Revopop Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 So tonight I went down in the basement to load up some trial ammo. I switched the press from 9mm to .45, adjusted the settings for the new bullets, took a little longer than normal because I'm a little rusty. Then I filled up the primer pickup tube, forgot that I didn't take the pin out of the small pickup tube and put it in the large tube, and dumped 97 of the 100 primers on the cement floor. They went everywhere! Took me forever on my hands and knees to find all 97 of them, then as I'm picking the very last one, I stood up and knocked of the case bin with 50 cases in it! The cases hit the floor, and I lost the last primer. Ended up finding 99 of 100 primers and 49 of 50 cases. What a pain in the ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Then I filled up the primer pickup tube, forgot that I didn't take the pin out of the small pickup tube and put it in the large tube, and dumped 97 of the 100 primers on the cement floor. That's what I did the first time I loaded a primer tube. That's how we learn. But,.... I've had other brain farts since then. A.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I dropped about 25 primers on the floor last night, primers that hit the floor go straight into the trash!!!!! Just what I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Like nobody on here has ever done that before. I was amazed at the stuff we found when we took up the carpet in the reloading room to put down tile. Might have been a Haz-Mat site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I dropped about 25 primers on the floor last night, primers that hit the floor go straight into the trash!!!!!Just what I do Is there a 5 second rule for primers? I've not yet dropped that many at one time, but, I have dropped them. Stuck them into the primer tube and all went bang just fine. Recently dropped a locator button for the 550, and could not find it at all! So, I just made another one out of aluminum till I got some brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee King Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 My list of dropped stuff is LOOONG Dumped a full powder measure in my lap (messing with a Lee turret press and forgot about the powder) Forgot about the primers in a tube when I changed the little nipple thing and dumped those Dropped the case bin countless times Dumped a bag of corncob media Launched countless springs (and bought about 1/2 that number cause I couldn't find the original.. yet) The best was this past weekend. Cast my first batch of bullets. I put them in a tupperware container. Squirted some alox lube. Put the lid on. Picked it up to shake it all around and TUMBLE (since it is called "tumble" lube). Lid popped open and all 300 bullets tumbled out on the carpet.. all coated with that red alox.. still wet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Vigilante Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I don't know how many times I have dumped the powder from the Lee Pro Powder measure when I forgot to close it before taking it off the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Suber Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 My list of dropped stuff is LOOONGDumped a full powder measure in my lap (messing with a Lee turret press and forgot about the powder) Forgot about the primers in a tube when I changed the little nipple thing and dumped those Dropped the case bin countless times Dumped a bag of corncob media Launched countless springs (and bought about 1/2 that number cause I couldn't find the original.. yet) The best was this past weekend. Cast my first batch of bullets. I put them in a tupperware container. Squirted some alox lube. Put the lid on. Picked it up to shake it all around and TUMBLE (since it is called "tumble" lube). Lid popped open and all 300 bullets tumbled out on the carpet.. all coated with that red alox.. still wet.. Lee, I have a bunch of Thompson Blue Angel Lube if you want it....Really good stuff. I am not using it anymore... Far better than Astroglide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee King Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 What am I thinking?!!! I am SO letting Team Astroslide down.. didn't even cross my mind to try it!! Do you have to use a sizer with that or is it tumble lube too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I just keep a Snow shovel next to the work bench Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Suber Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 What am I thinking?!!! I am SO letting Team Astroslide down.. didn't even cross my mind to try it!! Do you have to use a sizer with that or is it tumble lube too? Yeah, it has to be used with a sizer... Are your bullets mic'ing an even .401" without sizing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee King Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) What am I thinking?!!! I am SO letting Team Astroslide down.. didn't even cross my mind to try it!! Do you have to use a sizer with that or is it tumble lube too? Yeah, it has to be used with a sizer... Are your bullets mic'ing an even .401" without sizing? Haven't checked. I'm using the Lee tumble lube SWC 175 molds. They supposedly do not need sizing. My gun shoots them ok. About a 1.5" shift in POI but tight. Good enough for practice. The only thing is since it's a SWC, I had to flip the seating stem around. It is either 1) seating them just a hair long or 2) I'm not getting enough crimp on some. I had 12 out of 100 not case guage. I ran them through the seat and crimp stations again. Then through my GRX die and they still wouldn't case guage. I tried to shoot them anyway to see if it was just a false positive due to the bullet design. But the next round in the magazine from the one being fired separated a little. I guess the crimp was off somehow. They were actually sticking in the rifling. To the point where I had to whack the grip with my palm to get it to open. One of them completely separated leaving the bullet in the barrel and dumping powder all in the gun. The rest ran just fine. Edited October 2, 2009 by Lee King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouSlide Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I sympathize. My recent snafu was primer-related, too. In the groove making lots of ammo on my 550. Reached over for a new tube of primers, picked it up, and mindlessly pulled the retaining clip...before I had it anywhere near the press. Took a while to find primer 100 out of that batch. Curtis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 This is a great thread, but it has become a discussion. Z started a good spin off from this so per the rules of the hate forum I'm gonna close this and refer everyone here. Closed per the forum guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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