Worst part of reloading?

[huntsd]

the endless rabbit whole

 

[ResearchinStuff]

It was very disorienting, but not as painful as I would have guessed. Thankfully no lasting damage, pants were fine lol

 

[Shortschaf]

Primers weren't quite flush on a large batch of recently loaded ammo, 300+ rounds. Decided to get cute and reseat the primers without pulling the bullets and powder to "save time."

Thankfully, once the case blew the powder stopped burning. Made a mess of my pictured hand and face. About 60 gr of brass is still missing in my basement somewhere. The bullet skipped off the press and the i beam above it before crashing into the floor.
View attachment 819983

This sounds like something I would have tried

Thanks for sharing so we can learn the easy way

 

[Mojave]

I get tired of it, but it still fascinates me and I love it.

Especially with wildcats.

 

[ID_Matt]

Primers weren't quite flush on a large batch of recently loaded ammo, 300+ rounds. Decided to get cute and reseat the primers without pulling the bullets and powder to "save time."

Thankfully, once the case blew the powder stopped burning. Made a mess of my pictured hand and face. About 60 gr of brass is still missing in my basement somewhere. The bullet skipped off the press and the i beam above it before crashing into the floor.
View attachment 819983

This is a good reminder. I had a new batch of alpha that had real tight pockets. Some primers didn't seat fully. I didn't notice until the match where there were a few that wouldn't allow the bolt to close. Shot most of them without issue. The 3 that wouldn't close sat on my reloading bench and every time I looked at them I thought, "meh, I should be fine to just re-prime them". Talked myself out of it until I finally just threw them away. Too lazy to pull them and re-process.

 

[ID_Matt]

Powder dispensing used to be my favorite part. Now that I load in larger batches - I actually enjoy the brass prep and priming because I can do so many so fast vs the slow process of watching each powder charge dispense.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

This is a good reminder. I had a new batch of alpha that had real tight pockets. Some primers didn't seat fully. I didn't notice until the match where there were a few that wouldn't allow the bolt to close. Shot most of them without issue. The 3 that wouldn't close sat on my reloading bench and every time I looked at them I thought, "meh, I should be fine to just re-prime them". Talked myself out of it until I finally just threw them away. Too lazy to pull them and re-process.

This was also new alpha brass

 

[JF_Idaho]

I find the worst part is when I'm too lazy to get after it, so I research and buy something to make it more efficient, but then I'm still too lazy.

I usually wait until I *have* to do it instead of ahead of time.

 

[HuntHarder]

@ResearchinStuff Glad you are ok and shared this mishap with us. I have had a few primers not seat flush. I usually catch it when I'm priming, but if I hadn't, I probably would have done what you did. After seeing that, I will never attempt it.