Valuable lesson and lived to tell the tale.

[Obtunded]

Aubrey, One of our Canadian shooting legends posted this in the reloading forum. As precision shooters all reload, and virtually all have multiple powders and cartridges, I think this is an excellent wake-up call. I hope the mods don't mind a vicarious "douple forum post" but I think it is worth seeing...

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4584316&postcount=1

 

[MagnumPeanut]

Whoops.

Time to put my Varget and H1000 on different shelves me thinks.

 

[Banished]

Ian, be careful with that legend crap. They may find out that I'm really just an old retired cop who now needs a bench to shoot from. Will phone you soon on that bench thing.

Regards

Aubrey

 

[Slavex]

Good post. I didn't even know you were on the board Aubrey. good to see you.

 

[X-fan]

Holy sh1t!!

Thanks for the honest wake up call Aubry.


One little brain fart and it could happen to anyone.

 

[1972]

Anybody can make a mistake. Glad you were not hurt.

 

[shredder]

Glad to hear you're OK.

Mods, maybe a duplicate of this thread should be running in the Reloading forum?

 

[heavyBullet]

I read this yesterday, and I have to say, as a new re-loader, I appreciate when people post their mistakes. There is so much to learn in re-loading, and not all of us are lucky enough to have a mentor, so we rely mostly on what we can read, and I think that learning from someone else's mistakes is a great educational tool.

 

[bingo1010]

i have to ask what type of an action you were using if you don't mind?

 

[Banished]

i have to ask what type of an action you were using if you don't mind?

The action is a Sako L691. It has passed the "NO GO" gauge test and the bolt lift is smooth so it seems to have survived without damage. It will get a thorough inspection when new barrel is installed.

Regards

Aubrey

 

[Grizzlypeg]

I have a new plan after my incident of dumping some varget or benchmark powder back into the wrong can (a can of IMR4895). I'm going to store all powders in a different room and only take out the single can I need. Can't believe I did that.

 

[viper7]

Wise Pelican

Thanks for sharing.

Very admirable of you to pass this nugget on.

Imagine how that new Krieger will shoot!

Best,
Pete

 

[NavyShooter]

I limit the number of types of powder I keep on hand for this reason.

I keep Varget for .308/.223, and Win 231 for 9mm.

I don't shoot enough of any other caliber to worry about stocking other types, and I have loads for those three calibers that work.

I can understand the shooters with multiple calibers tailoring multiple loads to multiple rifles having lots of different types of powders on hand, and from the post, you can see that it was a once in 50 year mistake that was made.

When I teach reloading practices, I instruct careful attention to powders, loads, and storage. This one's getting printed to add to my training material.

Thanks for sharing, and I'm glad you're OK.

Harkens back to that CAIVIM ammo from the 80's/90's that came in with mixed rifle/pistol powder in the cases.

NS

 

[Harold Manback]

I have a new plan after my incident of dumping some varget or benchmark powder back into the wrong can (a can of IMR4895). I'm going to store all powders in a different room and only take out the single can I need. Can't believe I did that.

This is what I do too, and I think it works pretty good. I keep my powder upstairs in a magazine and the reloading bench is downstairs, only one can goes down with me and then I bring it up when I done.