Why you don't use someone elses reloads

[babelt]

[babelt]

Stole this from facebook. Some guy apparently was using a friends reloads and this was the result. 

[whitewolf001]

Ouch... :ugh:

[Guest semiautots]

That's a $600 paperweight. 

[gregintenn]

Do you know any details about it? Looks like a case full of Bullseye or something similar.

[Raoul]

I saw that also. Must've been a triple load. Kinda like the reloader thought he had to fill the .38 case with powder.

[whitewolf001]

I saw that also. Must've been a triple load. Kinda like the reloader thought he had to fill the .38 case with powder.

 

You mean you don't?  :whistle:

[musicman]

At least somebody didn't destroy a nice pre-lock. :-/

[mikegideon]

I saw that also. Must've been a triple load. Kinda like the reloader thought he had to fill the .38 case with powder.

 

Or a squib, followed by a good 'un

[No_0ne]

"Why you don't use someone elses reloads"

 

... because it's someone else's reloads ...

[glowdotGlock]

Dayum!

[hipower]

I know we are all trusting to a fault...heck we trust commercially loaded ammo. And occasionally it can and will happen with one of them as well. But the "average" reloader... soo much can go wrong with the novice, and even the guy who's been doing it for years. It is miraculous that it doesn't happen more often.

 

And I'm not casting doubts or blame on anyone. Just saying it can happen.

 

I have a lot of old ammo my dad loaded years ago. I also have some commercial reloads as well. Do I sometimes think this could happen? Yes...it does cross my mind.

[NRA]

What kills me is people still forward these pictures and blame it on bad ammo from China

[Guest Lowbuster]

Stole this from facebook. Some guy apparently was using a friends reloads and this was the result.

This musta been a plus pp load cause thTs probably what the shooter did.

[frankmako]

I been reloading for years. Many friends have asked me to load some for them. I tell them that I don't shoot other people's reloads and they should not too. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

[Dolomite_supafly]

Not a story about someone else's reloads but about a guy I met shooting his own at Norris. He had been having some problems with his AR so I offered to take a look. When you pulled the trigger it would not fire, almost like it was on safe. I looked down inside the receiver and there was a primer that was in the bottom. I didn't think anything about it and shook it out. I told him he had a primer under his trigger and that was causing the problem. Knowing brass primer pockets can get loose over time I asked how many times the brass had been reloaded. He said he had no clue but he has been using the same brass for a long time. Next I asked him how much powder he was using. His reply, I swear, was "to the top". I asked what he meant and he said he would fill the case to the top of the case mouth then seat the bullet. At first I thought he was joking but he was serious. Then I thought that maybe the measured charge came to the top so I asked how much it weighed and he said he doesn't weigh the powder, just fill the case up. I told him he is lucky he hasn't hurt himself and he acted like I had insulted him.

 

When I got there I had my wife throw a bunch of clays on a bank past the 100 yard line. As I was shooting I guess I hit a couple of this guys clays. Same guy got extremely upset and yelled at me about shooting his clays. I apologized and put a stack of clays on his bench. Then he had to complain about the walk out there. I was on my crutches that I use to walk and he said I had no clue what kind of inconvenience it was to have to walk 100 yards. I chuckled and left.

[Glenn]

Not a story about someone else's reloads but about a guy I met shooting his own at Norris. He had been having some problems with his AR so I offered to take a look. When you pulled the trigger it would not fire, almost like it was on safe. I looked down inside the receiver and there was a primer that was in the bottom. I didn't think anything about it and shook it out. I told him he had a primer under his trigger and that was causing the problem. Knowing brass primer pockets can get loose over time I asked how many times the brass had been reloaded. He said he had no clue but he has been using the same brass for a long time. Next I asked him how much powder he was using. His reply, I swear, was "to the top". I asked what he meant and he said he would fill the case to the top of the case mouth then seat the bullet. At first I thought he was joking but he was serious. Then I thought that maybe the measured charge came to the top so I asked how much it weighed and he said he doesn't weigh the powder, just fill the case up. I told him he is lucky he hasn't hurt himself and he acted like I had insulted him.

 

When I got there I had my wife throw a bunch of clays on a bank past the 100 yard line. As I was shooting I guess I hit a couple of this guys clays. Same guy got extremely upset and yelled at me about shooting his clays. I apologized and put a stack of clays on his bench. Then he had to complain about the walk out there. I was on my crutches that I use to walk and he said I had no clue what kind of inconvenience it was to have to walk 100 yards. I chuckled and left.

 

 

 

 

 

 Some folks need to have one blow up in  their face

Edited April 11, 2014 by Glenn

[Jonnin]

it almost looks like one or more rounds went off in the cylinder at the same time.  A single round, even double charged, to split both the cylinder and the strap like that.... ?  And a barrel obstruction?  does not seem to fit that much destruction.   

[z0mbies fear me]

Timing/lockup may have been off that can cause an explosion real quick.

[whitewolf001]

Not a story about someone else's reloads but about a guy I met shooting his own at Norris. He had been having some problems with his AR so I offered to take a look. When you pulled the trigger it would not fire, almost like it was on safe. I looked down inside the receiver and there was a primer that was in the bottom. I didn't think anything about it and shook it out. I told him he had a primer under his trigger and that was causing the problem. Knowing brass primer pockets can get loose over time I asked how many times the brass had been reloaded. He said he had no clue but he has been using the same brass for a long time. Next I asked him how much powder he was using. His reply, I swear, was "to the top". I asked what he meant and he said he would fill the case to the top of the case mouth then seat the bullet. At first I thought he was joking but he was serious. Then I thought that maybe the measured charge came to the top so I asked how much it weighed and he said he doesn't weigh the powder, just fill the case up. I told him he is lucky he hasn't hurt himself and he acted like I had insulted him.

 

When I got there I had my wife throw a bunch of clays on a bank past the 100 yard line. As I was shooting I guess I hit a couple of this guys clays. Same guy got extremely upset and yelled at me about shooting his clays. I apologized and put a stack of clays on his bench. Then he had to complain about the walk out there. I was on my crutches that I use to walk and he said I had no clue what kind of inconvenience it was to have to walk 100 yards. I chuckled and left.

You sir, just described the textbook definition of a 'Douchenozzle'.

[Patton]

it almost looks like one or more rounds went off in the cylinder at the same time. A single round, even double charged, to split both the cylinder and the strap like that.... ? And a barrel obstruction? does not seem to fit that much destruction.

That is exactly what I thought, chainfire, the only thing is someone is not showing the rest of the exploded cases.

[TM01]

 Some folks need to have one blow up in  their face

Some folks are born with stupid all over there faces and it will never come off.  Unfortunately we have to wait for nature at times to fix this inherent flaw in the system and thin the herd.  Sorry you had to deal with that, but glad you handled it like a champ.

Edited May 5, 2014 by TM01

[Hershmeister]

Why i only use powder which, if i accidentally double charge, will always overflow the case. Bullseye scares the crap out of me

[Tempest455]

There are a few people who's reloads (or more accurately handloads) I would not hesitate to use.

 

Those would be the exceptions.

[KKing]

There are only a couple people in this world I can think of I would trust enough to shoot their reloads. I've often wondered about commercial reloads though. Never tried any, and don't really plan to, but the cheaper price can be tempting at times