I've been reloading 308 rounds with Lapua 155 Scenars I've got a while ago on forums.gunboards.com - before I was Lapua distributor myself. These bullets were collecting dust in my drawer for about a year, as I was mostly shooting 168gr Sierra Matchkings. Now that I am thinking about competing in F class, I decided to try 155s out.

Normally, I do not weigh every bullet, but these coming second hand I decided to do it just to be safe. Lo and behold - one bullet turned out to be 175gr. Since the load was close to the maximum for 155, it would have been way, way over for 175.

While I don't think it would be enough to make the rifle explode, but still... never hurts to be extra cautious.

Wow, good catch.

Check check check

Reloading is serious business! That little extra bit of safety goes a long way!

Oh man, I've been there. I had a buddy dump about 300 bullets on me for my 10mm since he was moving out of state. I weighed them all, and there was one small batch of about 20 that were completely different than the others. Like someone else said... check, check, check.

Good work, solyanik. You can't be too careful.

I had someone give me some 9mm Makarov bullets recently, and I went through and sorted them . . . and there were a few of different shapes and weights.

Ummm, should I weigh the Scenars I'm buying from you? :)

Good thing you caught it or your rifle might end up looking like the guy who was using a laser bore sighter to set up his chronograph and forgot to remove it. Split the whole barrel. Didn't do much good for the bore sighter either. I wonder if he got a speed on the bore sighter as it passed through the chronograph

(This happened at Kenmore recently)

For bench safety I treat bullets like I do powder. Only one open box at a time on the bench. When changing powder or bullets I close the containers and put them away before I bring out a different one.

That sounds smart. I've never seen that advice regarding bullets before . . . but it makes a lot of sense.

I load a lot of bullets that look almost exactly the same. Same shape, color, just slightly different lengths.

As "Soly" pointed out, if one's at the max for a light bullet the results could be the same when substituting a heavy bullet as that of using the wrong powder.

Another important message. Even if you don't blow up the rifle after shooting a "screw up round", it may set a chain of events in motion. Kind of like bending a piece of metal. It may not break after the first bend but cracks can begin to form that will cause failure in the future.

Unlike the guy I bought my Scenars, I am a Lapua distributor, and I get these directly from the importer.

But I cannot guarantee 0 errors in the Lapua manufacturing process, or against criminal negligence by the shipper/warehouse workers - only that (a) the supply chain with me is a bit shoter than usualy, and (b) once they got to me, the bullets have not been tampered with.

So I won't discourage you from being as cautious as possible.

Regards,

sergey

The packages I get from Nosler are all now shrink wrapped with some real tough film. Chances of tampering after the factory puts this stuff on is pretty remote.

As for Lapua, do they still offer the D46 in 30 cal? If so, weights and prices?