Foreign Material in Powder

[RPatton]

I filled my powder measure about 1/2 full with W748 and just happened to look down in it before putting on the top and there was a blob of something in the powder. After pouring the powder through a strainer there was a ball of some kind of fiber a little larger than a pencil eraser. I wasn't heavy but a magnet would pick it up. What it was is a mystery. Had it become lodged in the powder measure it could have been a big problem to say the least. Call me paranoid but now I run each new jug of ALL powders through a strainer before using any of it.

I've been reloading since 1967 and never had this problem. Anyone else ever seen this?

[singlestackman]

Thats a new one on me

[anm2_man]

I filled my powder measure about 1/2 full with W748 and just happened to look down in it before putting on the top and there was a blob of something in the powder. After pouring the powder through a strainer there was a ball of some kind of fiber a little larger than a pencil eraser. I wasn't heavy but a magnet would pick it up. What it was is a mystery. Had it become lodged in the powder measure it could have been a big problem to say the least. Call me paranoid but now I run each new jug of ALL powders through a strainer before using any of it.

I've been reloading since 1967 and never had this problem. Anyone else ever seen this?

I had a similar issue with Pull Down Military powder. It had little silvers of steel kind of like a wire brush bristle. I screwed up 2 powder bars when i jammed in the powder measure.