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<blockquote data-quote="orifdoc" data-source="post: 2161564" data-attributes="member: 115070"><p>I've been reloading about 30 years now. As dumb as I was at first it's a miracle I never did anything too stupid.</p><p></p><p>Last year I was shooting a custom .300 Win Mag. I decided to shoot one last round before calling it a day. I have a habit of shaking each shell to listen to the powder inside. Obviously this doesn't work with compressed loads, but for some reason luck was with me that day. Shook the round, no sound. Got home, pulled the bullet and no powder. I'm pretty careful at the bench, but obviously somehow I missed that one. That one really messed with my psyche. Getting a bullet stuck is bad, but not the end of the world if you recognize it.</p><p></p><p>Rapid-fire, things could get Western real quick.</p><p></p><p>The second near-disaster happened when I loaded up some ammo for a new Kimber 22-250. I looked up the starting load in a well-known and highly regarded manual. The first shot, I couldn't get the bolt open. Eventually I did, but only with great effort.</p><p></p><p>I went home and compared the manual to 3 others. The one I used was 5 (five!!!) grains hotter than all the others. Thank goodness I didn't eat the bolt that day. Obviously there was a typo somewhere. Now I'm paranoid and check every reference I can find before starting with a new rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orifdoc, post: 2161564, member: 115070"] I’ve been reloading about 30 years now. As dumb as I was at first it’s a miracle I never did anything too stupid. Last year I was shooting a custom .300 Win Mag. I decided to shoot one last round before calling it a day. I have a habit of shaking each shell to listen to the powder inside. Obviously this doesn’t work with compressed loads, but for some reason luck was with me that day. Shook the round, no sound. Got home, pulled the bullet and no powder. I’m pretty careful at the bench, but obviously somehow I missed that one. That one really messed with my psyche. Getting a bullet stuck is bad, but not the end of the world if you recognize it. Rapid-fire, things could get Western real quick. The second near-disaster happened when I loaded up some ammo for a new Kimber 22-250. I looked up the starting load in a well-known and highly regarded manual. The first shot, I couldn’t get the bolt open. Eventually I did, but only with great effort. I went home and compared the manual to 3 others. The one I used was 5 (five!!!) grains hotter than all the others. Thank goodness I didn’t eat the bolt that day. Obviously there was a typo somewhere. Now I’m paranoid and check every reference I can find before starting with a new rifle. [/QUOTE]
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