Same person who ''blended' powder not long ago?!
Live round stuck in body die.
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Stevie/P
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Come on guys give the man a break no need to rub it in we’ve all done daft things I’m sure he’s very embarrassed let’s just leave it.
Its true that ! Find me a person who has never done something really dumb and i will show you a big fat liar .
There is a note in most loading manuals about not starting the process when your not with it so much that day or fatigued or have had a drink or two .
There is a few things i would not do though and cutting live ammo out of a die is definitely one of them !
Look up redding body die. They are open at both ends so you could put a live round in easily if you wanted to.So ok - do share. How and why did you get a live round stuck in a die and which die was it?
I know a fella who fifty years ago that started reloading twelve bore cartridges. He used to shoot at fifty skeet targets every Sunday morning. So he'd be out galavanting on Saturday night until about 11-30 pm then remember that he needed to reload for the following morning. He was living at home with his parents and use the tiny garden shed as his reloading room. Unfortunately there was no electricity to the shed but being the sort of problem solver he was, after a cigarette and a think, ah candles that's a good idea and that's what he did. The other thing with candles he found was if you can't get a good crimp seal a couple of drips of candle wax did the job. I'm not recommended this practice that this fella did by the way, anyway I need to be off now the ringing noises in my ears has started again. 
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Foxyboy43
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That’s funny!I remember hearing about a fella fifty years ago that started reloading twelve bore cartridges. He used to shoot at fifty skeet targets every Sunday morning. So he'd be out galavanting on Saturday night until about 11-30 pm then remember that he needed to reload for the following morning. He was living at home with his parents and use the tiny garden shed as his reloading room. Unfortunately there was no electricity to the shed but being the sort of problem solver he was, after a cigarette and a think, ah candles that's a good idea and that's what he did. The other thing with candles he found was if you can't get a good crimp seal a couple of drips of candle wax did the job. I'm not recommended this practice that this fella did by the way, anyway I need to be off the ringing noises in my ears has started again.
I think dripping melted candle wax onto the crimp closure of home-loaded shotgun shells was common practice, wasn't it?I know a fella who fifty years ago that started reloading twelve bore cartridges. He used to shoot at fifty skeet targets every Sunday morning. So he'd be out galavanting on Saturday night until about 11-30 pm then remember that he needed to reload for the following morning. He was living at home with his parents and use the tiny garden shed as his reloading room. Unfortunately there was no electricity to the shed but being the sort of problem solver he was, after a cigarette and a think, ah candles that's a good idea and that's what he did. The other thing with candles he found was if you can't get a good crimp seal a couple of drips of candle wax did the job. I'm not recommended this practice that this fella did by the way, anyway I need to be off now the ringing noises in my ears has started again.
Just to add the skeet ground where I / he went to, used to flood on a regular basis and all the plaswads would wash up in big clumps. So I/ he would fish them out with a landing net and reload them too, recycling before recycling was invented.I know a fella who fifty years ago that started reloading twelve bore cartridges. He used to shoot at fifty skeet targets every Sunday morning. So he'd be out galavanting on Saturday night until about 11-30 pm then remember that he needed to reload for the following morning. He was living at home with his parents and use the tiny garden shed as his reloading room. Unfortunately there was no electricity to the shed but being the sort of problem solver he was, after a cigarette and a think, ah candles that's a good idea and that's what he did. The other thing with candles he found was if you can't get a good crimp seal a couple of drips of candle wax did the job. I'm not recommended this practice that this fella did by the way, anyway I need to be off now the ringing noises in my ears has started again.
Kind of interesting to see the reactions here. Running a loaded round into a body die isn't that big of a deal. I've done it a few times when the brass didn't have the shoulder bumped back enough to chamber in a rifle. Just lube the cases, and it isn't a problem. It's one of the reasons why they were made.
I suspect the key words in your response are; 'just lube the case ......' You have to wonder if the OP forgot this step given that he managed to get it stuck hard enough for the press to tear the rim off.
Yes, I know that trick too!It certainly was.
As an aside I have a very vague recollection of the practice of opening the shotgun shell crimp and dripping candle wax on the shot - the idea was to create a slug. Can’t remember the outcome - probably through self-induced shock….
Also done with rock salt and rice (instead of shot).Just checked on t’internet - apparently known as a “thug slug”.
Nice.
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