Yep, man that sucks. I did this years ago with a 308 winchester. The recoil was most impressive. Blew the primer. At the time I was nervous, but after i got home and thought about what had just transpired I was sick. If you are having one of those days were the phone is ringing, visitors or just an off day, don't load! Catch a calm day, it could save your face! Just saying ! Great tips by the way! Good luck at your match! May you have the smallest groups, all day long!
Had One of those "why didn't I think of that" moments in regards to the bullet puller. Great idea. As always thanks for the knowledge. Good luck next weekend!
Read this and tell me if you think it's still a good idea! www.shootersforum.com/threads/inertial-bullet-puller-warning.50347 I tried it with a dummy round and it rattled around a lot, which I found annoying!
You have to give the good with the bad as well as take it. I trained apprentices in automotive, and the lessons they remember the most are the ones where I showed them how I screwed up. Well done Erik, good luck.
That's just another reason why I don't have a TV in my reloading room or a radio or talk on the cell phone. I'm glad that you're showing other reloaders how easy things can happen and being humble enough to admit it. Love watching your content!
Very glad you didn't get injured. Please keep the videos coming. They are GREAT! ....loaded with useful tips/tricks and excellent information. ( Thank you! ). Looking forward to new F-class videos too
Erik, you're a genius! The shell holder trick is a great idea. Like many great answers, simple! Thank you for sharing your major mistake regarding powder charging. Most people would not be big enough to reveal to the world such a dangerous and embarrassing mistake. Good for you! Thank you.
That is what I like about this channel not only do we get information but there is a human eliminate to it as well. Keep up the great work really appreciate all that you do!
Erik I followed you from somewhere else 😉where you made the comment "if you know, you know" Like the way you deliver your content and how you aren't afraid to share the mistakes. Good luck shooting!
Thank you so much. Being so humble and honesty is highly appreciated. I screwed up last time, ended up with a blown primer and a very, very stiff bolt. I was lucky I did not get hurt. No more phone calls or people around me when reloading. Cheers & stay safe, Sir!
I did just the opposite this spring. No powder! That really sucked. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully it will keep someone else for doing the same Erik. 🤞🏻👍
On the ear muffs, if you find a good brand that is compatible, they make replacement pads for pilots that are awesome. You can even get them on Amazon in gel, memory foam, suede, pleather, lycra, just about anything you want and trash the cheap plastic OEM pads. When they're on your head all day you have to be comfortable. Happened to talk to my buddy today and he has an original set of those dies Speedy made for him. Even he didn't know the 'S' stood for Speedy.
oh my goodness that shell holder trick is worth the like on its own! Good luck to you on shooting, setbacks are a fact of life and it's not what happens its how we react to it that matters.
I've always gone from the dispenser to the balance beam for throwing powder. I use a Lyman 1200 and just don't trust it 100% of the time. The balance beam always confirms it. GREAT idea on the bullet puller!!
I loaded for a match last weekend and forgot to prime my brass before powder... lol It was my first match and even a week before I was super nervous! Good luck at your match!
G'day, Impressed that you shared your mistake, it is not easy to do. I was reloading 357 mag on Sunday. The powder dispenser count was one higher than what I finished with in my loading trays, When I did my standard "look inside the case" to check for powder, before putting the pill in, guess what I saw? A double charge in one case. Just goes to show the value of good procedures, checks and balances. Before putting powder in, all my cases are "Primer up" in the loading block.
Hey Eric I had a tip I thought I might share in the lid of the Lapua bullet box there is a grid with circles in it . It is made to come out of the lid and snap into the middle of the box to hold the cartridge upright which you probably already know just wanted to share with the shooting community. I wanted to add that I am really enjoying patreon thank you for the content
Thanks for sharing and kudos on the ownership. In aviation, it’s easy to throw rocks and say “pilot error, I would never do that!” But human error is real; no one is perfect.
Okay so that trick with the shell holders is brilliant!! My young sons are learning how to reload and we use the bullet pullers a lot but those rubber band bushings are worn out. Thanks for the tip!
