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**Mike Irwin** · November 4, 2014, 01:40 PM

Some years ago I was using a new loading press, and wasn't paying enough attention.

I ended up dumping almost 10 grains of WW 231 into a .45 ACP, with a 230-gr. lead bullet on top.

I got lucky as all hell.

The case head blew out, the magazine was blown out and trashed, but that's it. I had minor powder burns on my hands and some powder and lead flakes embedded in the outer skin layer of my face and hand.

The gun, a Springfield M1911-A1 Milspec, was completely unharmed.

That was my first reloading screw up in the close to 25 years I had been reloading, but it made me re-examine EVERYTHING I was doing.

November 4, 2014, 01:40 PM	#77
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,427	Some years ago I was using a new loading press, and wasn't paying enough attention. I ended up dumping almost 10 grains of WW 231 into a .45 ACP, with a 230-gr. lead bullet on top. I got lucky as all hell. The case head blew out, the magazine was blown out and trashed, but that's it. I had minor powder burns on my hands and some powder and lead flakes embedded in the outer skin layer of my face and hand. The gun, a Springfield M1911-A1 Milspec, was completely unharmed. That was my first reloading screw up in the close to 25 years I had been reloading, but it made me re-examine EVERYTHING I was doing. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.