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Unread 03-12-2020, 03:02 PM   #1
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wow-

glad there was no damage -

I do not reload near as much as most - but when I do, i always throw and measure a few loads to be sure everything is working

but - it would make more sense to empty the powder back into the factory bottle when its going to sit unused



once more good safety idea for a potentially dangerous passtime
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This post makes me glad that I use a MEC Sizemaster. Since I have to move the shell manually, an almost double charge of powder would have caused the shot column be noticeably higher, when moving the shell to the crimping stations, and would have been seen prior to pre crimping. I doubt any of my guns would have been undamaged by the load your Model 21 digested.
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Frank, that possibly always was in the back of my mind using a progressive machine , I now use single stage most of the time ,can't happen, same drop tube for shot and powder, if there is a hangup you can't miss the mess it makes.
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That is kind of scary Frank but using a MEC 9000 and Extra lite powder I've never experienced that problem. That M21 can certainly handle that but I can't for the life of me explain why that happened. Thank God you are safe.
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