Outstanding tip on using the shell holder with the bullet puller, thanks for sharing that. Also, it takes a big man to admit his mistakes, and an overcharge can happen easy when you get distracted. Depending on how warm your working load is, those extra 4 grains could have been exciting. Glad to see it was just blowing primers. Cuidado!
When I was younger and had just started reloading I went to the range and was amazed at how loud the rounds were. An older gentleman came over and asked what I was shooting. I showed him he grabbed a round shook shook it by his ear and told me to stop shooting because they had too much powder in there. Sure enough he was right when I got home I use my bullet puller and they were way over spec. That's when I bought a digital powder scale, no more beam and weights. The moral of this story is to listen to those who know.
Ahh, easy easy mistake Eric. I did a similar thing a couple weeks back but, I caught it before I fired them. The real mistake you made wasn't in setting the incorrect charge into the thrower, that shit happens, it was not recording from the thrower the charge administered & verifying. We all have brain farts but, I always record the actual powder thrower charges, off of the actual device otherwise, the original mistake is perpetuated in the mind &, usually won't be caught. Good idea with the case holder. I use the Hornady collet bullet puller. If it's set up correctly, it doesn't seem to mark the bullets at all. I've tried my connetic puller with the plastic tipped bullets &, those bullets don't like it at all.
Looking forward to the 6mm br. That might be my next cartridge. I shoot 6.5cm now for PRS and like it. I can’t afford new barrels every 1,200 like the 6mm cm. I’m also looking at the dasher but I don’t know if I want to fire form. Alpha is making dasher brass. Also looking at 6GT. Lol I really don’t know.
Focus like you are shaving your balls with a straight razor......it's THAT important! That shell holder trick is gold. I would be VERY curios to see factory groups v. Reloads.....that would be interesting.
Hello , pardner , I'VE heard all the time you should NOT shoot a 5.56 into a .223 bolt gun because the 5.56 has 10,000 more psi than the .223 ! Me like a dummy tried to (chamber form) shooting a 5.56 into a .223 , then I noticed , the casing of the 5.56 is way thicker than the .223 , if I tried it would take 4 firings , of same case since the .223 is a 2790 fps.load AND the 5.56 3100 fps in a black rifle, the explosion of the 5.5.56 in a bolt just won't do, there's no way I need 3100 fps in my bolt light rifle , besides 3100 fps will kinda wear out the filling, therefore all my rifles never exceed 2610 fps . They are my babies ! What you think?
Love the honesty. It's good to know that even pro's make mistakes occasionally. When loading I leave all devices upstairs BUT that doesn't mean distractions still don't happen. (dogs need to be let out/in etc) The device part is about to change though. Just got my V3 autotrickler. (this is going to be such a godsend compared to how I was doing my powder charges) Could run it from the scale buttons but it's so much easier from the phone when bumping charges. ;-) Good luck with the match!
Erik, I have been reloading for 45 years. I have made some mistakes as well. Luckily I was never hurt. Fortunately, you weren't hurt either. I have always learned from my mistakes,. Sometimes we can learn more from the bad things, than we learn from the good things. Thank-you for sharing your story. It took a good, honest man to admit what happened. To me, this makes your videos even more credible than ever. I will start triple checking my powders charges from now on. Maybe you didn't get the necessary development and testing done, but you are still in one piece. That's what matters.
Don’t get distracted! Best advice for hand loading. I had a brown-pants moment once that wasn’t due to distraction. +200 FPS in SIG 357 😵💫 It was a process error. Stopped immediately and didn’t go forward until I figured out what the problem was.
Thanks for the shell holder kinetic disassembler technique. I'm going to try it out on some dummy loads when I get home. My little rubber bands are becoming brittle and dying. (EDIT: It did indeed work. The .223 dummy I pulled apart had so much neck tension I nearly ripped the rim off - probably partly corroded from lying around in the wrong place - but it came out eventually.) The rifles I own are off-the-shelf (one is milsurp .303 British!) and not capable of anywhere near the precision and accuracy you demand from your guns, but some of what I'm seeing here is still quite an eye-opener and I see it being very relevant to my .223 Rem shooting. Subscribed.
