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dipper · June 18, 2009, 03:03 PM

Glad you are OK.

This is the reason that after I charge a case, I seat the bullet....no exceptions.
I either have a finished round or an empty casing.

It doesn't slow me down at all, ya have to do the operation anyway, might as well do it after charging the case and it will save you the time of weighing each round after you are finished.

Man, you really were lucky on that one, if that bolt handle would have sheered off, ( I saw it happen once many years ago) you would have been injured big time.

June 18, 2009, 03:03 PM	#43
dipper Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2008 Posts: 895	Glad you are OK. This is the reason that after I charge a case, I seat the bullet....no exceptions. I either have a finished round or an empty casing. It doesn't slow me down at all, ya have to do the operation anyway, might as well do it after charging the case and it will save you the time of weighing each round after you are finished. Man, you really were lucky on that one, if that bolt handle would have sheered off, ( I saw it happen once many years ago) you would have been injured big time.