Thread: And the “dumbest mistake while reloading” prize goes to…

Originally Posted by Missalot

Sitting here feeling a little sorry for myself… chipping away sizing some 223 brass. 50 odd cases in thinking I was doing pretty well. Then managed to leave my finger on top of the brass case as I slid it into the shell holder, whilst pulling on the leaver with my other hand. Result was a neat .224 sized whole cut in the bottom of finger and small but deep puncture in the top of finger from decaping pin. Not to mention more squealing than I’d like to admit and some choice language as well.

Got me thinking, surely that’s not the worst someone has done amongst all you fine folk?

I have done the same but my finger only got ‘neck sized’. Not ‘full length sized’.

From memory, it was during projectile seating too. So maybe the correct analogy is that my finger only got seated ‘to the first cannelure’


On the plus side, with a small .224 sized hole in your finger, it could make a handy place to store a spare pellet if you shoot air rifles.