For rifle cartridges, I still use a balance scale for every round. Hand scoop 90% of target powder weight, finish with a powder trickler (or hand scoop). Visually verify all rounds by looking down the neck. A big batch is 50 rounds for me.
Thanks so much for the shell holder tip!!! I’ve always dreaded using mine. Now I’m feeling stupid again for not thinking of something that smart. Appreciate your generosity of time. Joe Maloney
No poopy dude! In 25 years of reloading ive done it two times. The first was with my buddy’s 10 mm auto. Through my “ear muffs” i could tell that something wasn’t right. We found the case and it was a half blown primer.. had to pull 19 of em. I made a decision to always load alone. The second time was with my 30’06. Alone, I plugged in my itouch, cranked the volume and was in a groove. Rockin out. I shot one round the next day and same thing. The gun didnt feel or sound right. Half blown primer. i now load alone in silence. I was anal now im tripple redundant anal. Awesome tip on the shell holder for pulling! The normal collet will let powder out but the shell holder might just keep it all in. No mess!
I shoot hand gun an have about 200 45acp to take apart that little rubber washer is no good. I would have NEVER thought of using a shell holder. Thank You Very much.
Great video Erik.... goes to show we can all make mistakes and you could have easily discarded this video and nobody would’ve known you overloaded by 4g. That takes fortitude and character to admit we are all human. You’ve earned even more of my respect for your integrity. Btw thx for the shell holder tip......
Look on the bright side... You can reclaim all that powder and get more cartridges out of it now. 😄 Seriously though, that could have turned out a lot worse than it did. I'm a beginner so all my reloading stuff fits in a 12" box... But it won't be too long before my bench(es) resemble yours.
You are just like anyone else with a job and a family..You get distracted and break Protocol. And admitting to messing up brings up another subject about you being accused of lying about Full Length Sizing vs Neck Sizing.. No One who admits to making a mistake like this would ever lie about the brass Resizing.. Just like I told a guy at the range. Erik is trying to helps us not hurt us. Besides we are not a threat to this man and his shooting.Far From it.Good luck at the match.
I had some blown primers recently. The charge weight was within 0.1 grain of published max load. The case overall length was a smidge over max trim. Interesting, and embarrassing.
When I reload i snap iphone pics of everything as I go. Powder type, load input etc. That way I have a photo record to double check and if something goes wrong.
Watching you pull bullets you might want to pickup a couple of hockey pucks, as they are vulcanize rubber and they are great for hammering on. Dense but will protect surfaces. Give on a go someday! Enjoying your content.
I and just a beginner in this, but I noticed that you use a magazine rather than load each shell by hand as some seem to do. Do you polish your feed ramp? What would you recommend for lower level skill training? Books, video, etc...
i had a 270 wsm it locked up bolt blew primmer out i was at low load on all it did that i had to go to 53.5 re-loader 17 any higher bolt and brass swelling i was scared i had to gun smith look at it & fired brass he said reset head space but it still did it it factory made barrel suppose to be new! never fired i have my dough's a lot black junk came out on bore cleaner i used on it it shoots good tho low loads! i iffy if i want to keep doing this! all my help left all my friends either died or moved away!
Hey Erik quick question. My dad always weighed out the powder he was going to use based on how many rounds he was loading and made a habit of not pouring powder back into the jug. Avoiding moisture exposure I believe he said, been doing this for twenty years myself and am wondering if there is anything to this. And in this case that you're pulling bullets do you reuse the powder?
The bullet puller thing is genius. I broke my hammer style puller so I switched to the RCBS press puller with collets. Works really well. No banging haha.
I'm going to have to try the clr cleaner, never thought about that even though I use it for engine cooling systems. You're exactly right about focusing on what you're doing, I put my phone in the fridge turn the radio on then start setting cams, valves, injectors, pump timing etc. Making someone mad for not answering the phone is cheaper than blowing up a high dollar engine!
