This almost sounds like the start of a redneck joke: You know you are a redneck when... Well bubba this is my bubba moment. Feel free to add your bubba moments since we can all learn from our own and each others mistakes.
2 days ago I reloaded about 113 rounds, it's normally not a heck of a lot of rounds buttttttt.... Oh man did I really screw up.
Specifics: 45acp, 230 gn FMJ round nose and 230 gn JHP, Using CFE powder, 2 types of primers (Winchester and Federal... I prefer the federal. I think the Winchester messed up my primer feed and I had to fix it). Using a Dillion SDB (square deal B progressive press). I have an electronic scale, caliper and a Lyman 45acp cartridge gauge.
I decided to reload at max powder for my reloads. I goofed. I went to 6.9 gn's (max according to Hodgdon is 6.8 of the CFE). EHHH! not that far off but not what I wanted, especially for a 1911 and also a Shield 45. Second issue which is even a bigger issue with me and that is I did my JHP first and I did not reset my die to change me COL for my FMJ round nose. What that ended up doing was setting my depth on my round nose to about 1.285 which is above the saami spec of 1.275. I like to keep my round nose at about 1.245 to 1.25 and my JHP to around 1.225 to 1.235. I am so far off and with the charge in my rounds over the max I am upset with myself
What to do, what to do. I start pacing and find the bottle of pepto. Now a half bottle of pepto. I wanted to trash my work, the work that I was so happy with a few minutes before. What to do...
I decided to pull every single freaking one instead of shooting them. I honestly thought that my Frankford kinetic bullet extraction tool would break long before I removed 113 bullets. I am now very impressed with that tool. It took forever and my wife
yelling at me for 2 days but it is done and all have been removed. It was so loud I had to wear my shooting muffs. Neighbors who came by asked what I was doing. I told them I was checking for duds. The look was priceless.
My JHP's were proper COL but I wanted to reset the charge so I did pull them too.
Moral of this stupid screw up is: STOP, THINK, CHECK, RECHECK, RECHECK again, ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND RECHECK AGAIN, on each stage. Or you too may have to scare the hell out of your neighbor by letting them think you are testing your ammo for duds.
Just 2 things. Not reseting my COL and goofing on my powder charge.
Jim