Posted: 4/27/2013 6:53:03 PM EDT
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What would happen it I forgot to put power (charge) in a 40 S&W would the bullet move at all with just the primer?
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I did this with a 9mm load shooting it through a P38 pistol. The primer moved just enough so that the next round would not chamber.
If there'd been just a pinch of powder in it, the bullet would have moved down the barrel enouth that the next round would chamber, and that would cause a barrel explosion. Same thing happened when I didn't charge a .357 Magnum load: the cylinder wouldn't move. |
| primers have good little pop all by themselves when sealed in a cartridge. bullet will get stuck the the barrel, or a squib load. this is very dangerous, you may not notice and think it's just a FTE and fire a live round behind it. much carnage will ensue. if you have a scale you could weigh them and see if there are light ones. |
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primers have good little pop all by themselves when sealed in a cartridge. bullet will get stuck the the barrel, or a squib load. this is very dangerous, you may not notice and think it's just a FTE and fire a live round behind it. much carnage will ensue. if you have a scale you could weigh them and see if there are light ones. Yes I'll do this, thanks |
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Yes. I it lodges in the barrel, and then if you clear the "jam" and fire, your pistol has turned into a pipe bomb. http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/blowup_images/kaboom1.jpg Hope the dude has a hand left. 
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Progressive reloaders are fast. Quality control is up to the loose nut behind the handle. If EVERY case is not inspected for powder, shit gets real. Dillon makes an attachment that checks the powder level in the case. If it's too high or low it sounds an alarm. This is one of the reasons I do not believe brand new reloaders should ever start with a progressive press. I know, I know. 87 people will be along in a minute to tell me how they started with a dillon and made 5,000,000 rounds the first night they had it. |
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Progressive reloaders are fast. Quality control is up to the loose nut behind the handle. If EVERY case is not inspected for powder, shit gets real. Dillon makes an attachment that checks the powder level in the case. If it's too high or low it sounds an alarm. This is one of the reasons I do not believe brand new reloaders should ever start with a progressive press. I know, I know. 87 people will be along in a minute to tell me how they started with a dillon and made 5,000,000 rounds the first night they had it. I'm just now beginning to start thinking about considering possibly reloading... lol I know I should have started years ago. Took the first step just tonight in fact and ordered some primers and bullets. Overpaid, but haven't even seen any in stock for quite awhile. But when I get to buying a press it's going to be a single stage, weigh every charge, change dies at every step. Just to learn. Oh, and not blow my guns up... |
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I worked part time in a indoor range for over 20 years. In that time I knocked out hundreds of bullets from barrels and have found them in the barrel from back to front. What happens most often in a handgun is a budged barrel - not an performance issue in a revolver, but can FU things in a semi auto. Seems to me that the RCBS Green Machine was the culprit in many cases...
Also - a undercharged round can - and I have seen happen -blow up a gun due to all the powder igniting at once and causing a peak pressure situation - somewhat like a "proof round' and blowing up a handgun. Oh yea - my best 38 shooter is a heavy barrel model 10 with two barrel bulges - bought it for $75 after the guy saw what he had done. Never got around to replacing the barrel and it shoots just fine. |
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Progressive reloaders are fast. Quality control is up to the loose nut behind the handle. If EVERY case is not inspected for powder, shit gets real. Dillon makes an attachment that checks the powder level in the case. If it's too high or low it sounds an alarm. . I have a powder check sensor for each tool head. A little costly, but keeps me from having to set it up for each caliber. And it's one hell of a great "piece of mind" add on. |
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Reloading pistol ammo with a single stage press would be way too tedious and boring for my taste. I think a mistake would be more likely when reloading this way, because eventually you'd lose concentration because of sheer boredom. I'm talking about reloading a couple thousand rounds a month.
I started out with a Dillon 550. Haven't had any major problems. I try to visually check each case for the correct charge, but the Dillon powder drop station is amazingly consistent when using some good ball powder. |