I learned not to trust myself as well. Now, after reloading, I carefully load a round double checking everything, I then weigh my final cartridges and compare them to the "check round" to check for errors. Occasionally I find I need to pull and reload. This final check has saved me a lot of head aches.
Fast burning powder for this bullet/caliber (much room) ? You can try to choose a powder that gives a better filling ratio to avoid this. I cant add so much powder to my loads but I had another issue with distraction : no powder at all which may be dangerous if your bullet get stuck into the barrel. Now i double check all my cases with a light just before seating the bullets
Great video showing not all goes as planned always. Glad that it was no worse than it was. But the trick with the puller, I’m going to do this. I hate that little rubber band contraption. 👍👍
Erik have you ever tried one of these www.forsterproducts.com/product/bullet-pullers/ from Forster, I've had good luck with them pulling bullets when necessary. I also use the hammer method but had not seen the shell holder tricker before, thanks for sharing!
Glad I’m not the only one who screwed up a charge! Did the same thing only four grains over, and it melted the ejector ( had to shoot two rounds to convince myself)!
I do a ton or reloading and shooting. I like that you are realistic. Things aren't always rainbows and gumdrop smiles when it comes to finding loads and working on rifles. I am glad you show even the bad experiences. Those are what you learn from. Good video.
The fact that you owned up to your mistake and showed it, as well as the way you handled it makes me like this channel even more. Very respectable
Shell holder tip is a good one!
I agree!
What a great tip on the kinetic Hammer, thanks!
Good luck on your match Eric. Slow down, and be careful. As Johnny would say, "Don't blow your face off!"
Yep, man that sucks. I did this years ago with a 308 winchester. The recoil was most impressive. Blew the primer. At the time I was nervous, but after i got home and thought about what had just transpired I was sick. If you are having one of those days were the phone is ringing, visitors or just an off day, don't load!
Catch a calm day, it could save your face!
Just saying !
Great tips by the way!
Good luck at your match!
May you have the smallest groups, all day long!
"Mess"
Dude if my bench was that clean, I'd be stoked. Lol.
😂
Ditto, but I know exactly where everything is, ( on my bench).
You should have seen my reloading bench after our big quake up here in AK last November. 😜
Had One of those "why didn't I think of that" moments in regards to the bullet puller. Great idea. As always thanks for the knowledge. Good luck next weekend!
Read this and tell me if you think it's still a good idea! www.shootersforum.com/threads/inertial-bullet-puller-warning.50347 I tried it with a dummy round and it rattled around a lot, which I found annoying!
You have to give the good with the bad as well as take it. I trained apprentices in automotive, and the lessons they remember the most are the ones where I showed them how I screwed up. Well done Erik, good luck.
That's just another reason why I don't have a TV in my reloading room or a radio or talk on the cell phone.
I'm glad that you're showing other reloaders how easy things can happen and being humble enough to admit it.
Love watching your content!
Very glad you didn't get injured. Please keep the videos coming. They are GREAT! ....loaded with useful tips/tricks and excellent information. ( Thank you! ). Looking forward to new F-class videos too
Glad the end result was not worse. Thanks so much for sharing and giving us all a heads up. Stay well.
Erik, you're a genius! The shell holder trick is a great idea. Like many great answers, simple! Thank you for sharing your major mistake regarding powder charging. Most people would not be big enough to reveal to the world such a dangerous and embarrassing mistake. Good for you! Thank you.
That is what I like about this channel not only do we get information but there is a human eliminate to it as well. Keep up the great work really appreciate all that you do!
You could have edited out the powder charge screw up but you didn’t. Great reminder to stay focused 👍🏻
Erik I followed you from somewhere else 😉where you made the comment "if you know, you know"
Like the way you deliver your content and how you aren't afraid to share the mistakes. Good luck shooting!
I appreciate your honesty a lot of guys would have deleted the blown prime segment
When cattle decided to stroll on by, I saw rib eyes!
