AzShooter Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 While loading up some practice ammo I had a small jam on my press. I thought I took the bad bullet off the press but then I got a little distracted and finished reloading it and the other bullets on the shell plate. Ooops. Got scared that one bullet may have been a double charge. I'm sure I took that one off the press before I continued but then I wasn't so sure. I had just loaded up 300 rounds into the bin. I didn't want to throw away all those rounds. Weighing them was no help. I've often seen a variance of 2 - 3 grains in bullet weight as well as the weight of the cases. So unfortunately it was time to pull 300 bullets. I have a kinetic bullet puller but what a pain it is to do even a small bunch. I invested in an RCBS Collet Puller. What a great product. I took two sessions over two days to pull them all and didn't find the overcharged round. I knew I took it off the press when it happened, but better safe than sorry. I mounted the pullet on an old single stage Lee press that I've had for 40 years. Glad I didn't throw it away. Now I have 300 cases and bullets to put back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 You definitely did the right thing. I might buy one of the collet pullers to fiddle with. I don't pull many but over the course of a season I get a little bin full of suspect rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I tend to think of it a lesson learned... one tip to share. remove the decapping pin if you reload the cases. miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) Somewhere, someone mentioned that they empty the bin on the press every time they refill primers for exactly this reason. When you catch an issue, you never have more than 100 potentially defective rounds. I went back to using the small Dillon bin on my 650 and I've been doing that ever since! Edited November 3, 2016 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 pie in the sky I think. it would be nice if the chute had a box loader so you could know the order the rounds were produced. ... one could go back 20 or so and be pretty sure. miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzShooter Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 10 hours ago, MemphisMechanic said: Somewhere, someone mentioned that they empty the bin on the press every time they refill primers for exactly this reason. When you catch an issue, you never have more than 100 potentially defective rounds. I went back to using the small Dillon bin on my 650 and I've been doing that ever since! Brian suggested that and that's what I now do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 On 11/3/2016 at 5:00 PM, MemphisMechanic said: Somewhere, someone mentioned that they empty the bin on the press every time they refill primers for exactly this reason. When you catch an issue, you never have more than 100 potentially defective rounds. I went back to using the small Dillon bin on my 650 and I've been doing that ever since! I too, empty the hopper every 100 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennJeep1618 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I too, empty the hopper every 100 rounds. I do that sometimes. It's a good habit to get in, to minimize the amount of rounds to cull/pull.Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echotango Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I have a dedicated single stage just to pull 9mm. Comes in handy as a kinetic puller sucks after about 3 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 took two sessions over two days to pull them all... Makes a powder check/lockout die seem cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauser98us Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 A good reason to use a powder that nearly fills the case with the specified load.That way if it double charges,it overflows the The case and catches your attention.I realize it does not work in all cases,but most it does.These charges usually are the most accurate as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78Staff Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 On 11/5/2016 at 9:19 PM, echotango said: I have a dedicated single stage just to pull 9mm. Comes in handy as a kinetic puller sucks after about 3 rounds. Yep same here, cheap lee C-press and Hornady puller. I tried the RCBS collet puller originally (pictured) but have better results from the Hornady. Also subscribe to the 100 round pull theory as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaldor Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 On 11/3/2016 at 4:00 PM, MemphisMechanic said: Somewhere, someone mentioned that they empty the bin on the press every time they refill primers for exactly this reason. When you catch an issue, you never have more than 100 potentially defective rounds. I went back to using the small Dillon bin on my 650 and I've been doing that ever since! Im even more paranoid than that, I go every 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRodriguez Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 the times that I have done a double, I will load a bullet, zero it on my electronic scale and then put the loaded bullets on it one at time and find the one that is + whatever your charge is. never let me down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmiller1 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 18 hours ago, JohnRodriguez said: the times that I have done a double, I will load a bullet, zero it on my electronic scale and then put the loaded bullets on it one at time and find the one that is + whatever your charge is. never let me down. My brass will vary way too much for that to work for me. 3 or 4 grain variance in mixed pistol brass is not uncommon plus bullet weight variance. I've never been able to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78Staff Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 2 hours ago, mlmiller1 said: My brass will vary way too much for that to work for me. 3 or 4 grain variance in mixed pistol brass is not uncommon plus bullet weight variance. I've never been able to do that. I agree, disaster waiting to happen there for pistol loads.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 9/22/2017 at 11:22 PM, JohnRodriguez said: I load a bullet, zero it on my electronic scale and then put the loaded bullets on it one at time and find the one that is + whatever your charge is. never let me down. Unfortunately, one day, it will let you down. As noted above, NOT a reliable solution to the problem ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRodriguez Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) never let me down so far. I don't use range brass. only R-P for my super, federal for my 40 and 9mm and 38 special. I've only used it for suspected squb loads. it's not that hard to narrow down the suspected, then pull 10 instead of 100. I would be easier to switch to a powder that requires almost full capacity to load for what you are doing than a powder that can easily take two charges and never notice that it happened, try ramshop true blue, you would never be able to load a double with that powder. Edited September 25, 2017 by JohnRodriguez can't spell squib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasterboy Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Any time something goes wrong on the press, the first thing I do is dump the ammo already in the bin (it's good). Then everything on the press get dumped into another bucked that I will pull later when I'm loading ammo for practice. Yes, it's overkill, but it hasn't failed me yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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