buck460XVR
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I list a lot of loads in a notebook and skip writing a tag to ID. Yesterday I am sighting a red dot on my 9mm and think 'this stuff is warm'. I just looked it up thinking it was a heavy PP load that I like, but nooo it was a start load of Unique, at normal seating depth . I checked a round and everything was good, It looked like Unique and weighed 5.6 gr, just as marked. I then noticed the load was with a mag primer. Wow, no problem and the cases were ok, yesterday but it sure seemed hot even with a starting load. Anyone do this? The load got squirreled away a few yrs back.
It is on a online site that seems pretty good. I just rechecked and got a screen shot and its there and listed as an Alliant load. They also list loads from anyone but this says Alliant. View attachment 234377
One thing stands out very clearly to me, and that is you take reloading very casually and are kinda lax when it comes to details. You develop a load from a single source of reference without confirming it with a published source, you then take that questionable recipe and modify it in a caliber with little wiggle room with magnum primers. You don't take the time to tag ammo so that you know exactly what you are shooting every time. Even the idea of taking a firearm out to sight in optics, using ammo with unknown at the time ballistics and performance, makes me shake my head. I see a lot of shortcuts being taken that add up to exactly what you experienced. Some folks might call me anal about reloading, but I'd much rather be that than lax when it comes to reloading safely. Over the years I too have had experiences that made me question my reloading techniques and modify the way I do things when I handload. I see a familiar scenario here.
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