Quite often we hash out Reduced Loads

[sicero]

I want to tell you something more dangerous in my opinion. Loading an empty. When loading reduced loads I always weigh all loaded rounds after they are loaded. Looking for the obvious "double charge". I loaded a couple hundred rounds just before we left to go P Dogn and since the were full charge loads, I didn't weigh them. How it happened, I don't know but I seated a bullet with no powder charge. When we were seated at the bench PDs everywhere, a round in the chamber. I set the trigger and the trigger tripped but the round didn't go off. I opened the bolt and there was an empty in the action. Did I forget, in the heat of action to reload? That of course was the obvious answer. Just put a loaded round in and get back to business. WOAH now. Pull the bolt and look down the bore. Can't see thru the bore so I run the cleaning rod thru and knock a bullet out. The primer pushed the bullet out of the case and into the bore. I don't know if a loaded round would have gone in behind it or not. Use of the set trigger added to the problem, no doubt as did hearing protection. It couldn't happen to you of course. It also couldn't happen to me. It woun't be as likely to happen to me. Kenny