40s-and-wfan
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"Astronomical!! Holly cow!
I have not been reloading for a long period of time like many of the readers of this forum. I have been shooting and been in the presence of reloaders for many, many years though. In that time I have been very fortunate not to have seen any of the disasters that the OP has discribed.
This activity of loading or reloading requires a lot of attention to detail, such as many hobbies due. If the reloader is lax or becomes distracted then the results can be disasterous.
If there is only one solution to the complex problem of inattentive and careless reloading practices, it would be trying to educate new reloaders to the possible dangers and steer them in the proper direction to gain the neccessary knowledge.
But astronomical, that is a non-discript number that leads someone to believe the practice of reloading is out of control. If the problems with reloading were that severe I am sure Ralf Nadar or someone from our over controlling government would have stepped in and put a stop to what we are doing.
Please come up with a realistic number of accidents that you are aware of. If those numbers are higher than in most other places, then maybe you should check the gene pool of your area instead of the amount of the powder charge in their cases!"
I have to agree with this post wholeheartedly. I've been reloading for years, I learned from my dad who learned from his dad and so on! My grandfather died a number of years back, but in all his years, dads years and mine behind a press we have yet to have an accident of any kind. No double-charges, no missed charges or anything. I'm the only one to use a progressive press and I still haven't had any of the problems you describe here! I haven't even witnessed this kind of mishap.
I personally have to call bullsh** on the 'astronomical' part of things. I think this description of the numbers is pretty bogus. Someone said that if that were the case, some politicians would have stepped in and tried to do something about it. Since that hasn't happened yet, I'm not too worried.
I think these accidents were caused by some unknowledgeable, inattentive idiot who didn't know what he was doing. This type of person belongs in a padded room, rather than behind a reloading press!
I have not been reloading for a long period of time like many of the readers of this forum. I have been shooting and been in the presence of reloaders for many, many years though. In that time I have been very fortunate not to have seen any of the disasters that the OP has discribed.
This activity of loading or reloading requires a lot of attention to detail, such as many hobbies due. If the reloader is lax or becomes distracted then the results can be disasterous.
If there is only one solution to the complex problem of inattentive and careless reloading practices, it would be trying to educate new reloaders to the possible dangers and steer them in the proper direction to gain the neccessary knowledge.
But astronomical, that is a non-discript number that leads someone to believe the practice of reloading is out of control. If the problems with reloading were that severe I am sure Ralf Nadar or someone from our over controlling government would have stepped in and put a stop to what we are doing.
Please come up with a realistic number of accidents that you are aware of. If those numbers are higher than in most other places, then maybe you should check the gene pool of your area instead of the amount of the powder charge in their cases!"
I have to agree with this post wholeheartedly. I've been reloading for years, I learned from my dad who learned from his dad and so on! My grandfather died a number of years back, but in all his years, dads years and mine behind a press we have yet to have an accident of any kind. No double-charges, no missed charges or anything. I'm the only one to use a progressive press and I still haven't had any of the problems you describe here! I haven't even witnessed this kind of mishap.
I personally have to call bullsh** on the 'astronomical' part of things. I think this description of the numbers is pretty bogus. Someone said that if that were the case, some politicians would have stepped in and tried to do something about it. Since that hasn't happened yet, I'm not too worried.
I think these accidents were caused by some unknowledgeable, inattentive idiot who didn't know what he was doing. This type of person belongs in a padded room, rather than behind a reloading press!