Automatically deprimed brass and 250 fps more velocity... I don't see the problem ;-)
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I noticed later when my fired reloaded cartridges primers fell out. whf?? lUCKY my gun mechanism was very solid.
Everyone makes mistake...Thanks for sharing
I appreciate your candor. Best wishes. J.
That lil shell holder trick was great thinking. Thanks
Like that primer my mind is blown on using the shell holder in the hammer. Thanks for the awesome tip!!
Great teacher, humility is rare today. Thanks for sharing this video.
There's only two kind of shooters: those who don't reload and those who have made reloading mistakes we got lucky weren't worse.
I use a RCBS Collet Bullet Puller. I think I can go just as fast as you were and not have to separate the bullets from the powder.
I have a collet puller, but I ruin the bullets when I use it. Lol
@@ErikCortina Weird...Mine come out without a mark. That shell holder trick is neat...thanks for that bud. Good luck this weekend.
Ahhhh... a soul crushing mistake that ruins a shooting session. Unfortunately I'm well acquainted.
Holy crap I had no idea about that pulling trick!!! That’s awesome thanks.
Thank you so much. Being so humble and honesty is highly appreciated. I screwed up last time, ended up with a blown primer and a very, very stiff bolt. I was lucky I did not get hurt. No more phone calls or people around me when reloading. Cheers & stay safe, Sir!
I have made a lot of bad mistakes in my life but to date I have never made a good mistake. Keep up the good videos Eric.
Found the Hornady Collet type bullet puller to work better than the kinetic type.
And I just started to watch the video and it’s about 2pm as we speak. Scary.
Wow!! A shell holder in place of the rubber band holder. How smart.
Great tip . Thanks
I did just the opposite this spring. No powder! That really sucked. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully it will keep someone else for doing the same Erik. 🤞🏻👍
On the ear muffs, if you find a good brand that is compatible, they make replacement pads for pilots that are awesome. You can even get them on Amazon in gel, memory foam, suede, pleather, lycra, just about anything you want and trash the cheap plastic OEM pads. When they're on your head all day you have to be comfortable. Happened to talk to my buddy today and he has an original set of those dies Speedy made for him. Even he didn't know the 'S' stood for Speedy.
oh my goodness that shell holder trick is worth the like on its own! Good luck to you on shooting, setbacks are a fact of life and it's not what happens its how we react to it that matters.
I've always gone from the dispenser to the balance beam for throwing powder. I use a Lyman 1200 and just don't trust it 100% of the time. The balance beam always confirms it.
GREAT idea on the bullet puller!!
I loaded for a match last weekend and forgot to prime my brass before powder... lol It was my first match and even a week before I was super nervous! Good luck at your match!
I did this last year. Same situation. I think I was distracted by a text and started loading. Never again.
Yeah, don't you love that when you pick that brass up and it spills all over the place fff____k 🤣
G'day,
Impressed that you shared your mistake, it is not easy to do.
I was reloading 357 mag on Sunday. The powder dispenser count was one higher than what I finished with in my loading trays, When I did my standard "look inside the case" to check for powder, before putting the pill in, guess what I saw? A double charge in one case.
Just goes to show the value of good procedures, checks and balances.
Before putting powder in, all my cases are "Primer up" in the loading block.
Good tip on the primer up! I'm going to start doing that!! Thank you!
Hey Eric I had a tip I thought I might share in the lid of the Lapua bullet box there is a grid with circles in it . It is made to come out of the lid and snap into the middle of the box to hold the cartridge upright which you probably already know just wanted to share with the shooting community. I wanted to add that I am really enjoying patreon thank you for the content
Glad you weren't hurt.
So glad you decided to get more into making more videos man. Your smart feller and is in the community are glad to have you helping us!
Yaaasss! Can’t wait for the 6mm BR reloading series... looking forward to learning from one of the best! Thanks Erik ✌🏽
Great video the shell holder trick for the kinetic hammer genius I hate using those 3 jawed one keep breaking no matter what.
