Reloading Mistake

[azsugarbear]

I hope you went out and bought a lottery ticket. So relieved you are safe. The school of hard knocks can sometimes be a brutal teacher.

 

[xsn10s]

Man glad you're not seriously hurt. It can happen to anyone so thank you for using your misfortune to warn others.

 

[DougsCamo]

Praise God

Amen! Truly Blessed and had an angel on your shoulder!

 

[Citified]

Thank you for posting. Glad you are ok. We can all learn from this.

 

[Sergeant Stadanko]

Glad those Angels were on your shoulder that day!
I had an overcharged .308 do something similar to my M-14 one day. Fortunately, everything went down through the magazine and no one was hurt.

 

[Justice1327]

Wearing safety glasses has saved my eyes on three occasions, side shields on your safety glasses save you from your neighbors mis haps.

My uncle was reloading and I was doing the shooting. He put 10g too much powder in a 22/250. Should have been 4895 and he used 4198. The Rem 700 took the pressure ok, but the bolt was ruined, froze up solid. I had to pull the barrel to get the case out of the bolt. I got a face full of gas and unburnt powder. I am glad the bolt did not have a sako or M16 extractor installed, it would have been a projectile.

While I was shooting at a public range, a guy had his M1 blow up from a broken firing pin, which we found out was not unusual. The round discharged out of battery. I was sitting beside the guy on the adjacent bench and I was covered.

Rem40x, I am glad you are ok! You have a lot to be thankful for!

good point on the extractor. I never thought about it, but definitely a weak point it appears.

 

[MustangMike]

Glad you are OK, sorry about your gun!

I made a similar mistake once, I was loading my 06 with various powders. Luckily, it was only 1.5 grains over max, no damage to me or the gun.

I think the Ruger American 3 lug bolt is one of the stronger ones out there. They seem to handle "stout" loads better than some other actions.

A little smoke out the back and a black primer were my only indications I had done something wrong. When I checked my velocities, I realized I had used the wrong charge for 2 powders (one over, one under). Luckly, burn rates were not that different.

Brave of you to post for the benefit of the rest of us. No one is perfect, we all make mistakes. Hopefully, they are all learning experiences.

I also once accidently used a small rifle primer in a small pistol cartridge. The action jammed open and did not cycle, but luckily (again) no damage to me or the gun (Glock 23, 40 S&W). Took the rest of the rounds home and broke them down and re-did them correctly.

 

[VinceMule]

My neighbor and I reload at the rifle range. Recently, twice, he made a mistake in setting his 505 powder scale and put in 5.0g more powder. Needless to say things got interesting. I got him an electronic scale.

 

[19elkhunter51]

Glad to see not much damage to you. As others have said, the gun can be replaced, not so much hands and eyes.

 

[memtb]

Very sorry to hear about this! You are very fortunate that you weren't hurt more badly. Sadly, your rifle didn't fare as good as you!

One a somewhat happier note….. those Leupolds that many cuss….seems to have survived! Maybe they're tougher than given credit for!

Again……glad to see that you seemingly came out physically OK! memtb

 

[jessej]

You, Sir, have not fulfilled your purpose here on earth.

 

[FredinZona]

This is what can happen when you use the wrong powder by mistake 28.5 gr of lever evolution VS 28.5 gr of LiL Gun

Did you get any gas in the face?

 

[FredinZona]

Wearing safety glasses has saved my eyes on three occasions, side shields on your safety glasses save you from your neighbors mis haps.

My uncle was reloading and I was doing the shooting. He put 10g too much powder in a 22/250. Should have been 4895 and he used 4198. The Rem 700 took the pressure ok, but the bolt was ruined, froze up solid. I had to pull the barrel to get the case out of the bolt. I got a face full of gas and unburnt powder. I am glad the bolt did not have a sako or M16 extractor installed, it would have been a projectile.

While I was shooting at a public range, a guy had his M1 blow up from a broken firing pin, which we found out was not unusual. The round discharged out of battery. I was sitting beside the guy on the adjacent bench and I was covered.

Rem40x, I am glad you are ok! You have a lot to be thankful for!

With the breeching of the 700 how did the gas get to you?

 

[Rosebud]

Glad to see you came away with only minor injuries!
I've told this story before on the forum, but with this post and new members coming every day it is worth telling again.
My friend, who is now deceased was reloading for his 44 mag. His teenage daughter came up to him with some teenage daughter drama that was very animated I'm told. After she departed his reloading room he decided to load for his 300 WM. Then proceeded to drop a case full of H-110 into the WM case. Loaded up about a dozen rounds and went to his range behind the house.
Rifle was a Colt-Sauer made in Germany. After he stopped bleeding from the scope taking a chunk out of his forehead he found the remains of the rifle. Other than the stock being in a couple of pieces it looked ok. Except that the bolt was un-moveable! It was shipped back to Germany and returned about a month later congratulateing him on buying a well made rifle, as he was still in one piece with all his fingers and his eyesight.They couldn't free up the bolt either!
Just a moment of inattention can be a disaster.
Myself, I'm lucky enough to have only blown primers. I am very cautious now that I'm getting old and I realize that I'm not as sharp as I once was.