Things I have learnd not to do..

[nodak7mm]

I have been reloading and messing with guns since the late 70’s & I have learned not to -

Forget to lube the cases. They get stuck

Lube the cases to much. The shoulder dents

Start throwing powder into cases without primers, messy.

Borrowed sizing die, made adjusts and forgot to tell bro-in-law. He sized and loaded up 300 rds that were to “tight” for his chamber and did not find out till we were on the killing fields.

Spill a bottle of Butch’s Bore shine, in the house. Wife not happy for weeks…..

Trim case oal before fire-forming. Cases end up a tish short.

Forget my ammo for the gun I want to shoot when going to the range.

Molybendenum turns every thing black

Expect good results when shooting loads in 105* wx that were developed in the 60-70* temps.

Don’t force your cleaning rod.

Not to think you know it all when installing a replacement trigger, read the directions first.

Mix brass makes and expect accurate shooting…

And this is just the things that come to mind.... :lol:

Rod

 

[YoteSmoker]

I could relate to a lot of those experiences and I've only been reloading for about 5 years on my own. A couple unfortunate experiences I could add to the list are:

- Get to the range only to find out I had put a different gun in the case than the one I intended to shoot. To add salt to the wound, upon my disgusted expression, the range officer says "Randy, I think you have too many guns!"

- Take a lot of guns to the range with a lot of different test loads. Have more different boxes of ammo on the bench. Shoot 7mm08 cartridge in my 30-06 rifle. Sure sounded kinda weird. Thankfully .284 in .308 hole. Did you know that there's not enough brass in short action case to stretch to long action size without splitting? Ever since, I only have one box of ammo with the rifle it belongs to. Lesson learned!

- Shoot 300 SAUM off bench with open box of ammo too close to the rest. Upon recoil, I had to leave the range because all my test loads all looked the same in a big mess laying on the ground.

I'm sure there are more, but those are my top 3 "deuzyz" that come to mind.

 

[C.Smith]

- Drive 20 minutes to the range and leave range key at home.

- Drive 45 minutes to hunt birds and leave shotgun in truck where you met your huntinng buddy.

-Forget to check to make sure powder dropped into case and have a squib load on the range.

Corey

 

[DrMike]

And what is worse is that the list continues to grow!

 

[jmad_81]

Not all of these are mine.....

Forget your deer tag for your first deer hunt at home, four hours away!

Forget to close the trap door on the chargemaster 1500....Big mess!

Forget to put lube on cases.

Forget to put bullets in your gun on your first deer hunt!

Gave my knife to a buddy for his elk then took off and shot my own, Had to use a sharp rock :?

Forget my pack on top of a ridge for just a quick hunt, 8 hours later I got back to it.

Forget to bring TP in my hunting pack!

Forget to prime before dumping powder.

The sad part is a few of those have been made more than once

 

[Divernhunter]

Install primer upsidedown.
Right gun.....wrong ammo when get to range.
Leave rest at home when get to range.......did I mention range is 40 min away from home.
Not lube Lee hand primer.....buy another and read direction and do as they say.
Change presses and not readjust dies.......pull bullets and redo ammo.
Have two 8lb jugs of powder out. Pour back extra powder into wrong jug.
Shoot 50bmg with items on benches on each side of me......but not for long.
Allow someone to shoot over my chronograph
Try to deprime a berdan primed case with regular dies.

 

[6mm Remington]

Get dropped off from the truck to start your hike. Going to hunt a ridge heading about 4 miles UP the ridge to meet your buddy someplace on top. Forget to put your shell holder on your day-pack. Thankfully I had 4 in the magazine on my rifle.

Leave one of your most important hunting tools, BINOCULARS, at home or in the truck. Done both!

Have your NEW $500.00 GPS unit fall off your pack someplace on a 4 mile route you just walked. GPS unit was never found. May still be on the mountain someplace if another person didn't come across it. We spent half a day looking for it but never found it. (not my goof) There should be some way we could use a companion GPS that would magically track the lost one!???

Drive to the range and forget targets at home. Spotting scope too!

 

[russ808]

Some that I have seen and done:

Got ready to go up the hill to start hunting- No bullets for gun. Get to watch and be pack mule.

Foget boots in carport, find out when you get out of the truck at the hunting gate.

Put pack and gun down to climb mountain to get game and come down a different route. Then can't find guns and packs. Found them two hours later because all the bushes look the same in the dark and we didn't mark the spot.

Get to outer island for hunt and can't find the key to you metal gun case.

Put new scope on rifle and foget to resight, then go hunting and wonder why you can't hit the side of the mountain or the biggest buck you ever saw.

 

[Bruce Mc]

In my reloading career that started when I was 14 years of age, some 38 years ago, I’ve learned the following:
Check every case twice for double charges. Cost me a new bolt face on a Rem. 700.

When you’re in a hurry reloading small pistol cartridges like a 38 special make sure you get your finger out of the way before you give the old rock chucker a strong down stroke. Especially when you’re belling out the case mouth and decapping. I called it the RCBS manicure.

140gr 7mm pro hunters look a lot like a 130 gr 270 pro hunters but they won’t fit in the 270 case without splitting necks. Even on the tenth round.

Handloaded rounds without primers don’t shoot. And H-380 can get into some really strange places on a semi auto rifle.

When you try to double charge a 7mm rem mag and the powder overflows into all the cracks and crevices around your brass in a loading block it makes it very difficult to get the cases out. And it really sucks with 45 of the 50 are already charged and ready.

A 1911 will survive a double charge but it really hurts your hand.

Isn’t handloading fun.

 

[Powerstroke]

Not look in the funnel when putting powder in cases to ensure its gone in the case before removing funnel.

Mark loads one way or another due to dropping case and having three different loads get mixed up.

 

[Swamp Hunter 38]

So far, my favorite would have to be pouring the extra powder in the wrong 8 pound jug. What do you do?
I watched my dad shoot half a box in his 30-06 and complain about how bad it was shooting only to find out he had the 270 box. It never did mess it up from what we can tell.
Dad also spent 3 trips to the range getting the right load for his M1 only to set it down in the case and have the wind flip it over and destroy the scope
and add many new character dings to his baby.
Personally my best on is taking the trash on a hunting trip 3 hrs away and throwing my boots in the garbage (kept in a trash bag because they were dirty). The garbage man now may be sporting a new pair of 1500gram lacross alfa burly sports.

 

[Divernhunter]

The 8 lbs of powder was the most expensive rose and lawn food I ever bought.

 

[FOTIS]

2 stainless Senderos one in 300 Winnie, the other in 7mm STW. Both with SS Leupies on top.

300 winnie ammo makes it to elk camp 3 hours away, and so does the 7mm STW sendero.


WOW!