Thread: What Have You Loaded Today

Well today I had a first in 30 plus years of reloading, a real oops.

I had 20 rounds each of 22 CM and 6mm CM to do. That combination sorta requires you keep your wits about you as they look very similar in every way.

I load both with 2209, one gets 41.5 and the other 43.0. See why I was being so careful I really fucked up!

Yup I loaded them both with 2208 instead of 2209. Got to the range and the first 6mm round blew a primer. My first thought was I'd set the scales wrong, so stupidly I tried a 22 CM. Same result. When I've dropped the powder into them I always visually check the powder level and I had spotted that it was a bit different at that stage but didn't do anything about it. So the holes in the swizz cheese lined up. Fortunately no damage done except to two cases and my pride. . . But it could have ended less well!