makes you want to cry

[Blanket]

was cranking out 9mm on my Dillon SQD this morning and the powder measure retaining screw backed off flipping a full measure of powder on the bench and floor. Dang

[Winger Ed.]

Wow.
I'd get all the easy stuff first,,,,, then get out a magnifying glass and tweezers for the rest.

[Blanket]

it went everywhere

[ryanmattes]

I messed up and grabbed the wrong bucket of boolets. I was on a roll, so I had 200 loaded before I realized that they were unsized boolets and wouldn't chamber properly. Had to pull them all with an inertia puller, because I couldn't find a collet for my puller die available anywhere.

I reclaimed the primed cases and as much powder as I could, but a whole lot went on the garage floor. Too much other crap down there to save most of what scattered on the floor. Man, it hurt burning that dustpan off. Probably a dozen or two pistol loads worth.

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[Winger Ed.]

it went everywhere


Not to make light of it,,,, but-
Bring a sandwich, and something to drink.
It sounds like you're going to be there awhile.

I had a smaller event like that happen to me one time.
I got up as much clean stuff as I could with 2 business cards.

Then raked up as much of the 'not so clean' powder and moved it across a sheet of paper with a card.
I was sorting out the dirt and moving the good stuff on across.
I looked like a junkie arranging his cocaine.

[Blanket]

Swept it up and turned it into fertilizer

[Winger Ed.]

That reminds me of a story an old friend would tell:

When he was a kid, and his parents were at work, him and his buddies would sometimes get into mischief---
like cutting shotgun shells apart.
One time the powder from a couple got loose, and landed in his bedroom carpet.
For a 12 year old kid, its no big deal. Scatter it around, and nobody will notice.

A day or so later, the maid came in, and was using one of those old vacuum cleaners--
the kind where you can see the sparks on the motor brushes in the back end of them.

There was a muffled 'boom'. Then he heard the maid call his Mom on the phone, "Ma'am,,, the vacuum cleaner blew up"!
Later on, his Dad came home, got the story, went straight to him,
"I don't know where you got some gunpowder, but it better not be from my shotgun shells".

[ioon44]

You could use a shop vac with a cloth over the hose to collect the powder and drop it in a pan after you shut the vac off.

[mdi]

This is one reason I try to keep my bench and floor under my reloading spot clean; no dirt, spent primers, target debris, (I shoot my air rifle in my shop), and not too much dust, so I can sweep up any spills...

[Blanket]

This is one reason I try to keep my bench and floor under my reloading spot clean; no dirt, spent primers, target debris, (I shoot my air rifle in my shop), and not too much dust, so I can sweep up any spills... Good for you, my motto is if it leaves the measure it is fertilizer . Mine is swept and cleaned frequently but if you ever run a progressive press there is debris

[dale2242]

I have a large reminder sign on the wall behind my Hornady Auto Charge to close the spout after emptying the hopper.

[ryanmattes]

I have a large reminder sign on the wall behind my Hornady Auto Charge to close the spout after emptying the hopper.Yeah, I've done that twice. In the top, out the bottom. But I always start with cleaning my bench, so I was able to save all but a few random flakes. That's a forehead slapper though.

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