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<blockquote data-quote="jeffsoward" data-source="post: 1203777" data-attributes="member: 7228"><p>i've loaded and fired about 2400-2500 .45acp rounds and about a thousand 9mm rounds. </p><p>I'm fairly new to reloading but i'm also pretty meticulous about my brass, powder charge, etc. since i'm not very experienced and "comfortable". I hope I never get so comfortable that a catastrophic failure will occur. I go over every piece of brass that I sweep. I mark every round that has medium or higher loads. magnum loads get an X so that they aren't reused. Medium or medium high loads get reloaded twice, then they are done. My 9mm subsonic load cases are inspected but I don't worry about them too much.</p><p>I don't just turn and burn with the reloader; I watch the primer cup and the powder charge in each load (I've had a couple of primers seat upside down or the primer didn't get dropped). So it takes me a while longer to make my loads, but i'm not in a hurry.</p><p></p><p>I really don't know what happened other than either metal fatigue in the case or the round somehow got seated too deep or a combination of things.</p><p>I know that the 550B has some variation in charge per round (something like .2 grains) and I set the dies up without having the shellplate full (so the shellplate had a little play, correcting tonight), so it could have been a combination of a little extra powder, a little short COAL and brass fatigue that caused it.</p><p>Basically, I'm at the point where i'm trying to find recipes that are right for me and my guns rather than just plain old book data. I figured that I'd have a round or two that didn't act right, but the whole taking one to the face thing kind of caught me off guard.</p><p></p><p>After it happened, I heard in my head, "IN THE FACE! IN......THE......FACE!" from The Hangover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeffsoward, post: 1203777, member: 7228"] i've loaded and fired about 2400-2500 .45acp rounds and about a thousand 9mm rounds. I'm fairly new to reloading but i'm also pretty meticulous about my brass, powder charge, etc. since i'm not very experienced and "comfortable". I hope I never get so comfortable that a catastrophic failure will occur. I go over every piece of brass that I sweep. I mark every round that has medium or higher loads. magnum loads get an X so that they aren't reused. Medium or medium high loads get reloaded twice, then they are done. My 9mm subsonic load cases are inspected but I don't worry about them too much. I don't just turn and burn with the reloader; I watch the primer cup and the powder charge in each load (I've had a couple of primers seat upside down or the primer didn't get dropped). So it takes me a while longer to make my loads, but i'm not in a hurry. I really don't know what happened other than either metal fatigue in the case or the round somehow got seated too deep or a combination of things. I know that the 550B has some variation in charge per round (something like .2 grains) and I set the dies up without having the shellplate full (so the shellplate had a little play, correcting tonight), so it could have been a combination of a little extra powder, a little short COAL and brass fatigue that caused it. Basically, I'm at the point where i'm trying to find recipes that are right for me and my guns rather than just plain old book data. I figured that I'd have a round or two that didn't act right, but the whole taking one to the face thing kind of caught me off guard. After it happened, I heard in my head, "IN THE FACE! IN......THE......FACE!" from The Hangover. [/QUOTE]
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