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Wife and I went target shooting yesterday. First time we have been in about 30 years. Wow, serious time can go by. Anyway, a coworker of her?s gave away some of his reloading stuff couple years ago. She got a box of reloads. Obviously I had no clue what / how they were loaded. They turned out to be light target loads. Several did not fire1st time which meant the primers were not seated fully. That can cause concern. Then, pop, not a bang. Luckily, I was shooting and already on guard. I emptied the other shells, took a look and bingo, had a slug stuck in the barrel. First time I EVER had that problem. End of that activity. I tapped it out later with a punch made from a hay tedder tine. Farm equipment scrap parts to the rescue.
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Good thing you knew to look. I don't know if I would have or not. I guess it would depend on how loud the pop was.
 
Yeah. Exactly why I was listening carefully and on guard. Maybe I just shoot the remaining ones myself to get rid of them. Take a hammer and punch with me next time.
 
i won't reload for other people. I might do an excellent job but if they are willing to use my reloads, who else do they get from and how diligent were they. I don't want to be accused of causing an accident that wasn't my fault.
 
That is why I don't shoot other people's loads or share my own.

I use an RCBS Piggyback II for 9mm and 38. It was bad about missing charges until I added a lockout die. The lockout die won't allow the loader to progress if the case isn't charged. I later switched to a case-sensing powder measure which is much more reliable than the Piggyback's goofy case detector.

Anyone using a progressive loader should have some kind of safety device such as a lockout die to verify the case charge.
 

I do a lot of reloading, and yes, I have experienced some squibs, but every single one of those squibs was caused by DUD primers that just didn't have enough power to fully ignite the powder. I shoot revolvers. If a primer is not fully seated, the cylinder will jam up.
 
Get one of those bullet pullers that looks just like a plastic hammer. Pull the bullets and then you can reuse the components.
 
> I do a lot of reloading, and yes, I have experienced some squibs, but every single one of those squibs was caused by DUD primers that just didn't have enough power to fully ignite the powder.

That's very unlikely, unless you're using a powder that's far too slow for the application.

> I shoot revolvers. If a primer is not fully seated, the cylinder will jam up.

Not necessarily. As long as the primer is flush with the case head it's not going to interfere. But a properly-seated primer is slightly below the case head.
 
(quoted from post at 06:32:56 04/19/20) > I do a lot of reloading, and yes, I have experienced some squibs, but every single one of those squibs was caused by DUD primers that just didn't have enough power to fully ignite the powder.

That's very unlikely, unless you're using a powder that's far too slow for the application.

> I shoot revolvers. If a primer is not fully seated, the cylinder will jam up.

Not necessarily. As long as the primer is flush with the case head it's not going to interfere. But a properly-seated primer is slightly below the case head.
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I do cowboy action shooting. I do a lot of shooting, and I do a lot of reloading. I know what a properly seated primer is, and I know what a primer that is not seated properly will do to a revolver. I also know that certain brands of primers have more duds than other brands. I don't guess at anything. I use only those powders that are listed as appropriate for each caliber, and in the amounts recommended. If I experience a fail to fire, or a squib, I know the blame lies with the components because I double check everything to make sure I did it right.
 
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