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choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 01:24 AM
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daniel1381
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"From my cold dead hands"
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
Benjamin Franklin
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 01:32 AM
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Ouch! Always good for a safety reminder.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 01:46 AM
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I keep whatever powder I'm using next to the measure while all the others are on the shelf.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 01:47 AM
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This is a human factor issue. It can happen to anyone.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 01:50 AM
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jeh7mmmag
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Good post. He had the lord looking over his shoulder or he might have been hit in the head/face area.
One powder on the bench at a time
Last edited by jeh7mmmag; 12/13/14 01:52 AM.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 03:09 AM
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One powder on the bench at a time This is a freeking LAW and violators may wish they'd been shot! Most seriously: if you've ever emptied the powder hopper into the wrong jug, you've made the same basic mistake. And yes, I have done that. I figure I'm a purty fart smeller, so I also figure if it can happen to me I'll bet it can happen to anyone. Don't let it be YOU.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 05:21 PM
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Bad mistake!!! That's also about the worst powder switch mistake you can make. Fast burning pistol powder for a rifle powder. Yeah, that's a grenade.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/13/14 05:34 PM
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glad I only load 2 rifles and only have 3 powders to mess with..
"From my cold dead hands"
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/14/14 01:03 PM
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I keep the jugs sealed in metal surplus ammo cans and only get one out at a time. Man, that's scary.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/14/14 01:17 PM
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There's something to recommend in the way that the old IMR powders came in color-coded cans. I'd like to see all the powder companies use colored labels again.
As for me, after I add powder to my dispenser, I place the can/bottle right beside and just behind the charging lever so I know what I'm loading. And only one powder is ever on my loading bench; the rest stay in the locker until it's their turn.
It's like defensive driving.....you can never be too careful. Good lesson for all of us.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/14/14 08:15 PM
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That's the way to do it. Plus, always empty the hopper of your measure into that jug as soon as you're finished charging cases. That would have saved me from ruining a couple of pounds of powder AND the potential ensuing disaster had I not realized my mistake. All the stinkin clutter I had on my bench at the time didn't help matters either.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/15/14 02:05 AM
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Empty the Chargemaster after I'm done and only one powder on the bench at a time. That guy is fortunate he still has a hand and a face. Bad deal for sure.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/15/14 03:18 AM
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Dang. Glad he is okay. Easy but inexcusable mistake. He will live to shoot another day.I'll always triple check my powders before I load.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/15/14 06:44 PM
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I keep my powder in an entirely different area of the house. I walk it out to my bench in the garage, read the label, pour it in the hopper, leave it there label facing me until I pour it back in.
If I'm loading a different caliber/powder? I bring that one back inside, get the other, and repeat.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/15/14 06:59 PM
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One powder on the bench at a time I used to not follow this rule until I accidentally poured two dif kinds of powder together. Thankfully I realized what I had done before any harm came of it, but at that moment I stuck all my powder cans in a file cabinet drawer except the one I am currently working on.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/15/14 07:44 PM
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Et tu, Matthew?
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/15/14 10:27 PM
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I keep all my powder in a cabinet separate from my bench. I have to get up and walk to the cabinet to get whichever powder I intend to use. I check my load data for powder type, charge, bullet and seating depth. Adjust my powder measure and start loading. I weigh every fifth to eighth load, depending on loading block I am using, to make sure my powder measure is still on. If not, that last row of cases gets emptied back to the measure, readjust and start over. After charging all the cases, I recheck the scale setting, powder type, visually inspect every case charge and measure one last charge. Then, I empty the measure back into the container and put the powder back in the cabinet then, go about seating bullets. This is one lucky fellow, I hope he is able to keep his fingers. As long as he has been reloading, you would think it wouldn't happen, but it most certainly does. I still load with a single stage setup and always will. It is not as fast as progressives but I feel I have more control over each and every load. Lesson learned and reinforced for all of us reloaders.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/15/14 11:27 PM
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Another reminder. Don't confuse IMR and H. They are NOT the same. A safe load of say H4895 in a manual isn't safe if IMR 4895 is substituted.
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Re: choosing the right powder reminder!!!
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12/16/14 04:16 PM
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Another reminder. Don't confuse IMR and H. They are NOT the same. A safe load of say H4895 in a manual isn't safe if IMR 4895 is substituted. Great reminder. I will not buy the same number in both H and IMR for this reason (so I chose only H4381 and only IMR4350)
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