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Reloading Accident
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<blockquote data-quote="ZombieHitman" data-source="post: 442814" data-attributes="member: 28260"><p>I dealt with a similar situation a little while back. </p><p>Younger gentleman, very capable shooter, all sorts of gung-ho and excited about reloading. </p><p>I told him initially that the best thing he could possibly do was to buy a couple different reloading manuals and books on reloading, and start there. </p><p>I suspect he blazed through the literature at light speed, as it wasn't but a few days later I saw him on the range, all sorts of proud of his "reloads". </p><p>While it wasn't his first shot that did him in, it was the third or fourth (I wasn't paying attention to him, I was working on my own with my new rifle at the time). </p><p>Needless to say, an obnoxiously loud "BOOM" comes from his bench. You know the one I'm talking about. That sound that just screams "nothing good can come from this" and "I hope everyone is OK" type boom...</p><p>Thankfully, he was no worse for wear, but his rifle took one for the team. </p><p>His load had cracked the action and bent the bolt. That rifle was "dunfer"...</p><p>He admitted to having loaded hot in the first place, and when he saw that there was a little space in the top of the case where he could get a little more powder in there, he went for it. </p><p>Whoops. </p><p>Just goes to show one thing....</p><p>There's many things we can fix, but you can't fix STUPID.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZombieHitman, post: 442814, member: 28260"] I dealt with a similar situation a little while back. Younger gentleman, very capable shooter, all sorts of gung-ho and excited about reloading. I told him initially that the best thing he could possibly do was to buy a couple different reloading manuals and books on reloading, and start there. I suspect he blazed through the literature at light speed, as it wasn't but a few days later I saw him on the range, all sorts of proud of his "reloads". While it wasn't his first shot that did him in, it was the third or fourth (I wasn't paying attention to him, I was working on my own with my new rifle at the time). Needless to say, an obnoxiously loud "BOOM" comes from his bench. You know the one I'm talking about. That sound that just screams "nothing good can come from this" and "I hope everyone is OK" type boom... Thankfully, he was no worse for wear, but his rifle took one for the team. His load had cracked the action and bent the bolt. That rifle was "dunfer"... He admitted to having loaded hot in the first place, and when he saw that there was a little space in the top of the case where he could get a little more powder in there, he went for it. Whoops. Just goes to show one thing.... There's many things we can fix, but you can't fix STUPID. [/QUOTE]
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