by Baldrick314 » 09 Jan 2014, 10:14 pm
So I took my new pistol out to the range yesterday for it's first shot. Although it mostly went well I had one failure and it was a big one
In the photo below you can see the tiny amount of brass that kept it from being a complete separation
Turns out I got a bridged charge when I was loading. One case got none or very little powder and the next case copped a double dose. After doing some reading up on progressive presses I found two possible causes, a dirty powder funnel on the die that charges your case and pulling the handle too quickly on the press. I pulled apart my press and did find it quite dirty so I cleaned it out and then charged three cases and weighed the powder from them going much slower than I normally would. All three weighed exactly the same charge so hopefully that's problem fixed for now
.177, .22lr, .22-250R, 2x .308W, .30-30W, 7.62x54r, 8x56r, 9x19, .357 Mag, 12GA