You can have a muzzle brake in Fclass??
Cheers
No
Thanks for the tip on the o ring. Good video and information
That’s what makes this hobby great. It takes focus. Thanks for sharing. Pulling bullets sucks 😩
All this time ,I thought I was the only one that screwed up,hum🤔
Thanks for sharing and kudos on the ownership. In aviation, it’s easy to throw rocks and say “pilot error, I would never do that!” But human error is real; no one is perfect.
Okay so that trick with the shell holders is brilliant!! My young sons are learning how to reload and we use the bullet pullers a lot but those rubber band bushings are worn out. Thanks for the tip!
Outstanding tip on using the shell holder with the bullet puller, thanks for sharing that. Also, it takes a big man to admit his mistakes, and an overcharge can happen easy when you get distracted. Depending on how warm your working load is, those extra 4 grains could have been exciting. Glad to see it was just blowing primers. Cuidado!
When I was younger and had just started reloading I went to the range and was amazed at how loud the rounds were. An older gentleman came over and asked what I was shooting. I showed him he grabbed a round shook shook it by his ear and told me to stop shooting because they had too much powder in there. Sure enough he was right when I got home I use my bullet puller and they were way over spec. That's when I bought a digital powder scale, no more beam and weights.
The moral of this story is to listen to those who know.
Hey! I'll shoot that for ya bud. I just retired this month.
Thanks for the puller tip.
Allot of time is spent in the reloading room. Sucks when we make a mistake and have to do double the work. Lol
Admit it - you were distracted by the meat grinder...
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Ahh, easy easy mistake Eric. I did a similar thing a couple weeks back but, I caught it before I fired them. The real mistake you made wasn't in setting the incorrect charge into the thrower, that shit happens, it was not recording from the thrower the charge administered & verifying. We all have brain farts but, I always record the actual powder thrower charges, off of the actual device otherwise, the original mistake is perpetuated in the mind &, usually won't be caught.
Good idea with the case holder. I use the Hornady collet bullet puller. If it's set up correctly, it doesn't seem to mark the bullets at all. I've tried my connetic puller with the plastic tipped bullets &, those bullets don't like it at all.
8:30 Erik: "Don't do anything while you reload, stay focused"
ME: " Now I can't watch EC vids as I currently sit here reloading"
Awesome video!
Love the cattle passing through the firing line! Lol
This was worth watching for many reasons, but my favorite thing was the shell holder trick for the kinetic puller.
I have shared the shell holder tip(crediting you) in a few places and you are getting an ever increasing heap of appreciation for it.
I did a similar thing with 270WIN. But wow was it accurate. Sub 1/2 MOA. too bad they weren’t safe to shoot.
Looking forward to the 6mm br. That might be my next cartridge. I shoot 6.5cm now for PRS and like it. I can’t afford new barrels every 1,200 like the 6mm cm. I’m also looking at the dasher but I don’t know if I want to fire form. Alpha is making dasher brass. Also looking at 6GT. Lol I really don’t know.
Been there. Or near by anyway. Love the tip on the shell holder. Thanks man.
Focus like you are shaving your balls with a straight razor......it's THAT important! That shell holder trick is gold. I would be VERY curios to see factory groups v. Reloads.....that would be interesting.
You actually blew my mind with the shell holder on the kinetic puller! Can't believe I never realized that, such a good idea!
It's never a question of if? It's a question is when, I've done it too.
Only a FOOL who says I'll never bring a loaded gun home....
Hello , pardner , I'VE heard all the time you should NOT shoot a 5.56 into a .223 bolt gun because the 5.56 has 10,000 more psi than the .223 ! Me like a dummy tried to (chamber form) shooting a 5.56 into a .223 , then I noticed , the casing of the 5.56 is way thicker than the .223 , if I tried it would take 4 firings , of same case since the .223 is a 2790 fps.load AND the 5.56 3100 fps in a black rifle, the explosion of the 5.5.56 in a bolt just won't do, there's no way I need 3100 fps in my bolt light rifle , besides 3100 fps will kinda wear out the filling, therefore all my rifles never exceed 2610 fps . They are my babies ! What you think?
