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 Made my first couple blunders last night. 
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Finally got around to sitting down at the press to roll out some boxes of rounds. Started off sorta crappy. I verified the change in powder load and that only took a couple slight adjustments. I put my dies in and stick in the first case. Pull the lever and it feels like a small case in the sizer, no big deal. I go to prime, and it didnt feel right, so I take out the case. What do you know? It still had a old primer. I sit there for a second thinking WTF?? Then it dons on me. I swapped the positions of the decapper and seater dies! OOPS! So basically I bent the decapping pin, and the end threads on the rod. Took a dremmel tool and a punch to get the old pin out. I had to bennd the end of the decapping rod too, but was able to straighten the thread so everything is back to normal.

I also had my shell plate loose because I had to file the dent the decapping pin made in my frame. I forgot to tighten it when I was readjusting the decapping die and got the press all bound up with a shell in the sizing die, but the shell plate loose. Getting it unstuck I just about cut my retaining spring in 2 pieces. x_x

Once I got those small things sorted I was able to get moving. Out of 400 rounds I had 1 projectile go in crooked and crush the case and peel the plating. I also had 2-3 no primes where I just forgot I think.

What stupid things have you done getting started?

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:-bd You have just lost your virginity. :-bd It happens even after years of reloading. You are intelligent enough to recognize and correct the problem. Carry on my friend it will get better.

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I made one of those mistakes once; I decided to decap in station 1, and size in station 2. Well, I figured I didn't need to remove the decapping pin from the sizing die -- after all, who cares if the case gets "decapped" twice??

Well, I started to care the first time I pulled the handle and heard the "crunch" as the second decapping pin (in station 2) hit the subplate, and broke not only the decapping pin but also the expander. :(

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Thanks Jim! Glad to know even the best do this..

So Steve, you have a little dimple like me in the sub plate?

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olydemon wrote:
So Steve, you have a little dimple like me in the sub plate?


A little one, yeah. :oops:


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In this hobby, if you don't leak blood and can count all your fingers and parts after a mistake, it really isn't a blunder.

Better to make one like this and heighten your awareness than to make one that has dire consequences.

Load On b-)

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