Gentle reminder to all us reloaders
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I remember reading about this. Double charge IIRC. One of the other rounds also went off. Notice how it not only broke the top strap in 3 places and blew the cylinder to bits, but bent the scope base too!! That's a lot of energy.
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fat tony
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What kind of powder was that from the other thread, I seem to recall it was a .44 magnum loaded with a double charge of some type of Winchester pistol powder, I would like to avoid that if at all possible! - that gets 3 eeks from me! 
Reloaders should not need to be scared into being careful. They should be careful without needing to receive photographic reminders, especially the generic "found it on the internet" ones. People who don't understand the consequences should not be reloading.
Although it does not pertain to this post, I am getting a bit disturbed by the goofy posts showing up on the reloading forum lately:
"do I really need to pay attention to max loads listed in the manuals?"
"do i really need to trim cases?"
Geez.... people really are getting stupid and stupider.
Although it does not pertain to this post, I am getting a bit disturbed by the goofy posts showing up on the reloading forum lately:
"do I really need to pay attention to max loads listed in the manuals?"
"do i really need to trim cases?"
Geez.... people really are getting stupid and stupider.
That was a shot at me, reread my thread. I went way over max from one source, I was concerned that the data was so far off the other data I used.....
figured and answered in my first post - even for a new reloader it's not super clever to read and ignore the information in a reloading manual, and then blindly trust a stranger on the internet to answer the same question.
Maybe the publisher needs to put reloading manuals in a format that the younger newbs could relate to. You know, maybe text it to them.
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figured and answered in my first post - even for a new reloader it's not super clever to read and ignore the information in a reloading manual, and then blindly trust a stranger on the internet to answer the same question.
Maybe the publisher needs to put reloading manuals in a format that the younger newbs could relate to. You know, maybe text it to them.
haha yeah
sorry for my post I only read the bold part from B, should've known better
each manual has the SAFE FOR THE FIREARM IN WHICH IT WAS DEVELOPED disclaimer- basically it amounts to "use our data, but if anything happens, it's on you" in other words, you MAYBE able to safely load using their specified components up to a certain point, but each firearm is UNIQUE and you can't assume that what works in one will be safe in another , even given the same manufacturer, model, etc- ie the two can be exact twins of each other and have DIFFERENT pressure limits- i have 4 m14 that all take different loads- all that said, i take one more step- i WEIGH EACH ENTIRE ROUND- that easily shows squibs and double charges after establishing a HIGH AND A LOW- ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF RANGE gets re-made- even though i'm on a progressive, a stoppage can cause a double or squib
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I also weigh each load as a precaution. I just started reloading so I don't want to screw anything up. It may be difficult to weigh pistol rounds though. As I understand it, some charges are only 5 grains or so, and with brass and bullet weight fluctuation it becomes difficult to say the least.
