[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by Nostril Cheese
pardon my ignorance (as I am not a gun person) but if I understand correctly, a round fired off as you were making it?

Had a .45-70 round gone off he would not be here to talk about it. This is a fairly large round and can do some damage.

Years ago I shot this caliber alot. Loved taking it to the range. The high power guys were always there shooting away. One shot from the .45-70 and they always stopped anything they were doing and watched. The noise is massive and you can almost watch the round go downrange to the target, its that large.

Viewing the shell that caused this mess does show that the primer was not inserted correctly in the casing. Have never had that happen but then am religious about things like this when reloading. As well I always do reloading alone, no television, eating or ANY other distractions in the area. This can be a lot of fun but also can be very dangerous and can bite very hard if things go wrong.

Agree with "on2wheels52" and it may have been setup at the factory but always should be taken down at home and confirm everything on each setup and each of the stations before using again. The 650 has two pins and a plate that you can pull out with the dies and such so that you can switch calibers easily. Even so I still start from scratch with every change like this, its just not worth assuming anything when reloading.