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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2974971" data-attributes="member: 5412">Your correct. There is such a variation of brass weights due to different manufacturers specifications that its impossible. In my .45 I was loading away on the progressive, and in the corner of my eye caught the powder measure going up and down when a case came through its station. I stopped, corrected the issue, and took the last hundred rounds out of the run and weighed them to determine how many may have not got a charge. Got several light ones, and broke them down to find zero or little powder in the case. Felt pretty confident that I'd found any, but the next day at a match, had two squibs, and took myself out of the match for the rest of the day. Getting home, broke down the rest of the ammo and found several other empty or almost empty cases.Then measured brass weight. I was amazed at the difference in .45 brass per different manufacturer.  2 things learned. One, don't be distracted at the loader by anything. I was in the shop with the stereo blaring, and lost my concentration on what I was doing. 2, put an eyeball or use a powder cop die on every load to establish there is actually powder in the case. It might slow one down a bit, but it sure does make one more comfortable at the range knowing a squib is never going to happen due to the loader inattention. Been years since that incident and has never got out of my mind since shooting thousands of reloaded pistol rounds a year with zero squibs. Those progressive's can lull one into being complacent after a long stretch on the handle.</blockquote>

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