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I have a few pounds of salvaged powder from a mixed bag of shotgun shells. Any safe way of using this to reload (i'd be loading 45acp) or should if light it up in the back yard and watch it burn away into a cloud of smoke?
 
burn it- you have no idea what it is, burn rate ,how it'll act, etc- it COULD concieveably BLOW UP your 45- THAT ADVICE GOES FOR ANY POWDER unknown
 
Savings on a couple of pounds of powder..............................$40

Gas savings from not having to drive to store to buy powder.....$5

Value placed on hands, face, eyes and other body parts.....(Apparently) zip-diddly squat.

Throw that s*** out and buy something that you can depend on!
 
Have some fun with it... drip a thin trail of it across your yard, light it up, and see if it burns like the cartoons :)

Otherwise, put it in a container, and fill the container with water. A couple good shakes, then into the garbage.
 
it not that it isn't usable , but the "unknown factors' are too high- if you hade a reliable source as to where the powder came from, and what it was , that would be a different story- as it stands, it's just too risky
 
Ask Ganderite. Having been involved with the manufacture of ammunition for many years, his opinion is one that I would respect.
 
steve6943 said:
i'd save it. it would probably come in handy in your morter or cannon some day.
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Using smokless in a cannon IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, I dont mean to yell, but NO smokless in muzzleloaders unless it is designed for it. That cannon will be a bomb and the same or more catastrofic results if used in a reloaded shotgun shell.
 
Shotgun powders are relatively easy to identify, the popular ones are at least. The only issue I can think of is that you apparently took powder out of different types of shells and mixed it. It is of no use other than perhaps some entertainment in your firepit. That's too bad because many shotgun powders work well in .45 acp.
 
B said:
Shotgun powders are relatively easy to identify, the popular ones are at least. The only issue I can think of is that you apparently took powder out of different types of shells and mixed it. It is of no use other than perhaps some entertainment in your firepit. That's too bad because many shotgun powders work well in .45 acp.
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What B said!! Eagleye.
 
"...Shotgun powders are relatively easy to identify..." Not by just looking at it. You can't tell anything about any powder other than its colour and grain shape by looking at it.
 
sunray said:
"...Shotgun powders are relatively easy to identify..." Not by just looking at it. You can't tell anything about any powder other than its colour and grain shape by looking at it.
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Yeah it's not like some powders have colored flakes in them denoting type... I have 700-x, 800-x, Blue Dot and probably a few others. I can tell the difference at a glance.
 
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