You can never be too careful...

You can never be too careful...

Postby R. Chapman » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:14 pm

Always double check your powder drops when dropping charges for pistols from the measure to the case. I accidentally dropped a double charge tonight. Instead of 3.3 grs of Titewad, it was 6.6 grs. If you were to fire that off, you basically have a hand grenade. It doesn't double the pressure, it increases the pressure by about 64 times! It's like charging a rifle thats suppose to be 30 grains (being a safe load) instead of 60 grains.
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Re: You can never be too careful...

Postby RonE » Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:12 am

Often you can look at the cases in the box after they have been primed and charged and visually pick out a double charge. However you check, a check needs to me made, Rex is right.
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