RL-15 Powder turned white
- Thread starter 53moose320Elk
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- Kitscoty Alberta
Well that looks like the same stuff, never thought somebody would switch powder and take it back to store ?
Budget doesn't have a storefront, so I can't see why he would have display bottles? Seems odd to me.
Most places won't take powder returns for liability reasons. Looking at Budget's website, their return policy excludes powder, primers, and ammo.
This is a very odd situation...
- Location
- Kitscoty Alberta
Well going back must be a factory thing then ,
Or a shipping thing ??
No tumbler media like that ever been in my room , I have red coloured stuff only, never had any other Color .
Or a shipping thing ??
No tumbler media like that ever been in my room , I have red coloured stuff only, never had any other Color .
Agree 100% . Have never seen powder that color or shape in my life and been doing it over 50 years
- Location
- Kitscoty Alberta
Just got a email back from Alliant powders, they said the substance is not anything that would be found in there plant,
It is not an alliant product they said. That is something they don’t make at all.
So my guess it got switched along the travel route between the manufacture and budget shooter supply and my place ,
I have never checked powders, when I get them , but now I might start to !
I have some noble powder from about 1985 that is still good, so it’s not a storage problem.
It is not an alliant product they said. That is something they don’t make at all.
So my guess it got switched along the travel route between the manufacture and budget shooter supply and my place ,
I have never checked powders, when I get them , but now I might start to !
I have some noble powder from about 1985 that is still good, so it’s not a storage problem.
- Location
- Kitscoty Alberta
Cocked&Locked
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- S. Ontario
^^^Yes.
Newtonian physics proves that extruded gun powder cannot become Cream of Wheat cereal by itself.
OP, seriously?
This. Should have been a Styrofoam like seal on top of container mouth. I'm guessing no. Have you contacted Budget Shooters Supply?
If it was missing entirely that would certainly shed some light on this, but I'm not sure if it would help if it was present? With my bottle of RL17 I haven't thrown out the seal, and when you close the lid the seal sticks every time so it would be possible to THINK you're opening a new can even though you're not.
BattleRife
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Absolutely, those "seals" can be removed and reinstalled a dozen times.
- Location
- Kitscoty Alberta
The seal sticks like said above, Im at a loss for what happened , only guessing at it was switched during transport ,
No I did not contact budget shooter , I don’t believe they would have done something like this
I know I did not put this stuff in the bottle and nobody else has access to my powder storage or reloading room.
I mean no disrespect OP, but how old are you?
I go down into my gun room almost every day, but I haven't loaded in months.
I'm 50 and couldn't say for sure what the last thing I did at the loading bench - months ago.
Used Powder from 6 years ago? If it wasn't labeled, I'd toss it. And I have tossed powder that I've inadvertently left in the Dillon powder throws and not labeled.
My dad died of Parkinsons when he was 77, but he showed signs of being forgetful of things he did or where he left things around 65 or so.
...point is, let's look at the likelihood that someone switched powder for corncob media somewhere in it's travels to your loading bench:
- At the manufacturer level from production to distributor: extremely unlikely
- From the distributor to the retailer: very highly unlikely
- From the retailer to you: highly unlikely
- Someone at your bench, maybe working without labels: likely
