What powder is this?

kybuck · April 11, 2009, 08:21 AM

I recently bought some reloading supplies and equipment at an auction and in the supplies was a 4 pound can of red dot powder. I have done some reloading and used red dot powder. This can of powder does not have the red flakes mixed throughout like I had been used to seeing. It is a flake type powder and it was sold with a shotshell reloader but I am a little nervous about whether it is actually red dot powder. Does all red dot have red flakes? Is there anyway to identify the type of powder?

I forgot to add this can of powder has been opened and is about 3/4 full

**Mike Irwin** · April 11, 2009, 09:39 AM

NEVER EVER use open cans of powder that you have purchased through an unknown source!

NEVER!

You have no way of knowing what the previous owner did - he may have inadvertently mixed a different kind of powder into the can.

Take it outside and sprinkle it thinly on the grass. It will decompose and feed the grass.

James R. Burke · April 11, 2009, 09:51 AM

Mike is 100% correct. Get rid of it just like he said, or someone else may use it. Hope you did not lose much money on it.

April 11, 2009, 08:21 AM	#1
kybuck Junior Member Join Date: April 11, 2009 Posts: 2	What powder is this? I recently bought some reloading supplies and equipment at an auction and in the supplies was a 4 pound can of red dot powder. I have done some reloading and used red dot powder. This can of powder does not have the red flakes mixed throughout like I had been used to seeing. It is a flake type powder and it was sold with a shotshell reloader but I am a little nervous about whether it is actually red dot powder. Does all red dot have red flakes? Is there anyway to identify the type of powder? I forgot to add this can of powder has been opened and is about 3/4 full Last edited by kybuck; April 11, 2009 at 08:35 AM.

April 11, 2009, 09:39 AM	#2
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	NEVER EVER use open cans of powder that you have purchased through an unknown source! NEVER! You have no way of knowing what the previous owner did - he may have inadvertently mixed a different kind of powder into the can. Take it outside and sprinkle it thinly on the grass. It will decompose and feed the grass. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

April 11, 2009, 09:51 AM	#3
James R. Burke Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2009 Location: U.P. of Mich/Quinnesec Posts: 1,897	Mike is 100% correct. Get rid of it just like he said, or someone else may use it. Hope you did not lose much money on it.