Ammo For Sale

« « What your pink gun needs | Home | Gun Blogger Rendezvous » »

I was trying some reloads . . .

How most firearm kaboom stories start.

Posted in uncategorized on April 15th, 2011 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

8 Responses to “I was trying some reloads . . .”

  1. Tam Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 8:51 am

    The only ammunition that ever blows up in guns is factory original or remanufactured.

    If you don’t want to take the chance of a gun blowing up in your hand, go take up knitting.

  2. The Duck Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 9:05 am

    Yep, mine was factory in an FN49 in 8mm Mauser

  3. Stranger Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Harry Wiggs, the guy who taught me to reload, had a few hard and fast rules. The first was a “case full of powder,” and the second was “weigh everything.”

    That is, work up your charges until the powder reaches a level at or below the base of the seated bullet, and weigh every charged case before you seat a bullet.

    Powder is a lot cheaper than a gun and even squib loads are a cheap way to put yourself in danger.

    Stranger

  4. Bert Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    Yeah,

    I sorta call BS on “double charge” on the 5.56/.223 case.

    Looking on the shelf,I have 8 different powders I use on .223 Remington.

    Without exception, a double spills out of the case (and makes a big mess).

    Even severe overcharges are difficult, given that a normal charge occupies most of the case volume.

    More likely – in no particular order

    1. completely wrong powder (ex. pistol powder)
    2. squib load followed by another round (i.e primer, but no powder)

  5. Bill Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    NO, this was a duplex load, two DIFFERENT powders.

  6. Bert Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    @Bill,

    OK.

    Wow, if so, then that is a really dumb thing to do.

  7. Bert Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    and will add a comment I read from the forum thread

    “This sounds like someone returned the wrong powder to the container. Observation is key to reloading. ”

    This seems plausible.

    B.

  8. SPQR Says:
    April 15th, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    Do you realize how often I’ve answered a question on an online forum about reloading and gotten the response:

    “You mean pistol powder and rifle powder ain’t the same?”

    From someone who claims to already have been reloading ammo …

    I’ve personally seen a lot of blown up guns from reloading, but always from someone who couldn’t be bothered to take good advice on the subject.

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

Uncle Pays the Bills

Find Local
Gun Shops & Shooting Ranges


bisonAd

Categories

Archives