So yesterday I learned my first important lesson in reloading. Never, EVER, put calibers in the tumbler together that can fit inside each other and jam together with cleaning media.
9mm + 45ACP +.223 = 20 minutes of frustration, and several 9/45 brass combos that had to be thrown away.
Sure, it's common sense you say....
Hopefully other newbie reloaders learn from my mistake!
Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
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JustinR
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Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
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1911Man
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
I can tumble two calibers at once. I have two tumblers. 
Sorry that you had to learn that lesson by experience.
Sorry that you had to learn that lesson by experience.
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cu74
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
Been there, done that, but didn't get a tee shirt 
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Welcome to the dark side...........
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308Mike
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
Don't be so hard on yourself. If it WAS common sense, there wouldn't be so many people doing it while trying to save time. It's only when the shell sizes are close enough together that they'll jam with the cleaning material - so it also kinda' depends on the size of the cleaning material being used.JustinR wrote:Sure, it's common sense you say....
Look in your tumbling handbook and see if there's even a mention of it as a warning (probably not). At least it's not hazardous or anything more than just frustrating. It takes guts to say what happened in a public forum and hope others learn for your mistake.
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A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
If that's the worst you do reloading...
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308Mike
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
EXACTLY!blackeagle603 wrote:If that's the worst you do reloading...
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Combat Controller
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
I often have that problem now that I reload 9mm. Coming back from a range trip will find me with a bunch jammed together. Lucky me, Fast Rope has a bunch of lovely children with small hands a good work ethic. I am out less than ten bucks, and everything is perfectly sorted before you can say "bob's your uncle".
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
what powder and bullet you loading in 9mm?
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
I see 9mm wedged in 40S&W and 40 S&W wedged in 45ACP all the time at the range. They slide in and out of each other quite easily, until someone steps on the case lips.
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FelixEstrella
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Re: Yes, you can laugh at me....(Reloading lesson learned #1)
Ha ha ha .... *I'VE* never done that before. 
