Boy, this is embarrassing

[03RN]

Squibs

Lots of squibs.

I started shooting some fmj .38 special I loaded a few years ago and have already had 5-6 squibs.

Before this batch I've had one squib since I was 14 that was was from me loading.

I think what happened was that I got to the bottom of the canister before I realized and wasn't checking every case.

Where I loaded in my basement at my last house in Rhode Island the lighting wasn't great. That's the only thing I can think of.

I'm going to shoot the rest as slow fire only.

[Clusterfrack]

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[Caballoflaco]

It might be worth weighing the loaded rounds.

[camsdaddy]

It might be worth weighing the loaded rounds.

I tried this once and it did help identify a few obvious rounds. It’s crazy the variance between rounds. I was shooting low charge rounds so it was harder to tell. I think the bullet and case variance. I removed the ones I felt were obvious and then shot the hotter down to issue. Thankful that was only a batch of 100 but it certainly got my attention

[Jamie]

I've found enough variation in the weight of different brass that I'm leery of just trusting weight for questionable loads.

If in doubt I just use my Magic Bullet Eraser
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BTDT @03RN

It's a PIA. Hope all goes well for you.

[03RN]

I've found enough variation in the weight of different brass that I'm leery of just trusting weight for questionable loads.

If in doubt I just use my Magic Bullet Eraser
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BTDT @03RN

It's a PIA. Hope all goes well for you.

I've got an impact puller but I'm not going to bother pulling them. Just way to many

[03RN]

RCBS Lock-Out Die https://a.co/d/bFLQQS4

I use a single stage

[Trooper224]

The only squibs I've ever had were with. 38 wadcutters when I was shooting bullseye. The powder charge was so small that a little static charge in the hopper tube would really mess with the charge weight. After a batch of squibs I resorted to weighing every charge individually. What a pain in the ass.

[WDR]

I'm going to shoot the rest as slow fire only.

I'd really suggest rethinking that. Blowing up a gun is semi-expensive. Life long injury from said blow up is going to be a lot more expensive, and I don't just mean in monetary terms.

Pull them down, even if it is a giant PITA, IMHO. BTDT.

Not to mention, pounding bullets out of barrels is zero fun and time consuming.

[Malamute]

The old school recommendation was throw charges in a loading block, look in them all before seating bullets to see if they all looked filled the same or had powder. I started that way back and havent had a no powder or low powder load. Had a small handful of dead primers.

Ive had the RCBS powder measure adjustment lock come loose, I check the weight before and after charging the block full, then about every 10th to 20th round, if it varies, I backtrack and see where it went wrong and dump all the offending cases and re-do them until right.

Looking in every case is part of why I only go around 300 rd/hr with the Dillon 550, the old single stage habits are hard to give up. If I cant see and confirm the charge its not getting a bullet. A small flashlight works, they now have small LED lights just made for loading presses to see inside each case.