cactusjack Report post Posted December 1, 2016 At the shop I work part-time at yesterday, a 25-30yo guy came in with his Ruger Precision Rifle (308) and was complaining about it not ejecting spent shells. The other 2 guys at the shop, were looking at the bolt and the chamber. I asked the owner if he had any spent cases I could look at. He did. The primers were completely flat against the face and they were almost pierced from the firing pin. I asked him who reloaded his ammo. "It is a friend of my dads, he does it all the time". I asked him if he meant the bolt was hard to open. He said yes. He told me he started with Hornady ammo, factory loads and they ran great. Whoever loaded them messed up, I suggested he not shoot anymore of them and probably not buy anymore from his supplier. He asked me what to do with the unfired reloads. My advice was, pull the bullets, dump out the powder and weigh the charge on each round. Then nicely thank the guy for trying to kill him. (I didn't say the last part.) Either load/reload correctly or buy factory. Read your primers. Reloading is not a relaxing pastime, it takes attention to detail. Close enough can go Kaboom. The lessons taught to me by my mentor were reinforced yesterday. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted December 1, 2016 I can't count how many people told me they are shooting reloads but the reloaded has never been in the same room as the rifle . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzDiamondHeat Report post Posted December 1, 2016 Oh man I have a friend that is one of "those guys". Has his primers in a mason jar handed down by his dad. Talks about the weight of powder in "grams" and buys whatever powder he can find or is recommended by the kid behind the counter. Has no idea about ANY of the intricacies of reloading. Just fills up the case and goes shooting. Scary. REALLY scary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingzero Report post Posted December 2, 2016 I work with a guy that buys 223 reloads from the "guy down the street". I don't think he can get through a whole mag without some sort of malfunction. He offered to get me some since they are cheaper than anything else he can find. No thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted December 2, 2016 One can hope that the reloading friend or the guy down the street doing a favor has plenty of insurance. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gauchoand Report post Posted December 23, 2016 The only person that shoots my reloads is me not even the wife. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted December 24, 2016 David Bowie - Under pressure. That song always comes to mind when I see flattened primers. I "inherited" about 12 pounds of WWI or WWII decomposing powder that just smelled like sulfur and - I don't know, kinda "gassy". Made for good stump removal, but I would never shoot a rifle with that in it. Reloading isn't really a hobby IMO. You can mess up really fast with irreversible consequences if you don't approach it with a certain respect. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
300RUM Report post Posted January 3, 2017 Ok, how about a Weird Al style parody of Under Pressure, done as Over Pressure? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 3, 2017 David Bowie - Under pressure. That song always comes to mind when I see flattened primers. I "inherited" about 12 pounds of WWI or WWII decomposing powder that just smelled like sulfur and - I don't know, kinda "gassy". Made for good stump removal, but I would never shoot a rifle with that in it. Reloading isn't really a hobby IMO. You can mess up really fast with irreversible consequences if you don't approach it with a certain respect. I prefer ZZ Top "got me under pressure" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
