Reloading gods have a sick sense of humor.

[IAM Rand]

Some times it rains on only one side of the house. So I was the beneficiary of a big box of powders. My boss had a box of an assortment of powders that he got from a friend that passed away several years ago. He was going to take them to the county for disposal when he heard I reloaded. Probably 20-25 lbs of different powders. Most of it is what I already use. Most of it I can use for one load or another. What is so bad about that you ask, NOT ENOUGH PRIMERS.

Don't get me wrong, It probably is worth $600-$800 dollars depending of if you get it from a shop or from Moneybroker, um I mean Gunbroker. I do have primers but, not 25 lbs worth. Man I hope they start putting the primers back on the shelves and at a reasonable price.

 

[TXBryan]

I feel your pain. Like life itself; when you have ample time you do not have ample resources, and when you have money there never seems to be any time.

I suppose you could rationalize spending a bit more on primers that are for sale knowing you're saving a ton on powder.

 

[s&wchad]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

Talk to some of your reloading acquaintances and see if they want to trade primers for powder. You could also post on message boards at local clubs. You never know...

 

[IAM Rand]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

Talk to some of your reloading acquaintances and see if they want to trade primers for powder. You could also post on message boards at local clubs. You never know...

I thought about that but, something else came to my mind. Something about a pound of powder in the hand is worth ______ primers in the bush or in this case, the internet. Kinda like putting your chips on the pass line and then throwing the dice. I think I might just keep my powder dry so to speak.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Are you sure you don't want to try the trade? There must some powder you don't use. in the stash of 20 to 25 lbs of powder you came into. If there is something you don't usually use you just might get some primers you need with it.

I mean, when loading for the .38 Special a pound of W231 will give me about 1,750 rounds. That's a lot of primers you would need.

 

[diyj98]

I won't use powder from someone else unless the can is still sealed. I've dumped opened cans of powder on the lawn rather than risk that someone may have mixed powders or put powder in a different can.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I won't use powder from someone else unless the can is still sealed. I've dumped opened cans of powder on the lawn rather than risk that someone may have mixed powders or put powder in a different can.

I fertilized the lawn with shotgun powder. The kids shot hundreds, if not thousands, of 20 Gauge in the back yard! Made the grass very thick and green.

Ivan

 

[mikld]

I have a few bottles of powder I don't use (much) any more so I just snug down the lids and store them in the back of my powder cabinet. I believe they will last a very long time stored the way they are, and who knows, I might get another gun that will like those "old" powders...

 

[Skeet 028]

I have gotten hundreds of pounds of powder from estates friends etc etc. If opened I always check powders to see if any mixing. Of all those pounds I had one pound container with bullseye and Blue dot mixed...but it was written on the can. I asked the fellow why and he told me someone gave him a bunch or reloaded 45 auto that had too much powder so he pulled the bullets and put the Bullseye which he never used in a can of Blue dot that he had used in the 41 mag till they discontinued loading data on the 41 with that powder. I burned the powder in the driveway. It makes poor fertilizer. I seriously debated sieving that can of powder. I recently got one of the older cardboard cans of Red Dot. Unopened, I think. I opened it and no Red Dots. Just black. I used a small sieve ran the powder through it and when done there was a pound of powder left with Red Dots and almost 4 ounces of fine powdered graphite left. Weighed on a very good postal digital scale. I would say Hercules made a small mistake graphiting that batch

 

[GypsmJim]

Last Winter I was going thru my stuff and disposing of a few things that I didn't need any more. Most of it was for shotguns, which I rarely fire any more.

I posted a WTS add on the bulletin board at my club. Turned out there was a guy that had stopped pistol reloading and had taken up Trap and Skeet.

We made some trades. We both "sold" our stuff at way below current pricing, but we "bought" the other stuff at old pricing. Worked out well.

One of the tinngs i sold was a handmade wooden shooting box with drawers for 3 pistols, a scope, etc. The guy that came to the house was also from the club, and he was buying it for his son for Christmas. He had just turned 21 and was now going to shoot bullseye with his Dad.

It was my Dad's old box. My soft spot kicked in and I gave it to him for free.