Close Call

[ditto1958]

Thanks for sharing that experience with us, Ditto. It's a sobering message about care and safety in a potentially dangerous hobby. I'm glad you're OK and your gun is OK.

Reloading doubles the danger. When I reload I turn the radio and TV off and don't want any distractions.

You mean cranking old Van Halen records and killing a 12 pack of beer don't mix with reloading!?

[Sir Henry]

Records? You must be old.

[ditto1958]

Thanks for sharing that experience with us, Ditto. It's a sobering message about care and safety in a potentially dangerous hobby. I'm glad you're OK and your gun is OK.

Reloading doubles the danger. When I reload I turn the radio and TV off and don't want any distractions.

Huh? Next are you going to tell me that playing my old Van Halen albums at full volume and drinking a 12 pack of beer don't mix well with reloading!?

[Sir Henry]

Don't spill any beer in the powder and you should be fine.

[ditto1958]

Records? You must be old.

Old as dirt.

[Catherine]

Thanks for sharing that experience with us, Ditto. It's a sobering message about care and safety in a potentially dangerous hobby. I'm glad you're OK and your gun is OK.

^^^

What CS said and he took the words out of my mouth.

Thank you.

Cate

[Catherine]

Thanks for sharing that experience with us, Ditto. It's a sobering message about care and safety in a potentially dangerous hobby. I'm glad you're OK and your gun is OK.

Reloading doubles the danger. When I reload I turn the radio and TV off and don't want any distractions.

SH,

I agree with you even though I do not reload and I never did reload.

My MT husband has no radio or tv on when he reloads.

He does not want to be disturbed and he takes a break too.

He has always done that and he has been reloading for over 40 years now.

Good shooting to you and others here.

Cate

[Squatch]

Ditto I had never thought of weighing the loaded cartridges after loading them. That's a great idea. i think I'll go through all my latest handloads and set them on the digital scale and see what I come up with.

I've weighed a bunch of the bullets I'm using and they seem to be very consistent. So I shouldn't have to worry about that throwing off the total by much.

[RanchRoper]

Glad you were not hurt. That could have been bad. I don't reload and just shoot factory ammo. As a rifle novice, I would not know where to begin reloading. I figure if a factory load takes my head off, at least I can haunt somebody at Winchester...

[ditto1958]

Ditto I had never thought of weighing the loaded cartridges after loading them. That's a great idea. i think I'll go through all my latest handloads and set them on the digital scale and see what I come up with.

I've weighed a bunch of the bullets I'm using and they seem to be very consistent. So I shouldn't have to worry about that throwing off the total by much.

Well, it's an easy way to do it. Suppose your completed rounds weigh about 150 grains each. If you weigh one, and it's 149.7, or 150.8, you know it's fine.

Now, let's say your load calls for 7 grains of powder. A round that weighs about 157 grains is double charged. Likewise, if you get one at about 143, it's a squib load- not charged at all.