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Old 02-29-2004 | 06:21 AM
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fastfire
 
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Default RE: what's your biggest booboo.....be honest?

ORIGINAL: handloader1

I emptied a half full powder measure in the wrong powder canister. Expensive fertilizer. Good luck.

Been there did that!!!!!!!!


Read the scales wrong loaded the 12 guage with 10 gr. more than max.
just junked that 50 rounds.

The worst I ever did was I had a pet load for my 270.
It was a full case load of powder you had to push the powder down with the bullet.
Well I deceided to work up a new load for chucks when a friend came over and I got to talking and never reset set the powder measure or weighed a charge just started reloading.
It just so happened that the power I was using filled the cases.
The cases were coming out with what looked like the the correct amount
when I went to seat the bullet it would not seat right thats when I found out what I did. 11.5gr over load...........

I had a new rule right then and there somone comes & bothers me I quite till they leave and start over. I have and will dump all cases with powder in them out and start again.

Had I pulled the triger on one of these ?????????
Glad I didn't find out.
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