If you HAND LOAD!!!

sheepherder · 12-01-2009, 05:58 PM

I reload quite a bit, and several wildcats. I only "batch" reload; 50 at a time; each individual step. I visually check the powder levels in all the cases. (Been rollin' my own since the 70's)...

I use only RCBS presses and dies (and accessories). Tried the turret; didn't like it...Went back to the Rock Chucker.

The only squib loads I've had were from cartridges shot in the Winter that landed in the snow...the snow melted in the house, and the water in the cases didn't dry out...

I really don't understand how anyone could mistake a squib for a "light load"...If I hear a "phut!", then that's it for the day...All those shells that are left get torn back down and inspected and reloaded again...

That post about the barrel sawn apart lengthwise and showing seven bullets lodged in it really blew my mind...

The guy on here with the arty with three bullets in it was too much...

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12-01-2009, 05:58 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	I reload quite a bit, and several wildcats. I only "batch" reload; 50 at a time; each individual step. I visually check the powder levels in all the cases. (Been rollin' my own since the 70's)... I use only RCBS presses and dies (and accessories). Tried the turret; didn't like it...Went back to the Rock Chucker. The only squib loads I've had were from cartridges shot in the Winter that landed in the snow...the snow melted in the house, and the water in the cases didn't dry out... I really don't understand how anyone could mistake a squib for a "light load"...If I hear a "phut!", then that's it for the day...All those shells that are left get torn back down and inspected and reloaded again... That post about the barrel sawn apart lengthwise and showing seven bullets lodged in it really blew my mind... The guy on here with the arty with three bullets in it was too much...