One of those days.

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I had just finished up loading 50 rounds of .308 for some load testing in .5gr increments and a few different seating depths, and I guess I left the MTM case a little too close to the edge of the bench. As I spun around on my stool, I bumped it with my elbow and down it went.
50 shiny, newly loaded .308's all mixed up on the floor. D'oh! What to do? Thought about pulling them all and starting over, but that's a lot of hammering. I ended up weighing and measuring each one. It's probably not 100%, but they are just for casual target shooting, not a match or anything, so I most likely won't learn anything from this batch other than to close the lid when I'm done!
 
Oh man... walk out of there, take a 10-15min walk, fresh coffee, then come back to the accident scene and evaluate.

I had a similar morning. Turned around at my desk, knocking over my coffee cup on my papers. The irony is that I had reprinted most of those papers because i previously had spilled coffee on them!

take two, i guess.
 
If the brass is all the same, you may be able to weigh them to see which is which. With mixed brass you wont be able to do this.
 
Magellann said:
If the brass is all the same, you may be able to weigh them to see which is which. With mixed brass you wont be able to do this.
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Half a grain difference in powder weight isn't going to show up well. I don't think there is a good way to do this except pull bullets and start over - yes it's wasted time but noit as much wasted time as taking mixed up loads to the range and learning nothing from it and then reloading them again. Suck it up and start pulling. :)
 
jethunter said:
Apparently it's still one of those days, you started 2 threads on this now. :)
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Huh, you're right. I have no Idea how that happened. My WiFi at home is crappy and sometimes I lose my connection and have to sign in again. I guess when I signed in I sent it again.
Maybe I'll just stay in bed tomorrow.
 
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I bet most of us have done that. I know I have. Did it at the bench. Did it on the range.

Sharpie is now my friend.

Now that I think about it, I don't think I have dumped a box since I started labelling each round....
 
If it’s any consolation here’s my worst morning ever. I hope it brings a smile to your face.
I’m a professional painter, I work for the government.
One April I’m heading to a job site. I stop at the paint store to buy a few sixty five dollar gallons of paint. Because its below freezing I have to place them on the passenger seat of my truck to keep them warm. I place a few cans on the seat and return for more. When I open the door one of them falls out,lands perfectly upside down, and dumps a gallon of white paint in the parking lot. I clean it up as fast as I can while various geniuses offer unwelcome advice. As the job is out of town I stop at the coffee shop for a road coffee. One of my coworkers sees me and asks to borrow a screwdriver. I say sure, and open the passenger door. A can of paint falls out and lands perfectly upside down, dumping a gallon of white paint on the parking lot. I quickly clean it up while various geniuses offer unwanted advice. In less than a half hour I used up a hundred and thirty dollars worth of paint and hadn’t even reached the job site yet. I ended up going back on my own time with a can of driveway sealer and painting my white stains black.
True story.
 
sahara said:
If it’s any consolation here’s my worst morning ever. I hope it brings a smile to your face.
I’m a professional painter, I work for the government.
One April I’m heading to a job site. I stop at the paint store to buy a few sixty five dollar gallons of paint. Because its below freezing I have to place them on the passenger seat of my truck to keep them warm. I place a few cans on the seat and return for more. When I open the door one of them falls out,lands perfectly upside down, and dumps a gallon of white paint in the parking lot. I clean it up as fast as I can while various geniuses offer unwelcome advice. As the job is out of town I stop at the coffee shop for a road coffee. One of my coworkers sees me and asks to borrow a screwdriver. I say sure, and open the passenger door. A can of paint falls out and lands perfectly upside down, dumping a gallon of white paint on the parking lot. I quickly clean it up while various geniuses offer unwanted advice. In less than a half hour I used up a hundred and thirty dollars worth of paint and hadn’t even reached the job site yet. I ended up going back on my own time with a can of driveway sealer and painting my white stains black.
True story.
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Nice one.
My best one along those lines was the time I bought a nice big bench vise at Princess Auto. I put it in the back of my truck and headed home. As I came to a stop at a red light, I heard the vise slide forward on the plastic bed liner and hit the back wall of the bed. Whatever, no big deal, stuff slides around all the time on those plastic bed liners. (The newer ones have some grit, so stuff doesn't slide around as bad as the older ones)
Anyway, when I got home and went to grab my new vise I realized there was also a 4 litre bottle of 2-cycle outboard oil in there as well. You guessed it, the vise hit the bottle squarely, blew the cap off, oil shooting straight up (I had a cap on that truck) It coated the inside of the cap, filled all the ribs in the bed liner, and drained out the tailgate all over the bumper.
I went to the car wash, put on my coveralls and got right inside. That really sucked. I guess a few mixed up shells doesn't sound that bad after all.
 
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