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So what is the common denominator with these problems??
Lack of knowledge and/or experience and or operator error.
- DAA
I agree with these statements. I think people take what other people say on the ‘net when it comes to reloading as gospel. Nobody wants to take the time and work up a load that is safe for THEIR firearm the old-fashioned way. In today’s ‘instant gratification’ world, why would anyone do it the right way when they can get there quicker by getting someone else’ opinion?
My handloads are something I don’t get crazy with as far as max loads—I simply value my eyesight and life much more than seeing how much velocity I can wring out as far as bragging rights go.
I, too, have brass I have reloaded and shot many times. In 28 years of handloading metallic cartridges, I have yet to separate a head or split a neck.
Excellent post....
Between DAA and you, I think you pretty much covered the subject. Everything today is instant gratification and all you have to do is look in on any forum related to reloading, and probably 99 % of the errors/issues that folks post about are lack of experience or lack of learning the basics when they started.
Reloading for any bottle necked factory cartridge is not hard. Or for any cartridge for that matter if you kow what you are doing.. They all have a few common issues such as head space, COL, brass prep, and other similar things that folks have not learned about but are reloading issues none the less.
Frankley, some of the stuff you see posted in the way of questions and even some of the answers scare the bejusus out of me when I read them. Things like, "My pet load is about 1.5 grains over the reloading manual max in my rifle, but it shows no signs of pressure. It should be fine to use in your rifle, too."
I've reloaded for over 45 yeasrs, but I was taught the basics of what I was doing early on, and I didn't become an "expert" overnight from reading about it on the Internet. I guess it was a good thing for me that Al Gore hadn't invented the internet back then... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
-BCB