WOW.. Thank you Erik Cortina for the shell holder and Hammer trick . thank you from Italy
Love the honesty. It's good to know that even pro's make mistakes occasionally.
When loading I leave all devices upstairs BUT that doesn't mean distractions still don't happen. (dogs need to be let out/in etc) The device part is about to change though. Just got my V3 autotrickler. (this is going to be such a godsend compared to how I was doing my powder charges) Could run it from the scale buttons but it's so much easier from the phone when bumping charges. ;-)
Good luck with the match!
Erik, I have been reloading for 45 years. I have made some mistakes as well. Luckily I was never hurt. Fortunately, you weren't hurt either. I have always learned from my mistakes,. Sometimes we can learn more from the bad things, than we learn from the good things. Thank-you for sharing your story. It took a good, honest man to admit what happened. To me, this makes your videos even more credible than ever. I will start triple checking my powders charges from now on. Maybe you didn't get the necessary development and testing done, but you are still in one piece. That's what matters.
thank you for that awesome bullet pull trick... I hate trying to squeeze a bullet through with that band. great videos thank you sir!
Don’t get distracted! Best advice for hand loading.
I had a brown-pants moment once that wasn’t due to distraction. +200 FPS in SIG 357 😵💫 It was a process error. Stopped immediately and didn’t go forward until I figured out what the problem was.
Thanks for the shell holder kinetic disassembler technique. I'm going to try it out on some dummy loads when I get home. My little rubber bands are becoming brittle and dying. (EDIT: It did indeed work. The .223 dummy I pulled apart had so much neck tension I nearly ripped the rim off - probably partly corroded from lying around in the wrong place - but it came out eventually.)
The rifles I own are off-the-shelf (one is milsurp .303 British!) and not capable of anywhere near the precision and accuracy you demand from your guns, but some of what I'm seeing here is still quite an eye-opener and I see it being very relevant to my .223 Rem shooting. Subscribed.
For rifle cartridges, I still use a balance scale for every round. Hand scoop 90% of target powder weight, finish with a powder trickler (or hand scoop). Visually verify all rounds by looking down the neck. A big batch is 50 rounds for me.
Damm, Erik thank you for the shell holder tip. Makes my life easier.......
Sometimes it sucks to be human
Thanks so much for the shell holder tip!!! I’ve always dreaded using mine. Now I’m feeling stupid again for not thinking of something that smart. Appreciate your generosity of time.
Joe Maloney
No poopy dude! In 25 years of reloading ive done it two times. The first was with my buddy’s 10 mm auto. Through my “ear muffs” i could tell that something wasn’t right. We found the case and it was a half blown primer.. had to pull 19 of em. I made a decision to always load alone.
The second time was with my 30’06. Alone, I plugged in my itouch, cranked the volume and was in a groove. Rockin out. I shot one round the next day and same thing. The gun didnt feel or sound right. Half blown primer.
i now load alone in silence. I was anal now im tripple redundant anal.
Awesome tip on the shell holder for pulling! The normal collet will let powder out but the shell holder might just keep it all in. No mess!
I shoot hand gun an have about 200 45acp to take apart that little rubber washer is no good. I would have NEVER thought of using a shell holder. Thank You Very much.
Great video Erik.... goes to show we can all make mistakes and you could have easily discarded this video and nobody would’ve known you overloaded by 4g. That takes fortitude and character to admit we are all human. You’ve earned even more of my respect for your integrity. Btw thx for the shell holder tip......
Look on the bright side... You can reclaim all that powder and get more cartridges out of it now. 😄
Seriously though, that could have turned out a lot worse than it did.
I'm a beginner so all my reloading stuff fits in a 12" box... But it won't be too long before my bench(es) resemble yours.
