Using .22lr or 22mag gun powder for reloading.
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not me, I pour out the powder and then burn it 
You shouldn't be having that many misfires! Fix your 22! I would be getting really PO'd if I was getting that many misfires that this idea popped into my head!
This is a good idea only if it IS your last day and ending it a few hours earlier doesn't matter too you!LIVE EVERY DAY, AS IF IT'S YOUR LAST DAY TO LIVE.
Hope you only go to the range by yourself... I would hate to hear about someone else on the firing line getting hurt by your carelessness.
Fudd
P210 SIG;
Your motto ""LIVE EVERY DAY, AS IF IT'S YOUR LAST DAY TO LIVE."
Is very appropriate, DO NOT under any circumstance use .22rmfire powder in any of the applications suggested.... It is an invitation to disaster....
Such powders are extremely fast burning, much faster than any reloader powder on the market....
Your free powder is no bargain....
John
Your motto ""LIVE EVERY DAY, AS IF IT'S YOUR LAST DAY TO LIVE."
Is very appropriate, DO NOT under any circumstance use .22rmfire powder in any of the applications suggested.... It is an invitation to disaster....
Such powders are extremely fast burning, much faster than any reloader powder on the market....
Your free powder is no bargain....
John
We had a guy at our club doing the same thing 
taken the dud's from the range and using the powder from them. From what i hear he KABOOOOOM one gun lucky no one was hurt and when the club ex found out what he did he was told do it again your gone . You dont know what type of powder there using or the burn rate and on top that mixing all the different powder together . If i found out that the guy beside me was doing this id 
are you that cheap that you cant spend $30 on pound of powder
taken the dud's from the range and using the powder from them. From what i hear he KABOOOOOM one gun lucky no one was hurt and when the club ex found out what he did he was told do it again your gone . You dont know what type of powder there using or the burn rate and on top that mixing all the different powder together . If i found out that the guy beside me was doing this id are you that cheap that you cant spend $30 on pound of powder 
Reloading is not just throwing some powder into a case & putting a new primer & bullet in & go to the range.
Powders have very different burning rates and 5 grains of one powder can have a lot more pressure than say 3 grains of another one.
Over the years I have seen a number of bulged barrels, blown apart guns & a couple of injured shooters from bad reloads.
Enough said ??
Powders have very different burning rates and 5 grains of one powder can have a lot more pressure than say 3 grains of another one.
Over the years I have seen a number of bulged barrels, blown apart guns & a couple of injured shooters from bad reloads.
Enough said ??
Hey p210sig your village called...
Seriously though using powders that are not known to you is a pretty bad idea. Especially if you are mixing different brands and types. I wouldn't do it.
Dump the powder, burn it, and sell the brass and lead for money.
Seriously though using powders that are not known to you is a pretty bad idea. Especially if you are mixing different brands and types. I wouldn't do it.
Dump the powder, burn it, and sell the brass and lead for money.
why not use the tips of matches?
dice up the red parts for your powder and you can use the white tips of strike anywhere's ground up to reload your primers!
let me know when you try these out i want to be there to watch.
don't forget to start 10% below max and work your loads up. YOU CAN USE THE SAME RELOADING BOOK YOU USED FOR YOUR 22 POWDER
dice up the red parts for your powder and you can use the white tips of strike anywhere's ground up to reload your primers!
let me know when you try these out i want to be there to watch.
don't forget to start 10% below max and work your loads up. YOU CAN USE THE SAME RELOADING BOOK YOU USED FOR YOUR 22 POWDER
Although to the untraind eye this might seem like an obviously misguided or even suicidal idea, remember that Elmer Keith never would have invented the .44 Magnum, if he hadn't first blown a .45 Colt by packing it full of ground-up machinegun powder.
CGN should encourage exactly these kinds of reloading misadventures, purely in the interest of furthering the hobby. If it leads to just _one more_ useful cartridge, it's worth any number of fingers and eyes.
CGN should encourage exactly these kinds of reloading misadventures, purely in the interest of furthering the hobby. If it leads to just _one more_ useful cartridge, it's worth any number of fingers and eyes.
