Man, I'm such a putz sometimes!
Was loading on my 550, and wanted to make an adjustment on one of the dies. After I adjusted, I went on my merry way, and realized that my powder bar wasn't actuating. The result is that I have about 15 cartridges with no powder in them. The bigger problem is that they're mixed in with about 300 rounds of reloads.
How can I determine which loads have powder and which ones don't? I have weighed some known good, loaded sample lots, but the deviation on cast lead 200 gn. SWC is very close to the powder charge of 5.8 gns. meaning that any loaded round may or may not weigh out light, and there's still powder in the case.
I'm fearing the answer is to pull them, but I'd probably opt to trash them before going to all that problem. I could also fire them and then hammer out the slug from the barrel, but again, that's a major PITA.
Thanks for the help!
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