April 3, 2006, 10:11 AM | #1 |
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Had a mis fire yesterday
My first one on my .38 special loads.... it was the last one in the revolver and it sounded kinda odd so I went to eject and could not move the wheel. I got home and used a screwdriver to smack the bullet back in the case... I did not tear it apart yet to see what happened to the round but I am thinking that I missed a powder charge on that one...... I can see where I could being that they don't have hardly anything in the case. Jeff.
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April 3, 2006, 10:44 AM | #2 |
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It happens. I've even seen it happen with factory ammo. Get a brass or aluminum 5/16" rod to go in your range box. You don't wanna risk messing up your bore with a screwdriver.
It's easy to prevent if you load on a single stage press. Primed empties go in a bucket on one side of your measure, charged cases go in a loading block on the right. Inspect the cases in the loading block under a bright light before you seat the bullets. Some of the high end progressives offer a powder checking feature. I ain't a high end guy, and that's all I know about it. The cheaper progressives don't, and checking can be difficult to impossible. If you cannot visually check, you want to be mighty sure that your measure is 100% reliable with the powder you use. With some powders and some charging systems, it's quite possible for a charge to hang up in the drop tube and to be jarred loose by the next charge. That'll give you one shell with no charge and one shell with a double charge. Ball powders don't hang up, which is a good reason to use them. |
April 3, 2006, 11:21 AM | #3 |
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"Get a brass or aluminum 5/16" rod to go in your range box. You don't wanna risk messing up your bore with a screwdriver."
Very good advice. All reloaders need one on a just-in-case basis. Hopefully, you'll never need to use it again. Oh, and BTDT. |
April 3, 2006, 11:24 AM | #4 |
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I had exactly one round that went ppfffffffff.
Turns out it was a compressed load of blue dot in a 10mm case. Shooting in bloody cold weather. I have since switched to magnum primers for blue dot.
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April 3, 2006, 04:48 PM | #5 |
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Probable missed charge, but "last round" is the first place you'll see hints of possible crimp failure. Stiff loads in a light snubbie can be a pretty good bullet puller, and 4 or 5 bangs can do a number on the last crimp.
Next time you fire those loads, inspect the last one before firing and see if it grew any. You may just need more crimp. |
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+1 on what leftoverdj said. I use the same strategy. Then again I'm only loading like 50 rifle cases at a time (like 5 or six weeks), not huge volumes.
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April 7, 2006, 07:04 PM | #7 |
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squib load
I loaded my first 100 .223, first reloading also. I ran out of powder (didn't see any around the neck and stopped- pulled the 2 that didn't show powder and added more powder to the container. Before going to the range I decided to use a cheap digital scale and spent 2 minutes measuring the loaded bullets-found 3 that weighed light. Shaking I couldn't hear the powder so I figured I saved myself the agravation of cleaning the barrel. One of my good moments read above "overpressure .223..." for my bad moments.
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