RELOADERS!!!

[1000yrd plate pounder]

Hey guys just a heads up ...please check your cases /pins /stuff in case/overcharge powder/wrong powder...this didn't happen to me--but a good friend of mine this weekend he is alright (aside from a few scuffs)

 

[Hickory1991]

Glad he is ok. Seen that happen to a friend years ago. Was loading some 06 cases and forgot to empty the powder measure last time he was loading pistol cases. Dumped some 4831 on top of it. Long story short his model 70 ended up looking like your friends rifle. Same result just some scratches to his face. Check, check, and check some more.

 

[daniel_k_malloy]

Thanks for the reminder; glad he's alright!
I don't know who else does this, but the first thing I do when starting a new batch of anything (aside from shotgun stuff) is check to see if it's even possible to double charge a case with the powder/powder charge I'm using. If it doesn't spill over the case, I won't use that powder, even if it's what the recipe calls for... because I almost always throw a double at some point.

 

[HSmithTX]

Holy smokes!! A kid I grew up with blew up a 270 and likely still has some small pieces of it in his face. Any idea how it happened? Almost has to be a squib or pistol powder or both?

 

[Jbumblebee]

Thank you. I almost screwed up yesterday loading two different calibers with the same bullet. Just crushed a couple of cases before I realized what was going on. Just a reminder to myself....FINISH AND PUT AWAY EVERYTHING BEFORE STARTING A NEW CALIBER.

 

[1000yrd plate pounder]

Round before it happened hit target and the previous 20 were fine ...

 

[1000yrd plate pounder]

Please pass along as my dad used to tell me....SAFETY FIRST!!! THE BIG GUY UPSTAIRS ONLY GIVES YOU ONE SET!!!

 

[nhhunter]

Thanks for the reminder! Thank god he's ok

 

[RockyMtnUT]

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[Bob Wright]

That is serious stuff.

 

[Mark37082]

This is a good reminder. Glad he's okay. I agree with the case fill comment. I'm a slow meticulous loader. I may not be able to crank out hundreds of rounds in one sitting, but I will not sacrifice attention to detail for volume.

 

[Gary in MD]

Another Leupold failure?!!!

Sorry…. Couldn't help myself
Glad the guy is alright!

 

[RockyMtnUT]

Another Leupold failure?!!!

Sorry…. Couldn't help myself
Glad the guy is alright!

This is the exact reason I won't buy Leupold... They don't hold up. I have seen nightforce take a bullet through it and still work.

 

[cohunt]

I see a cleaning brush box and rod on the bench-- anychance he left a brush or jag in the bbl? Otherwise it looks alot like a pistol powder oops to me