Re: Safety First! 
Many years ago I had a "reloading" accident. Apparently a cartridge had been reloaded and "double filled" with powder. I was at the range, and was using a manual bolt-action rifle. When this round went off, the explosion was was so intense it was frightening. Because it was a bolt-action the shell could not blow back, the slug just couldn't move fast enough to accommodate all that gas, so the gas exploded out of the rear of the cartridge, blew out the extractor, and jammed the the bolt with casing and extractor shrapnel, blew out the magazine, in fact blew it apart in the process, and cartridges went everywhere, luckily the rounds in the magazine escaped damage, but it generally traumatized me! That ended the use of reloads, but it could have been much worse, for I was lying on the ground with my eyes 6-7 inches away from from the extractor and bolt. I started using pistols after that, and staying away from reloads where possible.
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