of the decisions of every reloader is to define their own stop line based upon brass observations; my stop line is certain to be much shorter than most but that is ok since that is my decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muddyboots, post: 1940650, member: 63925"] AS stated there is a lot of info out there to find no matter what you are loading for, unless it is your personal wildcat! Even with manuals, you need to recognize how the loads were arrived at in them. Some use standard rifles and others use universal receivers. As result, I have had some rifles never get to max load before showing brass signs that causes me to stop. One of the steps every reloader should be doing is THOROUGHLY inspecting each case after each shot when working up a load BEFORE you shoot the next round. All sorts of indicators to tell you about your load from ejector marks (maybe soft brass or maybe not), primers, cracked necks, stiffer bolt, velocities that are out of line to manual. Some are not related to pressure but still need to be evaluated before moving on. There are other pressure signs when you reload that you have mentioned loose primer pocket which is clearly major indicator of pressure. Sometimes we get in too much of a hurry and fail to see what the brass is telling us before we shoot again. You need to be prepared to shut down the load based upon the brass observations no matter what the circumstances are. When you start to rationalize the pressure away instead of "listening" to your brass is when bad things can happen. Everybody has their own watermark for pressure signs on their brass depending upon what they want to accept for their brass. One of the decisions of every reloader is to define their own stop line based upon brass observations; my stop line is certain to be much shorter than most but that is ok since that is my decision. [/QUOTE]
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