It happened to me

[Oldschool280]

So After thousands of rounds, i made a mistake and somehow grabbed the reloader 15 instead of reloader 25 for my 257 bee. Fired one round at minimum charge ( thank goodness) and the bolt was locked up something fierce. The rifle appears to be ok. Always look at your bottle twice I know I will for now on!

 

[L.Sherm]

Glad your o.k.
When I'm reloading I have the bottle setting right next to my scale so I can see what powder I'm using.

 

[memtb]

I was loading last night, and suddenly had that "foreboding" feeling.....and took another look at the canister. I was OK....but, it certainly pays to be certain! memtb

 

[Bandit49]

Not the powder goofup but almost as bad. I load and shoot 6mm Rem and .257 Roberts. Went to the range with both rifles and settled down and started with the 6mm. Then put it down and picked up the Roberts. First round not even close to the target, second shot no better and a dust puff off to the left. Puzzled I looked over and wth I was still pulling rounds out of the 6mm box. Yup, the 6mm will chamber and fire in the .257 Roberts because they come from the same cartridge family.

 

[Tidus56]

Not the powder goofup but almost as bad. I load and shoot 6mm Rem and .257 Roberts. Went to the range with both rifles and settled down and started with the 6mm. Then put it down and picked up the Roberts. First round not even close to the target, second shot no better and a dust puff off to the left. Puzzled I looked over and wth I was still pulling rounds out of the 6mm box. Yup, the 6mm will chamber and fire in the .257 Roberts because they come from the same cartridge family.

I put a 6.5 creedmoor through a 257 AI. The round didnt come close and I was confused, when I pulled the cartridge out of the chamber I just shook my head and cussed. I no longer have two type of cartridges on the bench anymore. One rifle at a time for me for now on.

 

[memtb]

Not the powder goofup but almost as bad. I load and shoot 6mm Rem and .257 Roberts. Went to the range with both rifles and settled down and started with the 6mm. Then put it down and picked up the Roberts. First round not even close to the target, second shot no better and a dust puff off to the left. Puzzled I looked over and wth I was still pulling rounds out of the 6mm box. Yup, the 6mm will chamber and fire in the .257 Roberts because they come from the same cartridge family.

Many years ago, I was developing loads for accuracy and velocities....shooting across my chrono. I was shooting two rifles, alternating between the two. I grabbed a .338 WM for my wife's rifle, and fired it in my .375 AI. At the time of ignition, there where two immediate events....substantially less recoil and my chronograph exploded! Overall: not a good morning! .

Same as Bandit49.....never two different calibers on the bench at a time! memtb

 

[Mram10us]

Took my friend out shooting with my 300 rum and edge. I shot two thru and saw they were 6" high at 300 and sounded really weird.... guess what I did? Now I never have more than one box open at a time

 

[lancetkenyon]

Glad your o.k.
When I'm reloading I have the bottle setting right next to my scale so I can see what powder I'm using.

I do the exact same thing. I put 1#ers on top of the autocharger powder column. If it an 8#er, it sits next to it.

 

[Barrelnut]

HATE how Alliant powder canisters all look the same except for the powder number on them!

 

[aushunter1]

Glad your o.k.
When I'm reloading I have the bottle setting right next to my scale so I can see what powder I'm using.

Me to, & make sure its the only bottle on the bench to!

Reloading is one of those things that you have to have 100% concentration for with 0 distractions, plenty of time, not be tired or fatigued & recheck, recheck, recheck & recheck again plus follow a strict process.

Even under those conditions you can make a mistake but hopefully its not life threatening.

I did something recently that surprised me, I was loading 50 rounds of 300wsm for a trip & when I git to the destination & loading the magazine I noticed powder in the MTM box & thought what the hell.
I had not put primers in 5 cases, even though I count the exact number of primers to number of rounds I am making into my hand priming tool & move unprimed case from a block/tray into a new one once primed.

It turns out I only fired 1 shot that trip but anyway still not happy with myself about that mistake!!

 

[del2les]

Glad your o.k.
When I'm reloading I have the bottle setting right next to my scale so I can see what powder I'm using.

Yep. Best practice, and never have more then one on the bench.

 

[KyCarl]

On my Mec 9000 shotgun loader I have a label on the powder tube.
Kept me straight...

 

[Liberator]

Same here. I made up tags from light cardboard and a sharpie for each powder I use and attach it to the powder column with a rubber band. The powder also sets next to the powder dispenser , and it's the only one on the bench. Haven't had a problem yet, but I'm getting on in age.

 

[YZ-80]

Not the powder goofup but almost as bad. I load and shoot 6mm Rem and .257 Roberts. Went to the range with both rifles and settled down and started with the 6mm. Then put it down and picked up the Roberts. First round not even close to the target, second shot no better and a dust puff off to the left. Puzzled I looked over and wth I was still pulling rounds out of the 6mm box. Yup, the 6mm will chamber and fire in the .257 Roberts because they come from the same cartridge family.

Same story but with a .22-250 and a .243, years ago. I chambered a .22-250 round in my .243 but thankfully, I realized what I had done when the bolt cammed down with less resistance. From that point on, only 1 box of reloads on the bench per matched rifle!