Reloading can be dangerous

[Hrun]

Honestly, is there anyone on here who reloads and who doesn't check the rack of filled cases with a torch BEFORE shoving the bullets in?

Pete

Me...

My reloading procedure means when I fill a case I seat a bullet!

No bullet, no powder.. Simples

[Col]

same here,,powder in,,, seat the bullet,, then no doubt

[Pete]

So do you weigh or throw the powder? I weigh every one in batches of 50...........takes 25-30 mins, then check fills and seat bullets, another 15 mins or so.

Pete

[Duey]

I throw a charge of power into scale pan, put onto scale, and trickle up with a target master
Then powder into a prepped case, Throw the next charge into the pan, onto the scale and trickle up again, whilst trickling powder the previous case charged with powder has a bullet seated into it, by which time the next charge ready for the prepped case etc etc etc
I find this process eliminates possibility of seating a bullet into an case empty of powder and can load up to a 100 rounds an hour if I have to

Duey

[Oddbod]

I've found steel pin tumbling invauable when loading pistol rounds, as the nice, shiny interiors to the cases mean it's easy to determine whether a charge has been dispensed.
I don't weigh every charge; only the first few (after I've dispensed four or five & put them back in the measure to settle the powder first), then every 25th when using my Little Dandy dispenser & TBH I've never found a variation above 0.1gr.
My routine is to dispense the powder, glance in the case, seat the bullet & on to the next.

I've never been comfortable with charging multiple cases before seating the bullets.

[pbrazendale]

As someone new to reloading I have a single stage press and reload only for .357 and .45/70, my process is as follows:

- Tumble
- decap and resize
- reprime and neck flare

The above is done in bulk

Then I take 1 case at a time and using old school mechanical RCBS scales I weigh the powder, out it in the case and then seat a bullet.

Although this takes time I feel more comfortable knowing I’m not going to blow myself up.


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[TattooedGun]

I throw a charge of power into scale pan, put onto scale, and trickle up with a target master
Then powder into a prepped case, Throw the next charge into the pan, onto the scale and trickle up again, whilst trickling powder the previous case charged with powder has a bullet seated into it, by which time the next charge ready for the prepped case etc etc etc
I find this process eliminates possibility of seating a bullet into an case empty of powder and can load up to a 100 rounds an hour if I have to

Duey

I do exactly the same. I've only just got my targetmaster though, previously I'd make the other half meticulously weigh out powder whilst I seated the bullets.

She has a very methodical nature and was more than happy to weigh for me, and I trust her implicitly to weigh the loads accurately as she is well aware of the dangers.

I have loaded up 100 rounds or so with my targetmaster this month, and it was a doddle, It's certainly done my mrs out of "her job" on the reloading bench, but it's certainly made it easier to load accurately and timely by myself.

The main reason I don't weigh out batches and then seat in batches is because when I tried this early on, I knocked the cases more than a couple of times spilling powder and meaning I had to start again on those that had not been seated as I couldn't be 100% sure that they had been un-disturbed.

[Alpha1]

I throw a charge of power into scale pan, put onto scale, and trickle up with a target master
Then powder into a prepped case, Throw the next charge into the pan, onto the scale and trickle up again, whilst trickling powder the previous case charged with powder has a bullet seated into it, by which time the next charge ready for the prepped case etc etc etc
I find this process eliminates possibility of seating a bullet into an case empty of powder and can load up to a 100 rounds an hour if I have to

Duey

I do exactly the same. I've only just got my targetmaster though, previously I'd make the other half meticulously weigh out powder whilst I seated the bullets.

She has a very methodical nature and was more than happy to weigh for me, and I trust her implicitly to weigh the loads accurately as she is well aware of the dangers.

I have loaded up 100 rounds or so with my targetmaster this month, and it was a doddle, It's certainly done my mrs out of "her job" on the reloading bench, but it's certainly made it easier to load accurately and timely by myself.

The main reason I don't weigh out batches and then seat in batches is because when I tried this early on, I knocked the cases more than a couple of times spilling powder and meaning I had to start again on those that had not been seated as I couldn't be 100% sure that they had been un-disturbed.

You say you knocked cases over do you not use case holding trays.

[FredB]

Fifty cases in case holder block. Set RCBS powder measure with scales, fill cases. Hold block under strong light to check that levels are uniform and all cases have powder.Seat bullets.
I have been reloading since the 1970s and have never had a problem, BUT: I never shoot at more than 200 yds and never go anywhere near maximum loads. If I did load for high velocity rifles, I would use the target master trickler system.
Fred

[phaedra1106]

Same procedure as Duey if using the Target Master. Otherwise I use my Hornady LnL auto-dispenser, weigh, tip into case, seat bullet while next charge is dispensing and repeat :)