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    Glad you are OK and thanks for sharing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LSP552 View Post
    Glad you are OK and thanks for sharing!
    Ditto
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    I apologize if I missed it but what powder are you using?

    I usually try to avoid powders such as Titegroup where a little goes a long way. I prefer powders that take up more case with the idea that a double charge (or a light charge for that matter) are hopefully more easily recognized.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tokarev View Post
    I apologize if I missed it but what powder are you using?

    I usually try to avoid powders such as Titegroup where a little goes a long way. I prefer powders that take up more case with the idea that a double charge (or a light charge for that matter) are hopefully more easily recognized.
    Same here. I’m using PrimaV, which is similar to N320. A full doublecharge comes nearly to the rim, and the bullet won’t seat. That’s why I THOUGHT I was safe without a powder check station.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clusterfrack View Post
    Same here. I’m using PrimaV, which is similar to N320. A full doublecharge comes nearly to the rim, and the bullet won’t seat. That’s why I THOUGHT I was safe without a powder check station.
    Yikes!

    So if this was a double charge it wasn't just twice the powder but twice the powder highly compressed...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tokarev View Post
    Yikes!

    So if this was a double charge it wasn't just twice the powder but twice the powder highly compressed...

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    Still not sure exactly what happened but no way will a bullet seat on a full 2x charge. My best guess is two unusually light charges or one full and one partial. And yes, compressed.

    I don’t want to do that again.
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    Glad you are ok. i have found more than a few reasons I am content just shooting factory ammo.
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    Its tough to tell from the pics, but it looks like brittle brass also played a part in your kaBoom. The condition of the primer has me scratching my head. How many loadings for that casing?

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    I noticed that the mouth of the case is split and torn sideways. My Mr BF expanding die will do this sometimes and I catch it at the seating station. I just discard the case and move on. I wonder if this could have caused the bullet to be very deeply seated and raised pressures. That primer pocket shows some pressure for sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Nesbitt View Post
    I noticed that the mouth of the case is split and torn sideways. My Mr BF expanding die will do this sometimes and I catch it at the seating station. I just discard the case and move on. I wonder if this could have caused the bullet to be very deeply seated and raised pressures. That primer pocket shows some pressure for sure.
    This is what I think as well. It does look like a setback bullet, not a double charge

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