RippSpeed Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 We've all have mess up ... rounds with no primer or bullets upside down, or loaded a case thats cracked... Or pulled bullets from rounds we've picked up at the range. I know I can reused the primer and some of the brass ... but what do we do with the used powder ??? I have a little container of mixed powder ... What do you guys do or what can we use the mixed powder for ... Ive used the mixed powder to start little fire camp fire... what else can it be used for ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Halloweeen and 4th of July ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 A guy at a local club in England (back before legal gun ownership was banned), put all his odd powder in a bucket, stirred it with a stick and loaded his 9mm with it. I think there was some black powder in the mix too.. His rounds varied from subsonic that probably bounced off the cardboard targets all the way up to the kind of sonic boom that had the rest of us heading toward the bomb shelters. We sent him home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Sprinkle it on your bushes and flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippSpeed Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 21 minutes ago, cas said: Sprinkle it on your bushes and flowers. always wondered about this if this was true... Wifey has a big time green thumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 its fertalizer, and in no way should ever be used as gunpowder again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Dump it in the grass, water it in, done-------------Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mitch Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Depends how much you have. How much do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvincent Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Brown-brown. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 If used for fertilizer, be sure to spread it around, not all in a small area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippSpeed Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 12 hours ago, Dr Mitch said: Depends how much you have. How much do you have? I have only a 1lb of it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 fertilizer is about the safest path. :-D that answer lacks sparkle.... miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) Pouring it on the ground in a long line and lighting it on fire is fun to do too one time if you've never done it before. Not the best thing for your lawn though. Edited November 16, 2017 by cas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1_Demon Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Well...you could do this with it: https://youtu.be/gXceYzhCWcs https://youtu.be/ekxFbCO0fx8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdh821 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I just throw away messed up reloads or random left over powder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDA Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) What could possibly go wrong? Edited December 5, 2017 by TDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDL Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Since I bought and tried an inertial bullet puller, I now throw them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 sprinkle it in the grass and water it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S. Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) Lot of misconception in this thread. Smokeless powders like these contain 40% nitroglycerin along with diphenylamine and some other tasty chemicals that are not water soluble, so you would not be benefiting your garden/lawn in any noticeable way. There is at least one case of a man receiving bad burns when a lawn he had been doing this with for years accidentally caught fire. At least one powder company, Alliant, recommends burning as the only way to get rid of old powder. I believe the old "lawn" myth is a left over from black powder days, when the materials could be neutralized by spreading them out and getting them wet. The stuff used in modern gunpowder is NOT the same as that used in fertilizer. Edited January 7, 2018 by Tom S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 well, burning it is more fun... shall we make firecrackers? or fast roman candles? I am not sure that brass is water soluble, however, it does dissolve in soil ... if the brass button with a little case left attached and most of the stamp gone is any indicator. I think it was a 38 special but a 3 was about all I could read... miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k80clay Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I've always read that a line with a small mound at the end is the best way to get rid of it. Light the line, let it run to the mound...poof. Done. There is an old timer at the club that lights the left over powder in the indoor range. Brass is picked up, and the floor swept after shooting. The "dirt" on the floor isn't dirt - it's the unburned powder from shooting. He sweeps it into a line, lights it, burns off the powder and sweeps up what's left. Seems that they were using a 5gal bucket for cleanup that was being filled with "dirt" from cleaning up - until one of the cleanup guys threw his butt in the bucket one day...and everybody realized what they were actually sweeping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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