Reloading for my handguns

[Zedbra]

Double Ditto for using care with Titegroup, Bullseye and other powders that produce very small fills. Never mind a double charge, with the low fill ratio in a .38Spl case when using these you could triple or even quadruple fill and still seat the bullet just fine. And even a small 9mm case could easily accept a double charge and still look like there's lots of room for a bullet.

You really want to pay particular attention if loading on a progressive press. If something goes screwy you need to be double and triple certain that you're not starting back up after clearing the issue in a way that will produce a squib or double charge.

The other place where double checking is super important is when loading in batches of 50 on a single stage press. If dipping and funneling the powder it's easy to dip and pour without moving the funnel. Or missing the last casing when placing the funnel. So a super important step when loading on a single stage is peering into the cases with a flashlight and checking for the proper level of powder. And in the case of a low fill ratio powder such as Titegroup, Bullseye and others of that sort a keen eye for comparing the levels of adjacent cases is needed to be sure that there isn't a double charge. After all a correct measure of powder is only about 2.5 to 3 mm deep. And a double at 5 to 6mm would still not look like a big amount sitting down deeply in a .38Spl case.

Great info here. For single stage loading I use two loading trays and immediately after dropping the powder the loaded case gets transferred over to the second loading tray and thus preventing any double charges.

 

[evmachinist]

Really good info, thanks guys!

 

[curseyou]

I reload .45 acp and .357 magnum, been using IMR 700X. I have several bottles of Titegroup which I'll transition to once 700X are all used up.

I'm using a Lee Classic Turret press.

Love to hear your 700x recipe. I'm working though the last of the 800x I bought when I was a victim of the powder shortages I scored a mega deal on some 700x, but I dont know where I should start using 158gr hard cast for .357 and 230 gr hard cast rn for .45acp.

P.S. Hard cast = Lyman #2.

What are you running in 700 at the moment?