I love these threads because no matter how long you have been doing this you can still learn something from others mishaps and thanks to everyone that shares their experiences and best practices to keep us safe.
I do all the above and keep a detailed reloading diary of what I did each time I sit at the bench. You think you will remember something and 2 months later nada, I have to refer back to the diary and refresh my memory.
I was loading 38 Special on a Lee 1000 35 years ago and somehow a live primer got into the powder measure. I have no idea how it was in there but when I went to the range I started to find squib loads as I shot the rounds in my revolver. First one jammed the bullet into the barrel and it was easily removed and I thought that is bizarre. 4 rounds later the same thing so I removed the bullet and switched over to rifle for the rest of the shooting session that day. When I got home I pulled the rest of the bullets and found 1 in about 5 was a squib. Scared the hell out of me. I examined the Lee 1000 and found a live primer had somehow jammed in the powder measure and holding the powder back to make squib loads.
Friend of mine broke two of the above rules, two powders on the bench at the same time and kids distracting him when the wife was away. Standing next to him at the range he was shooting his Ruger Redhawk 44 and it went boom. It was very noticeable that it was about 2 times what you normally hear from the revolver. I turned to see what had happened and he was in shock and muttering something and bleeding profusely from his head and holding his hand in pain. The revolver had left his hand during the recoil, clipped the side of his head and flew behind him about 10 feet of so into a ditch. We found the revolver and put a bandage on his head and returned home. Didn't need any stiches thankfully and had a sore wrist for a few days. Took the Ruger to a local gunsmith and had him send it back to Ruger for examination with a note on what happened. Ruger sent it back and said it was fine , no damage had occurred. When he pulled the rest of his reloads he found the wrong powder was in them and some had a double charge.
