2400 powder question

[Forrest r]

I'm glad no one was hurt.

Threads like these keeps reminding me that I'm human & can/will & do make mistakes. Thank you for posting what happened, it reminds me to pay attention when I'm reloading.

I'm just glad that you had enough experence with the 2400 to realize that something was wrong. You absolutely did the right thing & stopped what you were doing & asked for help in figuring out what was wrong.

keep um in the black

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I'm glad no one was hurt.

Threads like these keeps reminding me that I'm human & can/will & do make mistakes. Thank you for posting what happened, it reminds me to pay attention when I'm reloading.

I'm just glad that you had enough experience with the 2400 to realize that something was wrong. You absolutely did the right thing & stopped what you were doing & asked for help in figuring out what was wrong.

keep um in the black

I agree completely. It's a good thing you knew enough about 2400 to know there was a problem and stopped what you were doing...

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

This is a good thread to have, in that the mistake was discovered pre-kaBOOM, and everybody else gets a safety reminder.

I've got an old 2400 canister, one of the short, squat can, that I'm considering pouring my 2400 into for my bench. The two powders I use the very most are 2400 and Bullseye, and getting those two confused in the magnum cases I load could VERY easily cause a self-disassembling revolver. Since the containers only differ in color and name, I'm thinking that a different shape wouldn't hurt at all, in case I have a rectal-cranial inversion kind of moment.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

This is a good thread to have, in that the mistake was discovered pre-kaBOOM, and everybody else gets a safety reminder.

I've got an old 2400 canister, one of the short, squat can, that I'm considering pouring my 2400 into for my bench. The two powders I use the very most are 2400 and Bullseye, and getting those two confused in the magnum cases I load could VERY easily cause a self-disassembling revolver. Since the containers only differ in color and name, I'm thinking that a different shape wouldn't hurt at all, in case I have a rectal-cranial inversion kind of moment.

I do a similar thing with W231. I kept one of the older cans with the handle so as not to easily mix W231 up with anything else. (like w296)

 

[Neumann]

Update: I figured out what I did. I had a canister of Unique on the bench and grabbed it instead of the 2400 which was sitting out too. What an idiot! I was in a hurry and got ahead of myself. A bad thing to do when reloading. Thanks for all of your input.

I am somewhat concerned about the AA#5 not filling up the case to the base of the bullet, however. Will that yield poor accuracy?

Buy a lottery ticket while your luck is holding! You would have carried that revolver home in a plastic bag, your arm too.

 

[Fishslayer]

Threads like these keeps reminding me that I'm human & can/will & do make mistakes. Thank you for posting what happened, it reminds me to pay attention when I'm reloading.

^^^ This.

My thing is that I have a tendancy to leave powder in the hopper between sessions. If I had more than one powder out I would forget which it was. Except for flake size Bullseye looks quite a bit like 2400.

Ummm.... yes. I have dumped out a hopper of powder or two. They say it's good fertilizer.

 

[125JHP]

I put a piece of masking tape with the powder name, on the measure when i fill it, then if I leave powder in the measure I know what it is.

 

[blujax01]

I'm glad no one was hurt.

Threads like these keeps reminding me that I'm human & can/will & do make mistakes. Thank you for posting what happened, it reminds me to pay attention when I'm reloading.

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Ditto! Thanks to the OP for having the courage to make the admission.

 

[rijaxon]

Ditto! Thanks to the OP for having the courage to make the admission.

The first step in finding a solution is admitting the mistake/problem. Thank you all for your input and especially those with empathy.

I took the reloads with the less than max. 14.3 grains of 2400 to the range and felt that they were rather hot for me. The Accurate No 5 loads were exceptionally accurate in my Smith 586. My Marlin Cowboy Special liked them too. My H110 loads were very accurate as well albeit a bit hot for me. I never load max. loads and usually stay halfway between min. and max. loads. Even with that, the 2400 loads were a bit hot for me.

You guys are great. Thanks again and Happy New Year!

 

[Pondoro]

"One can of powder on the bench at a time" is great advice and bears repeating. The other big learning here is, "If it feels, smells or looks wrong stop and think hard, don't just press on." I've broken stuff because I ignored that little voice that said, "Something seems funny." Never a gun, but plenty of bolts and car parts etc.

I like to do the following -
1) Review my recipe and get out all the components - primer, powder, bullets.
2) Walk away for a while and come back and check again - is everything right?
3) Leave the canister right behind the powder dispenser.
4) Load one round and then check everything one more time.