Went to reload the .357 Magnums tonight. Ended up just getting the dies set up again and then pulled a bunch of old bullets someone had given me a while back instead.
It was kind of fun popping the primers (couldn't use the cases and I'm too chicken to deprime live primers) since I didn't want to throw live ones in the trash. Scared the heck out of the Mrs.
Then I had to burn the powder. You'd think with the big BOOM the gun makes that gun powder would make for a more exciting burn, but it doesn't. It just kind of fizzles. This is why I laugh at people who think smokeless powder is akin to some sort of bomb. It can be dangerous, no doubt about that, but it's not an explosive.
Anyway, hope to get 100 rounds loaded. One small glitch is irritating me (the powder measure can only be set to throw too low or too high for what I'm wanting) but I'll get over it.
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Sunday, May 13, 2007 10:32 PM