Oops! Mixed a little powder

Shivahasagun · Nov 23, 2021

Well that was dumb.

I'm setting up a new measuring drum in my Lee drum powder dispenser on my Lee 4 hole turret press.

There is some trial error and I'm tossing weighed powder back into the powder bottle until I'm done with my adjustments.

As I'm at about the 5th cartridge I notice TWO bottles of powder on the top of the bench!

My rule was ONLY the powder I'm using sits on the top of the bench. So i stop to think about what the heck is going on.

What happened was, I had moved the Titegroup away from my immediate work area when I thought I was done with my adjustments. It turn out I did "one more" and grabbed the nearest bottle to pour it back into. I had grabbed my 700x that was on the shelf below the table top right between my legs. It was the closest bottle and that's what I grabbed.

So I opened it and see that yup, I'd poured about 2.9 grn of Titegroup on top of the 700x.

Rats.

I got a scoop and removed all of the Titegroup I could. Probably scooped out about a 1/3 a standard cup of powder and poured it on the lawn.

I'm sure I got 90-95 % of it.

Luckily those powders are very similar.

I think it will be okay.

New rule: No other powder anywhere on the bench or within easy reach except for what I'm using.

Single action shooter · Nov 23, 2021

i did this with titegroup and trailboss... was very tempted to use it but i gave it a viking send off on a brick patio outside. it was only a quarter of a lee hopper but still hurts in times like these

Charlie98 · Nov 23, 2021

Shivahasagun said:
New rule: No other powder anywhere on the bench or within easy reach except for what I'm using.

That's my rule. I've got a designated spot where the 'featured powder of the day' sets while in use... whether in the hopper, or the cup next to the scale.

Seedy Character · Nov 23, 2021

You aren't the first to do it.

Luckily, the remaining powder should be usable. <3 gr mixed in 7000, even 1000 and not loaded near MAX, is would be mad at myself, but not too worried about using it.

Those 2 pkwders are close enough for no worries

Bazoo · Nov 23, 2021

Glad you were able to salvage the rest.

Barbaroja · Nov 23, 2021

Not quite the same thing but I had a bottle of clays for a while that had 1 1/4oz of #4 shot rolling around in it from a mishap while adjusting my charge and shot drop weight on my mec 600jr. Wasn’t too much hassle to sift them out hahaha.
Glad you were able to salvage the 700x

ArchAngelCD · Nov 23, 2021

I'm not recommending you do anything, I'm only telling you what I would do after the mistake you tell us about. About 2gr of Titegroup in a bottle of 700x would not scare me. If you dumped a full or even half a hopper that would be a completely different story.

You got very lucky it was only 1 charge and not many. We all make mistakes, just be sure you don't ever repeat any mistake you make. That's called learning.

Pottimus · Nov 24, 2021

The Viking send off...LOL...

EricBu · Nov 24, 2021

There's two kinds of lifelong reloader liars in this world. The ones that say they've never screwed up, and the ones that say they never will again. I won't admit to anything, but I will say that a potted dwarf lemon tree grows like a weed on a mix of titegroup and h110.

Seedy Character · Nov 24, 2021

30+ years ago, a friend told me if a gunsmith that dumped a hopper full of Herco into a half full 8# keg of FFg Goex. When the was rolling the keg across the shop, he notices his screw up.

It was after hours, but not dark (summertime).
He goes out to the curb and not cars, surrounding stores are closed. He gets the brilliant idea, pour a line down the curb and light it off.

He gets it poured, sets a match to it and runs into shop to watch. Unlike an old cowboy movie, the burn was a lot faster and a huge plume rose. The breeze was barely noticeable

The cloud drifted down street. 2 blocks away, across the road, was a huge chemical plant. The cloud reached the southern fence kf the plant and alarms started going off.

He closed and locked the door. Turned off all lights and pulled window shades.

A couple minutes and they plant emergency response teams are on scene. A few minutes mote and they City emergency team arrives. A few more minutes and 3 black Sunurbans arrive, full of people in space suits.

They started checking air monitors around the plant. One has a portable anemometer checking wind speed and direction.

The entire group is standing in a circle, looking at data and scratching the head.

He didn't leave the shop until midnight.

GeoDudeFlorida · Nov 24, 2021

Seedy Character said:
30+ years ago, a friend told me if a gunsmith that dumped a hopper full of Herco into a half full 8# keg of FFg Goex. When the was rolling the keg across the shop, he notices his screw up.

It was after hours, but not dark (summertime).
He goes out to the curb and not cars, surrounding stores are closed. He gets the brilliant idea, pour a line down the curb and light it off.

He gets it poured, sets a match to it and runs into shop to watch. Unlike an old cowboy movie, the burn was a lot faster and a huge plume rose. The breeze was barely noticeable

The cloud drifted down street. 2 blocks away, across the road, was a huge chemical plant. The cloud reached the southern fence kf the plant and alarms started going off.

He closed and locked the door. Turned off all lights and pulled window shades.

A couple minutes and they plant emergency response teams are on scene. A few minutes mote and they City emergency team arrives. A few more minutes and 3 black Sunurbans arrive, full of people in space suits.

They started checking air monitors around the plant. One has a portable anemometer checking wind speed and direction.

The entire group is standing in a circle, looking at data and scratching the head.

He didn't leave the shop until midnight.

Most of my stories like that start with, "We wuz out drinkin' some Jim one night when..." and end with, "...and that's how I got this scar."

mokin · Nov 24, 2021

I have a similar story about mixing some powder. I was in some tight quarters at a hotel room. I caught the mistake and was able to (mostly) separate things out. I kept the powder but have since developed very strict habits to make sure it doesn't happen again.

I always wondered if that "special blend" imparted some benefit to the ammunition I loaded with that powder.

Seedy Character · Nov 24, 2021

GeoDudeFlorida said:
Most of my stories like that start with, "We wuz out drinkin' some Jim one night when..." and end with, "...and that's how I got this scar."

That is why wimmeens live longer, so my Wif tells me.

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