Introductions: I'm fairly new to reloading, and have a limited budget.
My reloading procedure begins:
Deprime
Clean Primer Pockets
Anneal
Steel Wool
Soap and Water
Dry
Inspect
My annealing tools are a blowtorch and drill.
While annealing, I had a mishap that sounded like a firecracker went off. My first thought was a primer fired, but I had cleaned the primer pockets, so WTH? Most of this brass has been reloaded and fired 5 times, but a few shells were new ammo fired only for their brass (Lapua .223).
I stopped what I was doing, washed the brass, and then after it dried completed annealing.
Any idea of what happened? Dust? Moisture? Unfired Powder? Impure Brass?
Thanks.
My reloading procedure begins:
Deprime
Clean Primer Pockets
Anneal
Steel Wool
Soap and Water
Dry
Inspect
My annealing tools are a blowtorch and drill.
While annealing, I had a mishap that sounded like a firecracker went off. My first thought was a primer fired, but I had cleaned the primer pockets, so WTH? Most of this brass has been reloaded and fired 5 times, but a few shells were new ammo fired only for their brass (Lapua .223).
I stopped what I was doing, washed the brass, and then after it dried completed annealing.
Any idea of what happened? Dust? Moisture? Unfired Powder? Impure Brass?
Thanks.
