Hum. Guess I messed up.

[k53]

What does a single stage press have to do with careless reloading practices?

I don't want to speak for the OP, but a lot of posts telling of issues with loading procedures, normally at least 4, or 5 people will ask whether they are loading single stage, or progressive. Im guessing he was heading that question off at the pass.



Glad you tracked down your issue. Im still WAY too new to have dumped my first jug of powder, but reading of others doing it has made me work from smaller containers. Powder jug, into small cup, into measure or scale... that way if [when] I do... its a small amount.

 

[rwsmith]

I dropped a small quantity of powder

I use a butter bowl to hold powder I'm working with. Just recently I dumped about half of one that held Unique. I was picking through it a grain at a time to make sure it didn't get trash in it. In a different time I would have just let it go. Things are looking a little better around here. I've been able to buy powder, just not what I want.

 

[alwslate]

Whenever I'm weighing charges I work from a small quantity of powder
out of an old plastic coffee cup. When using a measure I use a 1 lb
powder jug half filled from a 4 or 8 lb keg unless the 1 lb is all I have.
Sooner or later every handloader will probably spill some powder but it
helps to keep it to a minimum.

 

[blujax01]

Like some others on here I also no longer use loading blocks. My
powder measure is mounted right beside my press. Pick up a case,
charge with powder, look inside, start bullet into case and seat bullet
with press. Hard to make a mistake this way.

Hmmm, I use a very similar procedure but my powder drop is mounted to my press. I decap/resize, seat a primer, bell the mouth and drop powder, look inside the case, start and seat the bullet and finally crimp as a final operation.

 

[Ceapea]

That's a perfect solution. Another is to mount UNcharged brass onto the block primer side UP. Then as you charge them, put them back in the block mouth UP.

And no matter how you charge, still check them with a flashlight.


Sgt Lumpy

This is exactly what I used to do when I loaded on my SS press. I am just starting out loading rifle rounds now (on my SS press) and will resume that technique again.