Before you seat your bullets, shine a flashlight's beam in all the cases to make sure you did not miss charge one. Good luck.

I agree. Take a look at the base of that bullet. Is it all blackened with primer soot? I had a friend once who did the same with a 308. Fortunately for him, the bullets didn't leave the case! He was cussing those "lousy no-good primers that didn't fire." When we pulled the bullets, lo and behold! The primers HAD fired alright! He just had a few that he didn't put the powder in....... The 200-grain bullets were just too heavy for the primer alone to blow the bullet up into the throat.

In your case, the fact that the bullet came out so easily tells me there was only primer energy behind it. If the whole powder charge had burned, the bullet would not have been so easy to remove. In fact, it would have gone downrange as it should have.

Hink-

Don't feel stupid. Everyone makes errors now and then. Be thankful you missed one charge rather than over charged the shell. In the case of a .300 an extra 75 grains would spill over, but still, less is better !

Well at least I am not the only one who makes mistakes. I accidentally loaded a ball in my m/l the other day without putting any powder in it. Oops. [&:]

Sorry folks. That should have read 71.5 should NOT be an undercharge. When I posted that, I had just returned home from the hospital (appendectomy). The pain meds must have still been working . Now I had better go back and check some work e-mails that I replied to last night LOL.

And yes, I'm sure that the way that most of us knew what happened was that somebody that we know has done it before.

Exactly. I have been load well over a decade, and I seem to be making more mistakes now than I ever did. Stupid mistakes. I used to be so careful, about only getting out bullets I am going to load, or only pulling out powder I am going to use, and promptly putting it back up when finished. I used to be so careful about documenting my loads. I don't know whats gotten into me lately, but I seem to make alot of mistakes this last few months. I think complacency will get you more than newbie mistakes.

My load for my 300win mag lately is 76-77gr of RL22 with 180gr accubond. Works great. And at 3100fps, not bad velocity. REason I mention 76-77 is I am not sure about 77gr yet. I get slight heavy bolt lift. And built this load this winter on 30degree days. So I might want to back off to 76gr.

This is right on the numbers I have. Nosler maxes at 75.5, and the highest I could find on reloadersnest was 77. I will work my way up to 76 and stay put there. But, I might try the 77 if all fares well.

A 180 gr. Accubond at 3,100 fps sounds like something you don't want to step into the crosshairs with!

Actually if I could get some expert info on the Accubond?

ELK- Will probably be using for elk. One of the better choices? Or should I step up to the Partition, Swift A Frame? Trophy Bonded Bear Claw? TSX or MRX?

Thinking the 180 gr. Is this ideal weight? Better going up to a slower bigger 200 gr. or sticking with a faster 180 in a 300 WM?

MULE DEER- Also been told this is a great mulie deer bullet as well. Probably have to step down to a faster 150 or 165 gr. ???