Pulling bullets and compressed powder really hard to remove

[crkckr]

A drop tube will work with any type of powder, the longer the tube, the better!
Cheers,
crkckr

 

[Eric Musgrove]

My first question is:
When your working up a load, why did you load so many? Work up 1 load at a time in increasing small increments and test each load after 4 or 5 shots with the increasing loads until you find what your looking for. Record keeping is a must and serves as your Bible my friend.

I guess your either shooting at home or your trip to the range is much shorter than mine. Yes I learned long ago to keep good records, seems like the older I get the more details I right down.

 

[Lenny Foffa]

I have never seen that before. I would use a dental pick and pick the powder out , Perhaps a bit less powder????

 

[Eric Musgrove]

I have never seen that before. I would use a dental pick and pick the powder out , Perhaps a bit less powder????

Loads were below max, but yeah very odd to me, that powder is very different looking that anything I have seen before. It not really a ball powder, its like a round disk that but is thicker looking than what I have seen in say pistol or shotgun powder, like they smashed ball powder out like pancake shaped. They also like to cling together.

 

[Lenny Foffa]

Eric, Just for the sake of scientific Curiosity, I would remove all powder from the case and weigh it ON ANOTHER SCALE, not the one you used when you loaded the case. I would GUESS, that there was more powder in that case than you might have originally thought!! If your scale was off, and the seating of the bullet caused this incredible compression. I would take the time to re trace all the steps, just for my own education, and piece of mind! Just a thought !!

 

[Eric Musgrove]

Eric, Just for the sake of scientific Curiosity, I would remove all powder from the case and weigh it ON ANOTHER SCALE, not the one you used when you loaded the case. I would GUESS, that there was more powder in that case than you might have originally thought!! If your scale was off, and the seating of the bullet caused this incredible compression. I would take the time to re trace all the steps, just for my own education, and piece of mind! Just a thought !!

Lenny I was thinking that same thing, and did check them, they were all what I had marked the case with using sharpie. I just moved on to H4350 and if the **** wind quits blowing will head back to the range in the am.

 

[Ken61]

I use a small scredriver. Twist it around then the case tumbler,no media.

 

[Grizzman47]

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Eric, Just for the sake of scientific Curiosity, I would remove all powder from the case and weigh it ON ANOTHER SCALE, not the one you used when you loaded the case. I would GUESS, that there was more powder in that case than you might have originally thought!! If your scale was off, and the seating of the bullet caused this incredible compression. I would take the time to re trace all the steps, just for my own education, and piece of mind! Just a thought !!

Nope......it's quite common. I just scraped some out a couple days ago.

 

[VinceMule]

A dental pick works well, but a large paper clip straightened works very well, put a 1/8" hook on the tip.

 

[Lenny Foffa]

Good Luck and Good shooting ,Eric!!!