If you have been reloading for a long time, you have probably made mistakes. Most of the time those mistakes are not disastrous, but undesirable 30 carbine ammunition. An example would be seating a rifle round beyond the specifications on your reloading book. At which case, you would just have to take the round out, check your round seating die, and seat the round to its proper depth.

Reloading as a hobby and as a business deal with potentially dangerous materials. Our cartridges can create very high stress for being such a small object. Most accidents that occur can be followed back to making mistakes at your reloading standard or at the range.

Over required rounds can potentially kill you and at the smallest, destroy your weapon. Some signs of over pressure can be bulges in the case or primer divorce. Being in a hurry to get to kids and shoot is not a satisfactory reason to be dangerous with your reloading procedures. As simple as switching from slow burning dust to fast burning dust with the same charge can be poisonous.

When testing your reloaded bullets, stopping after the shot seems odd should be a standard rule and common sense. Another one that ought to be is if doesn't feel right, stop. A good of example of this was a session I had at the range. I had finished reloading 180 materials, lead, round nose, flat point bullets from my 40 S&W. I didn't realize that one of my reloads was under powdered. When i shot this round, it all seemed "normal. inches When the case ejected and the next round was being seated, the slide would not close entirely. The lead round had gotten stuck in the chamber and the next round could not seat in properly. Had I forced this round through could have been disastrous to me and my weapon. Luckily, I had stopped to troubleshoot why the round would not chamber and only after disassembling the weapon had I noticed that the clip or barrel had a round stuck, or a "squib. inches I hammered the round out and went home to check my bullets.

Most mistakes are not made only at the reloading standard, but when testing your reloaded bullets at the range. Careful scrutiny is needed the amount is normal versus what is abnormal. This also includes reading what your cartridge is informing you., such as bulged cases, lost primers, extruded cases when they shouldn't, etc. Inspecting each case as you shoot each round is safer than not checking them at all. It's far better to go overboard in complete safety rather than find the consequences due to a lack of attention to detail.