Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Mixing Different Lots Same Powder
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="nvschütze" data-source="post: 1692126" data-attributes="member: 110896"><p>I've mixed differing lots of the same powder. Gunpowder is all pretty much the same beyond its physical size (spherical or extruded); it just has various coatings on the kernels that regulate the speed of combustion. A can of powder from 1963 is not going to be as precise in its formulation as a can of the same designation from 2013 because of the increases in technology over those fifty years. As long as you're mixing a known powder with a sample of that same designation, you should encounter no problems. Just make sure the entire volume is very well-mixed.</p><p></p><p>I'm fooling right now with a mixture of H4831 and H4831SC. The difference in these two powders is that the SC version has the extrusions cut shorter than the original, so as to reduce interstitial losses. The SC type has a sort of green color to it, the original version is the common black/slate shade we see in most gunpowders. Haven't shot any of it; we'll see how it goes when I can finally get out there and start sending bullets downrange. I'm expecting nothing of appreciable note.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvschütze, post: 1692126, member: 110896"] I've mixed differing lots of the same powder. Gunpowder is all pretty much the same beyond its physical size (spherical or extruded); it just has various coatings on the kernels that regulate the speed of combustion. A can of powder from 1963 is not going to be as precise in its formulation as a can of the same designation from 2013 because of the increases in technology over those fifty years. As long as you're mixing a known powder with a sample of that same designation, you should encounter no problems. Just make sure the entire volume is very well-mixed. I'm fooling right now with a mixture of H4831 and H4831SC. The difference in these two powders is that the SC version has the extrusions cut shorter than the original, so as to reduce interstitial losses. The SC type has a sort of green color to it, the original version is the common black/slate shade we see in most gunpowders. Haven't shot any of it; we'll see how it goes when I can finally get out there and start sending bullets downrange. I'm expecting nothing of appreciable note. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Mixing Different Lots Same Powder
Top