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Reloading
What are the easiest mistakes you learned the most from when reloading?
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<blockquote data-quote="DDB TX" data-source="post: 1550543" data-attributes="member: 64182"><p>Great info, I am bookmarking this one. I would add a couple.</p><p></p><p>1. If you are going on a hunt out of town and plan to use your reloads, take a box of factory bullets. Just last week was on a South Texas elk/deer/axis/pig hunt and one fellow had a situation where his bolt would not close on his reloads; fortunately he had brought a box of factory ammo and it worked fine.</p><p></p><p>2. Although I am very careful, and I thought I had checked for powder in each case, once I found a no-powder round by idly weighing a few finished rounds just for the heck of it. I checked the rest of the 100 and found another. (I suspect it was a distraction / interruption.) I've since added the final step of "weigh each round to ensure it has powder" to my printed reloading procedure checklist. </p><p></p><p>3. Make sure your scale is not in the path of a fan or an AC or heater vent. The wind from a fan or AC can eddy and cause a grain or 3 of variance in displayed weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDB TX, post: 1550543, member: 64182"] Great info, I am bookmarking this one. I would add a couple. 1. If you are going on a hunt out of town and plan to use your reloads, take a box of factory bullets. Just last week was on a South Texas elk/deer/axis/pig hunt and one fellow had a situation where his bolt would not close on his reloads; fortunately he had brought a box of factory ammo and it worked fine. 2. Although I am very careful, and I thought I had checked for powder in each case, once I found a no-powder round by idly weighing a few finished rounds just for the heck of it. I checked the rest of the 100 and found another. (I suspect it was a distraction / interruption.) I've since added the final step of "weigh each round to ensure it has powder" to my printed reloading procedure checklist. 3. Make sure your scale is not in the path of a fan or an AC or heater vent. The wind from a fan or AC can eddy and cause a grain or 3 of variance in displayed weight. [/QUOTE]
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