You are just like anyone else with a job and a family..You get distracted and break Protocol. And admitting to messing up brings up another subject about you being accused of lying about Full Length Sizing vs Neck Sizing.. No One who admits to making a mistake like this would ever lie about the brass Resizing.. Just like I told a guy at the range. Erik is trying to helps us not hurt us. Besides we are not a threat to this man and his shooting.Far From it.Good luck at the match.
I had some blown primers recently.
The charge weight was within 0.1 grain of published max load.
The case overall length was a smidge over max trim.
Interesting, and embarrassing.
When I reload i snap iphone pics of everything as I go. Powder type, load input etc. That way I have a photo record to double check and if something goes wrong.
Watching you pull bullets you might want to pickup a couple of hockey pucks, as they are vulcanize rubber and they are great for hammering on. Dense but will protect surfaces. Give on a go someday!
Enjoying your content.
Out of curiosity, how come you use the kinetic hammer (great tip on the shell holder) versus something like a Hornady Camlock or a RCBS collet puller?
I and just a beginner in this, but I noticed that you use a magazine rather than load each shell by hand as some seem to do. Do you polish your feed ramp? What would you recommend for lower level skill training? Books, video, etc...
i had a 270 wsm it locked up bolt blew primmer out i was at low load on all it did that i had to go to 53.5 re-loader 17 any higher bolt and brass swelling i was scared i had to gun smith look at it & fired brass he said reset head space but it still did it it factory made barrel suppose to be new! never fired i have my dough's a lot black junk came out on bore cleaner i used on it it shoots good tho low loads! i iffy if i want to keep doing this! all my help left all my friends either died or moved away!
Hey Erik quick question. My dad always weighed out the powder he was going to use based on how many rounds he was loading and made a habit of not pouring powder back into the jug. Avoiding moisture exposure I believe he said, been doing this for twenty years myself and am wondering if there is anything to this. And in this case that you're pulling bullets do you reuse the powder?
The bullet puller thing is genius. I broke my hammer style puller so I switched to the RCBS press puller with collets. Works really well. No banging haha.
I'm going to have to try the clr cleaner, never thought about that even though I use it for engine cooling systems. You're exactly right about focusing on what you're doing, I put my phone in the fridge turn the radio on then start setting cams, valves, injectors, pump timing etc. Making someone mad for not answering the phone is cheaper than blowing up a high dollar engine!
I learned not to trust myself as well. Now, after reloading, I carefully load a round double checking everything, I then weigh my final cartridges and compare them to the "check round" to check for errors. Occasionally I find I need to pull and reload. This final check has saved me a lot of head aches.
That’s a little scary. I’ve done it being in a rush. Had to pull a dozen bullets after I realized I was throwing the wrong charge. It happens.
Fast burning powder for this bullet/caliber (much room) ? You can try to choose a powder that gives a better filling ratio to avoid this. I cant add so much powder to my loads but I had another issue with distraction : no powder at all which may be dangerous if your bullet get stuck into the barrel. Now i double check all my cases with a light just before seating the bullets
Great video showing not all goes as planned always. Glad that it was no worse than it was. But the trick with the puller, I’m going to do this. I hate that little rubber band contraption. 👍👍
At least we now know where all the Federal large rifle 210M primers went. 3,000 of them. :/
Thanks for the CLR and Shell holder info. Question: Do your tuners have nylon tipped set screws to protect the threads?
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What size shell case did you say you put in the RCBS Chargemaster? Did you thread the case?
Erik have you ever tried one of these www.forsterproducts.com/product/bullet-pullers/ from Forster, I've had good luck with them pulling bullets when necessary. I also use the hammer method but had not seen the shell holder tricker before, thanks for sharing!
Glad I’m not the only one who screwed up a charge! Did the same thing only four grains over, and it melted the ejector ( had to shoot two rounds to convince myself)!
I do a ton or reloading and shooting. I like that you are realistic. Things aren't always rainbows and gumdrop smiles when it comes to finding loads and working on rifles. I am glad you show even the bad experiences. Those are what you learn from. Good video.