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Thoughts on mixing powder lots?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1259331" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>When I finish blending powders, they look the same as they did when they weren't blended. I don't see a pile of dust in the bottom of the empty containers. I just end up with 3lbs of powder that's more consistent than the differences between the three different 1lb lots of powder. If I see a difference over my chronographs or on the target I can pin to blended powders, I'll reconsider. I shoot a lot of my bullets over a triplicate chronograph that provides 4 separate velocities for each bullet fired. I don't see any greater variance with my blended powder than I do between the three individual powder lots.</p><p></p><p>I'll straighten out a bent nail and re-use it to fasten two pieces of lumber together too. My guess is the manufacturer of the nail would advise I purchase another box of their nails. I'm employed in a field of work where some practitioners can't get enough perfection. It verges on witchcraft and voodoo, what I observe from some individuals in practice. They can never attain good enough. They keep seeking the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow their entire careers, never accomplishing arrival where the rainbow touches down on planet earth, and spending excessive time and money in the process.</p><p></p><p>Trust me when I state I'm tainted with a touch of obsessive/compulsive disorder. How many shooters do you know that have constructed a chronograph setup that provides 4 separate velocities for each bullet fired, and each chronograph records a velocity within ~4fps of the average individual bullet velocity 99% of the time?</p><p></p><p>After I conclude I can blend different lots of powder without ill affect, by the time I'm done blending my separate lots of powder, I sleep like a healthy baby. Folks that can't sleep at night because they've blended different lots of powder? Yeah, you'd be nuts to blend differing lots of powder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1259331, member: 4191"] When I finish blending powders, they look the same as they did when they weren't blended. I don't see a pile of dust in the bottom of the empty containers. I just end up with 3lbs of powder that's more consistent than the differences between the three different 1lb lots of powder. If I see a difference over my chronographs or on the target I can pin to blended powders, I'll reconsider. I shoot a lot of my bullets over a triplicate chronograph that provides 4 separate velocities for each bullet fired. I don't see any greater variance with my blended powder than I do between the three individual powder lots. I'll straighten out a bent nail and re-use it to fasten two pieces of lumber together too. My guess is the manufacturer of the nail would advise I purchase another box of their nails. I'm employed in a field of work where some practitioners can't get enough perfection. It verges on witchcraft and voodoo, what I observe from some individuals in practice. They can never attain good enough. They keep seeking the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow their entire careers, never accomplishing arrival where the rainbow touches down on planet earth, and spending excessive time and money in the process. Trust me when I state I'm tainted with a touch of obsessive/compulsive disorder. How many shooters do you know that have constructed a chronograph setup that provides 4 separate velocities for each bullet fired, and each chronograph records a velocity within ~4fps of the average individual bullet velocity 99% of the time? After I conclude I can blend different lots of powder without ill affect, by the time I'm done blending my separate lots of powder, I sleep like a healthy baby. Folks that can't sleep at night because they've blended different lots of powder? Yeah, you'd be nuts to blend differing lots of powder. [/QUOTE]
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