"I'm all in favour of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Lets start with typewriters." - Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
I picked up the powder today and made my first rounds for testing, 25 each from the .43, .46 & .49 apertures on the loading disk which is about 0.27g to 0.30g in weight. Each round was measured with the vernier and tested in the chamber. I expect that will reduce in frequency with familiarity.
I'll test them tomorrow and decide which I'll stick with, but I have to say I really enjoyed the process of making them, and I am really grateful for the fantastic help and support you guys have given me.
Thankyou all!
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Better to measure and record powder charges by weight in grains to one decimal place or to at least 3 decimal places in grammes. Those volumetric measures will not deliver the same weight for different powders.
That's for next time
ENJOY tomorrow.
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Looking at the pic, your primer seating depth looks a bit inconsistent. They should be below flush with the case head. Of course it could be the lighting in the photo, but worth keeping in mind.
Perhaps you did not give enough pressure when seating, or as you say the pocket was dirty preventing the primer from seating properly. Difficult to say without pulling the bullet and attempting to reseat it, or pop the primer out and see what else could be preventing it. Do not try this while there is a bullet and powder in there
This is why I like to hand prime - I can check each one and you get a feel for how well the primer went in.