Can't believe I did it...

[Lane]

Originally Posted by douglas_knott

What kind of press do you use lane?

I use a Dillon 550... but, I'm starting to wonder about what happened.

When I first started reloading I had a squib - it made a much louder "bang" and the bullet went into the barrel. On both of these, the sound wasn't much more than a dry fire - and the bullet barely engages the riflings. I put a cleaning rod with a jag down though the muzzel end, and a few taps with the brass mallet knocked 'em loose.

Looking at the bottom of the bullet that came out, it was covered with crusty gunk - that sort of looked like gun powder. I don't remember inspecting the bullet from my first squib - but I do remember that getting the bullet out was much more difficult.

Is it possible that the primer was bad? Could a primer fire enough to fire the bullet without igniting the powder? Could there be a problem with the powder? Should I stop cutting the powder with sawdust?

I'm starting to second guess that there might be something else at issue here.

Lane