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Originally Posted by Ole Joe Clark
How do you know the other reloads are ok? Just because you shook them doesn't mean a think as far as safety goes.
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By shaking them I know there is at least some powder in them, and the likelihood of the powder measure dispensing a wrong dose of powder is very low.
By weighing all of the cartridges I know there is a high probability there is no double charge of powder. The weighing exposed the two duds, one with the 22 LR case inside of it, the other one with no powder.
I have a strict process on the progressive press of looking inside a charged case every time before inserting a bullet - still I managed to produce one cartridge without powder and another without even a bullet!
Yesterday's loads were a bit challenging to check the powder level visually as the amount of powder was very small compared to the case capacity. I was making silly low power loads mandated by Cowboy Action Shooting safety rules. I have two lamps specially directed into the press to highlight powder level and I also removed a charged case a few times when I could not see well, and still a break in concentration resulted in the above mentioned incidents.
This was a lesson that reminds to give the reloading process your whole attention or not doing it at all.