Your biggest overload? What happened?

[RobertJ.]

These stories are the reason why I do not reload.

I started loading the .44 Magnum in 1979, and have never had an accidental over-load. I have had some hot ones I couldn't eject from the cylinder without a little effort, though, back in the early days.

The closest I came to an over-load was with a T/C Hawken and a handful of BB's!

Reloading isn't any more dangerous than a lot of other activities.

When a statement like this is made, I won't try too hard to change the person's mind. Why? 1. It's already made up. 2. More components for the rest of us!

 

[Qc Pistolero]

One note for shooters.......

If shooting on a hot Summer day in temperatures around 90 degrees or more............

it is wise to shoot loads that are at least 96% of factory pressures in rifles. Had a bolt freeze up at a local range one year.

I would think the same is true with pistol ammo.....?

Developped a load for my .44s.265gr leadgc(custom mould)on top of a good charge of H110.Both guns(a Ruger SBH and a DW)shoot them ok with very good accuracy.Easy extraction and primers look good.Load developped from 10% below recommended max and during wintertime(here in southern Qc,winter means anything between 30*F and -40*F from Nov til end of March).
Comes summertime(around between 70*F to 90*F)some brass showed flattened primers(verrrrry flat!) and they were all from the same batch as the ones fired the previous winter.(WW,Midway and RP in that order).
Nevada,we've experienced the same thing,no difference between long or short guns.The laws of physics do apply the same in your neighborhood as in mine.....to bad the laws from our politicians here in QC don't resemble yours!

Qc