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How to know what powder is used in a manufactured cartridge
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 1888642" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>Hello all, Just to give you ALL some info of interest, the powder we buy is held as best can be to 3% of the ORIGINAL tested powder, this is the canister powders we all know.</p><p> I know this cause I worked for ADI/Thales manufacturing what you all know as Hodgdon powder.</p><p>The powders that fall outside the 3% are sold to ammo companies as bulk powder. If this powder was supposed to be Varget, for example, it would ship as bulk #### lot and blended with other bulk #### lots to get the desired ballistics. If this powder doesn't work out, then another bulk lot of something totally different may be substituted. You must understand that 40gr of that powder may work, but another blend only uses 35gr...Which would you choose to build a few million rounds?</p><p>We would often have lots outside the parameters, the highest bidder would get the shipment. Also, some powders we know well are often made out of spec by the train load, a good example is 760, when it's out of spec, as is often the case with many batches, it is blended and given the designation 759 for bulk selling. This happens with most powders where it is not close enough to the ORIGINAL and the ammo companies can measure pressure and adjust for their parameters with the ammo they're making.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 1888642, member: 10755"] Hello all, Just to give you ALL some info of interest, the powder we buy is held as best can be to 3% of the ORIGINAL tested powder, this is the canister powders we all know. I know this cause I worked for ADI/Thales manufacturing what you all know as Hodgdon powder. The powders that fall outside the 3% are sold to ammo companies as bulk powder. If this powder was supposed to be Varget, for example, it would ship as bulk #### lot and blended with other bulk #### lots to get the desired ballistics. If this powder doesn't work out, then another bulk lot of something totally different may be substituted. You must understand that 40gr of that powder may work, but another blend only uses 35gr...Which would you choose to build a few million rounds? We would often have lots outside the parameters, the highest bidder would get the shipment. Also, some powders we know well are often made out of spec by the train load, a good example is 760, when it's out of spec, as is often the case with many batches, it is blended and given the designation 759 for bulk selling. This happens with most powders where it is not close enough to the ORIGINAL and the ammo companies can measure pressure and adjust for their parameters with the ammo they're making. Hope this helps. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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