Never Shoot Someone Else's Handloads

[BillsCamino]

 

[Nuke And Juke]

Wait a sec...The math aint mathing...

Using Hodggon Reloading site for H4350...It says 143Gr ELD-X for 6.5 Creedmore has a min of 35.9 to max 41.8 giving pressures of 44,700 to 61,200 respectively with OAL 2.800. I do question the 2.730 OAL and that may contribute to more pressure but I cant imagine that it would destroy a rifle like that.

That being said...none of these loads based on what you provided would have had that type of detrimental failure...provided it is H4350.

There has to be more to the story...

 

[EMC45]

Correct. Never shoot anyone elses reloads. Ever.

 

[87KJH]

Something similar happened to a friend several years ago.
He purchased a large quantity of reloading components and a few reloads at an estate sale.
He knew the risk, but attempted to shoot a few of the reloads.
He shot several boxes without issue, but one box was significantly overcharged or the incorrect powder.
He was not injured, but there was damage to his firearm.

 

[EMC45]

I bought a Ruger SP101 .32 magnum years back when I lived in GA (may have been off this site, not sure) It came with Dillon dies (sold them) bullets (loaded and shot them) and a huge bag of loaded ammo. Hundreds of rounds of ammo. Had the data written right on the bag of powder and bullet/primer etc. I used my Frankford inertia hammer and broke every last one of the rounds down. EVERYONE of them. I even broke my hammer and had to get another one from Amazon because I tore down so many rounds. I melted all the bullets down and re-cast them and dumped the powder in the trash. I resized the .32 magnum Starline brass without the decapping pin present and trimmed to length all the brass. If I had to guess it was around 500 rounds of ammo maybe.

 

[Russ-T]

Wait a sec...The math aint mathing...

Using Hodggon Reloading site for H4350...It says 143Gr ELD-X for 6.5 Creedmore has a min of 35.9 to max 41.8 giving pressures of 44,700 to 61,200 respectively with OAL 2.800. I do question the 2.730 OAL and that may contribute to more pressure but I cant imagine that it would destroy a rifle like that.

That being said...none of these loads based on what you provided would have had that type of detrimental failure...provided it is H4350.

There has to be more to the story...

There a couple factors. Powder lot, temp, but mostly case capacity.

Starline brass is generally a little thicker which gives a smaller case capacity. That will drive pressures higher.

Add to that, the variation in charges and you have a problem.

This particular cartridge had to be over 80k. The base of the case was completely molded to the bolt face. I’ll post more pics later today.

 

[MILSURP Collector]

Yeah I never shoot someone else's reloads.

 

[mfoster]

My buddy loaded for me for over 30 years never a hiccup I trust his as much as factory.sorry you experienced it.
He told me he locks himself in loading room away from all outside activity so he had no extraction.he also loads each load individually.said he don’t trust them powder droppers.measures,and pours each casing.

 

[fast306stang]

I have an uncle that reloads, he is getting up in years (78-79 yrs old) and has always been overly anal about his reloads. I visited him last year and he gave me about 150 rounds of .45 and 150 rounds of 9mm. As I was walking out the door he said "By the way, you should use those for target practice, I realized after I spent the day reloading rounds that I forgot to put powder in some of them!" LOL. Needless to say, the rounds he gave me are in pristine unfired condition!

You could probably weigh them with a precision scale to find the empty ones.

But, I still might would pass on firing them lol

 

[Waveraider308]

Never shoot anyone else’s hand loads or drink their moonshine until you’ve seen them drink it first.