calebj06 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 So I officially got my first reshoot this weekend and it was on the classifier of all things!! Name of the stage was Six I believe. Pretty basic. Target on left two poppers in the middle target on the right. Start up range in surrender. I shot the right target first then the two poppers then the left. First shot on the left side was fine but the second shot made my heart stop! I was sure it was a squib. My first ever! And the RO was yelling for me to stop which I had deffinatly already done. But the odd thing was, I knew it wasn't a squib because I clearly could see two holes in the target!! Ended up it was just a VERY light load. The slide never even moved, but the round did exit the barrel and hit the target. I was using mostly factory ammo that match but I had a handful of reloads that were left over so I was using them up. I had also been having some problems with my powder measurer a while back but I though I had checked EVERY SINGLE ONE of those stupid rounds. Guess I missed one! So then came the question of a reshoot. Should I get one? If it had truly been a squib, then no. Tough luck. But it wasn't and the RO stopped me anyway. Conclusion was yes. That even though I finished all the targets the RO stopped me befor the "if finished" command. I could have decided to check my targets and make up any shots if he hadn't of stopped me. (Which I did have a Mike!!!!). We also decided that he 100% made the right call to stop me although I was already stopping anyway. So i took a minute to compose myself and reshot the 5 second stage! Cleaned up that silly Mike and shaved a full second off my time! Sometimes it works in your favor, but like I said, we all felt he did the right thing. Safety first! caleb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 59 minutes ago, calebj06 said: So I officially got my first reshoot this weekend and it was on the classifier of all things!! Name of the stage was Six I believe. Pretty basic. Target on left two poppers in the middle target on the right. Start up range in surrender. I shot the right target first then the two poppers then the left. First shot on the left side was fine but the second shot made my heart stop! I was sure it was a squib. My first ever! And the RO was yelling for me to stop which I had deffinatly already done. But the odd thing was, I knew it wasn't a squib because I clearly could see two holes in the target!! Ended up it was just a VERY light load. The slide never even moved, but the round did exit the barrel and hit the target. I was using mostly factory ammo that match but I had a handful of reloads that were left over so I was using them up. I had also been having some problems with my powder measurer a while back but I though I had checked EVERY SINGLE ONE of those stupid rounds. Guess I missed one! So then came the question of a reshoot. Should I get one? If it had truly been a squib, then no. Tough luck. But it wasn't and the RO stopped me anyway. Conclusion was yes. That even though I finished all the targets the RO stopped me befor the "if finished" command. I could have decided to check my targets and make up any shots if he hadn't of stopped me. (Which I did have a Mike!!!!). We also decided that he 100% made the right call to stop me although I was already stopping anyway. So i took a minute to compose myself and reshot the 5 second stage! Cleaned up that silly Mike and shaved a full second off my time! Sometimes it works in your favor, but like I said, we all felt he did the right thing. Safety first! caleb. How did you check every single one of your reloads and decide that they were good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebj06 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 2 hours ago, GrumpyOne said: How did you check every single one of your reloads and decide that they were good? As I was weighing loads for my ladder tests I was having some crazy throws so I decided to just weigh and trickle every single one. Then after I settled on a charge I carefully visually inspected each powder drop before I seated a bullet and I also weighed about ever 10th one. I had 10-15 that literally had 1gr or less. It was pretty easy to see. What i I think happened is I also had some round in that mismatched lot that were from the loading session befor the problem. I'm guessing that the problem started during that session and I didn't know it therefore I had one of those REALLY light loads in that lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, calebj06 said: I visually inspected each powder drop before I seated a bullet I learned, The Hard Way, that this step (visually inspecting each powder drop - (VIEPD) is essential in reloading. Need a good light source. Otherwise, you can blow up your gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebj06 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 I will also say that it was dumb to take the mismatched leftover stuff to the match. I had three mags that were already loaded with that stuff and I just thought "ah it will be ok. They need shot". Yeah as as soon as that stage was over I emptied them all and shoot all factory stuff the rest of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x45 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) RO stopped you, and it was not a squib, re-shoot. Don't mix ammo unless you want mixed results.... Edited May 22, 2017 by 9x45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 7 hours ago, calebj06 said: As I was weighing loads for my ladder tests I was having some crazy throws so I decided to just weigh and trickle every single one. Then after I settled on a charge I carefully visually inspected each powder drop before I seated a bullet and I also weighed about ever 10th one. I had 10-15 that literally had 1gr or less. It was pretty easy to see. What i I think happened is I also had some round in that mismatched lot that were from the loading session befor the problem. I'm guessing that the problem started during that session and I didn't know it therefore I had one of those REALLY light loads in that lot. Weighed before completing the round or after? Weighing completed rounds doesn't work...too much variation in brass weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I had a reshoot last week,no squib,, 4 targets on left, star and three plates in center,,four targets on right.. when I shot the star three plates fell with one shot,I finished they scored it,,peanut gallery said I should reshoot. next I shot it faster hitting all plates..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebj06 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 10 hours ago, GrumpyOne said: Weighed before completing the round or after? Weighing completed rounds doesn't work...too much variation in brass weight Definatly before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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