Reloading mistakes you made?

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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by nords » 14 Nov 2013, 6:28 am

Wisey wrote:Your Kids mixing your 2205 and 2206h together.


:shock:

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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by schink » 06 Feb 2014, 10:29 am

Adding one of mine, sizing down a few necks I didn't have enough lube and cause a few creases in the shoulder/body where they too the stress of resizing.
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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by Noisydad » 06 Feb 2014, 9:35 pm

Dropped my tin of (about 1,000,000) little tissue paper wads that go between the powder and lubed bullet in y 40-65. Took half a life time to pick the little suckers up! :-/
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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by Bourt » 07 Feb 2014, 2:16 pm

Not exactly a 'reloading mistake' but without fail I manage to drop a box of primers every time I do it...

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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by handofcod » 02 Mar 2014, 9:18 am

Decided to empty a measure of 2208 back into the bottle and then realised I'd dumped it into the bottle of 8208.... :?
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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by Bills Shed » 02 Mar 2014, 3:03 pm

First case I ever sized I got stuck in a FLS die. I was is such a hurry to get started into reloading I forgot to lube the case. Then I learnt how to build a stuck case remover.
Every step in reloading counts. Get the basics right and the small refinements will come in time.
Decide on what the bullet is needed for and build one to do the job. No good building a 1000m target bullet to shoot pigs at 60m.
+1 for learning to stop experimenting. When you find a powder and projectile that works and does the job stick to it. Then if you want try extra case prep, crimp, no crimp, seating depth, bushing size, neck tension etc, etc. go for it. They are the 2% that make the round a bit better.
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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by Baldrick314 » 02 Mar 2014, 7:40 pm

handofcod wrote:Decided to empty a measure of 2208 back into the bottle and then realised I'd dumped it into the bottle of 8208.... :?


That sucks. Only a 500g bottle or did it stuff up 4kg of perfectly good powder?
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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by Carter » 02 Mar 2014, 8:46 pm

Bills Shed wrote:I was is such a hurry to get started into reloading I forgot to lube the case. Then I learnt how to build a stuck case remover.


I've got one of those, it's called 'my foot' :lol:
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Re: Reloading mistakes you made?

Post by Carter » 02 Mar 2014, 8:47 pm

handofcod wrote:Decided to empty a measure of 2208 back into the bottle and then realised I'd dumped it into the bottle of 8208.... :?


Awww that sucks!

Could you spoon out the top of the bottle to just lose a bit or what?
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