I just scored scored some FREE powder!! :)

[Armored Metal]

A generous soul who got out of shotgun reloading gave me these 2 pounds of powder + two bags of shot, a ton of wads and hulls + some pistol primers.

My lucky day

 

[vagrantviking]

Good score.
The shot alone is worth $100-$150 these days.

 

[Loyalist]

I fell into a similar situation. Was generously given a whack of components, two loaders and a few old pounds of powder, including an old tin of Unique!

Though the other powders have limited data:

452AA
Win 571 (which I gather is the same as HS-7)
Win Western 450LS

Time to get creative! Enhoy

 

[Armored Metal]

Good score.
The shot alone is worth $100-$150 these days.

That much!!?
I'll post a picture later of the bags.

 

[Armored Metal]

This is the rest of the stuff
23lbs of #6 shot
17lbs of #9 shot



Hulls and wads



And some miscellaneous pieces from a MEC press I believe.

 

[Seagull]

That much!!?
I'll post a picture later of the bags.

It is $42 a 25# bag at Hummansons but the further from the source the price climbs real fast.

 

[Rossiter93]

I recently had a friend that doesn't reload anymore give me 4lbs of red dot and 4lbs of unique! I'll probably never have to buy powder for my .45acp reloads haha

 

[Canada tail]

Scored big time indeed.

 

[TimberPig]

I also got a free press and leftover components from a co-worker who had them left behind by a previous owner of his house.
PW 375, 12 and 20 gauge die sets, 1.5 lbs of 452AA, 2 lbs of Red Dot, and a few bags of wads, including some old CIL wads in good shape but likely no data to use them. I just need to buy some more powder bushings so I can tune the drops, or Mec bushing converter to use my Mec bushings.

There are lots of old shotshell presses generally collecting dust out there with the price of components versus promo loads, as not many are still loading 12 or 20 gauge except for specialty loads (slugs, buck, or special shot loads).

Those are Mec parts for sure, 3 powder bushings, one charge bar, some wad guides, 8 point crimp starter for the older metal dies, mount bolts and a couple other odds and ends.

The Trap 100 powder is the same as 452AA, both long discontinued, but data still exists for it. The 540 is the same as HS-6, which is still around, but no longer sold as 540.

The 540 and the yellow WAA12F114 wads would have been used for heavier field loads (1 1/4 oz wad)

 

[Armored Metal]

I also got a free press and leftover components from a co-worker who had them left behind by a previous owner of his house.
PW 375, 12 and 20 gauge die sets, 1.5 lbs of 452AA, 2 lbs of Red Dot, and a few bags of wads, including some old CIL wads in good shape but likely no data to use them. I just need to buy some more powder bushings so I can tune the drops, or Mec bushing converter to use my Mec bushings.

There are lots of old shotshell presses generally collecting dust out there with the price of components versus promo loads, as not many are still loading 12 or 20 gauge except for specialty loads (slugs, buck, or special shot loads).

Those are Mec parts for sure, 3 powder bushings, one charge bar, some wad guides, 8 point crimp starter for the older metal dies, mount bolts and a couple other odds and ends.

The Trap 100 powder is the same as 452AA, both long discontinued, but data still exists for it. The 540 is the same as HS-6, which is still around, but no longer sold as 540.

The 540 and the yellow WAA12F114 wads would have been used for heavier field loads (1 1/4 oz wad)

Thanks for the info. I have some reading to do and videos to watch since I know very little about shotgun reloading. The next step will be to find a press.

I've used HS-6 for .45ACP. Is it safe to use the same data with 540 or are there differences?

 

[TimberPig]

It is the same powder, made in the same plant. Any differences are lot to lot variation, otherwise the data is the same.

 

[Armored Metal]

It is the same powder, made in the same plant. Any differences are lot to lot variation, otherwise the data is the same.

Thank you.

 

[howard2]

On Castpics there is data for old powders.