Self control

Poodleshooter · August 15, 2002, 10:58 AM

I'm currently storing my brother in law's powder and primers while he moves.
"Must....not.....use....components...."
All this powder and I can't reload with it!
Those cans of IMR and Hodgdon just sit there begging me to load up a thousand rounds or so.

I wonder if he'd be mad if I ran him up some ammo?

Jeeper · August 15, 2002, 11:24 AM

But when you brought it over there was hardly any powder in the can........

dfaugh · August 15, 2002, 12:21 PM

You could probbaly get awa y with useing maybe 10% from each can...He proabbaly wouldn't notice

Hemicuda · August 15, 2002, 12:30 PM

Isn't there a "storage fee" involved here...

or maybe you were worried about having all that powder in one place, as it MIGHT be a fire hazzard... so you put into many samller containers, so as to make it more safe...

griz · August 15, 2002, 03:36 PM

You know powder can degrade over time. To be on the safe side you should load up a hundred or so rounds every week to make sure it's OK for him to use later. Better safe than sorry.

labgrade · August 19, 2002, 12:42 AM

Buy a few boxes of that .9mm mechanical pencil lead, break it into the correct size lengths & just "back-fill" those powder containers as you use it up - looks close enough for who it's for.

That the powder "went bad" under your watch ain't your look-out.

BIL shoulda picked a better guardian, IMO.

August 15, 2002, 10:58 AM	#1
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 7, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,599	Self control I'm currently storing my brother in law's powder and primers while he moves. "Must....not.....use....components...." All this powder and I can't reload with it! Those cans of IMR and Hodgdon just sit there begging me to load up a thousand rounds or so. I wonder if he'd be mad if I ran him up some ammo?

August 15, 2002, 11:24 AM	#2
Jeeper Senior Member Join Date: November 1, 2001 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 776	But when you brought it over there was hardly any powder in the can........ __________________ Gun control theory - A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.

August 15, 2002, 12:21 PM	#3
dfaugh Senior Member Join Date: January 17, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,715	You could probbaly get awa y with useing maybe 10% from each can...He proabbaly wouldn't notice __________________ "If you Listen to Fools, the Mob Rules" "No one has the answer, but one thing is true. You'e got to turn on evil, when its coming after you. You've gotta face it down,and when it tries to hide, you've got to go in after it, and never be denied. Time is running out...Let's roll. Let's roll for freedom, let's roll for love. We're going after satan, on the wings of a dove. Let's roll for freedom, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth."

August 15, 2002, 12:30 PM	#4
Hemicuda Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,757	Isn't there a "storage fee" involved here... or maybe you were worried about having all that powder in one place, as it MIGHT be a fire hazzard... so you put into many samller containers, so as to make it more safe... __________________ Hemi. gun and car collector. Rare cars, and rarer guns.

August 15, 2002, 03:36 PM	#5
griz Senior Member Join Date: July 31, 2000 Location: Middle Peninsula, VA Posts: 1,588	You know powder can degrade over time. To be on the safe side you should load up a hundred or so rounds every week to make sure it's OK for him to use later. Better safe than sorry.

August 19, 2002, 12:42 AM	#6
labgrade Member In Memoriam Join Date: November 29, 1999 Location: west of a small town, CO Posts: 4,346	Buy a few boxes of that .9mm mechanical pencil lead, break it into the correct size lengths & just "back-fill" those powder containers as you use it up - looks close enough for who it's for. That the powder "went bad" under your watch ain't your look-out. BIL shoulda picked a better guardian, IMO.