Mossberg 500...now a parts gun...

[Sonnypie]

I don't think that is the right way to disassemble your shotgun, Vern.

Glad you weren't hurt. Guns can be replaced, people can't.

Welcome to the human race! I bet you don't soon forget this.

[JIMinPHX]

Thanks for posting. We all need a little reminder once in a while. This is dangerous stuff that we are fooling with here. I am very happy to learn from the mistakes of others, rather than make them myself.

To date, my worst reloading mistake has been a batch of poorly seated primers (knock on wood). I try hard to avoid the day that I commit a worse error, but I have no illusions about being immune from that kind of thing.

Glad that you weren't seriously injured.

Thanks again for the warning,
Jim

[nanuk]

Anyone familiar with this type of notched beam scale should know that a casual (OOPSIE) "Somehow I bumped the weighted indicator on the scale " bump will not make the poise jump four notches on the beam.

Still, I am glad that a major hurt was not received.

I'm pretty sure it has happened to me. I can't remember the specifics, but one bump moved the 10's weight several (4?) notches.... easily enough to cause an issue

[nanuk]

We Learn from the Mistakes of others,

Cause we'd never live long enough to make them all ourselves!

[turbo1889]

80 grains of HS-6 !!!!!!

Talk about making the hair on the back of my neck stand on edge !!!!!!

[speedjunkies]

Old post but a good one for all to see.
Wow

[diehard]

Wow....retro flashback. I've probably loaded and shot a few thousand slugs since then, and no bad news to report. Probably because I check every load twice now....a good education doesn't come cheap .!

Thanks for the kind words and concern. I really do appreciate it.
diehard

[ErikO]

Thank goodness that you're ok! That's proof that you're supposed to be here a bit longer yet.

I'll be putting those pics over my reloading bench, just in case I ever decide to 'go faster' or something equally as dumb.

[phatman]

Diehard,
If I'm not mistaken, the bolt held in your gun. the bolt in a 500 is much weaker than the barrel.
Some one was watching over you my friend.

Cheers, John

[diehard]

John,
There was no doubt that God was looking out for me on that day. I found the bolt in the back of the range shack after it had put a dent in a board on the back wall. Considering I had a good cheek-to- stock weld, well....it was close for sure.

[Airborne Falcon]

Wow $#!+ happens ... you sure are one lucky ex-Drill.

This thread is probably going to push me over the top of being doubly anal retentive with my reloading. I'm already measuring with electronic scales and hand-dumping all my charges ... figuring nothing requires such a hurry as to do anything the fast way anymore. So much for progressives. I'll probably never use one again.

[muskeg13]

Two observations:

What published loading data were you using? I believe the "12 ga Load Data" booklet has a published overload when you compare the same load to what is in the Lyman Shotshell manual. I'm not at home now to give the specific load, but it's always best to cross reference when you can.

When I first started reloading I also had a .45ACP oveload using a bar scale by mistaking the full grain and tenths adjustments. No injury except for brass fragments in my cheek. Fortunately, I was wearing shooting glasses (they have saved my eyesight twice). The moral is to know how to use your equipment, particularly when assembling max loads. When I got a digital scale, I never used the bar scale again.

[Lloyd Smale]

Im glad your not hurt and will say that if you reload enough ammo or reload long enough and a mistake wil eventualy be made. most of us get luck and nothing major happens but i doubt theres to many people who have loaded as much as I have through the years that havent made a major mistake at one time that could have caused something like this. At least your buck up and admit it. Unlike some that will swear some mythical thing happened like detonation because they were so good they couldnt make a mistake. We used to say the same about being an electrical lineman. If you did it for 30 years and didnt have a few close calls with death you probably were hiding most days and not doing your job.

[machinisttx]

That sucks, but on the bright side, mossy 500's are cheap.

[eniku40]

Just getting into reloading so this is a timely reminder to remain attentive.

[CaptRob]

+1 that ...ouch!