Genuine curiosity

For context im not intending on doing this unless we are quite literally in a SHTF situation

But..

Is it, "with in reason" possable to utilize powder from dismantled factory ammo in the event that powder becomes impossible to obtain

Has anyone successfully created a load or knows a way to measure the burn rate of say a stock pile of factory powder


Is ask because i have been collecting powder from dismantled factory ammo, because it seems like a waste to throw it out

I have had many opportunities where people have givin me old ammo that is not safe to shoot or i found a steal on a lot of ammo that is litterly dirt cheap and i bought it just to pull the bullet melt it for lead, and pop the primers out for another cartridge, melt the brass or save it for swaging , and pour the powder into a container to save for the oh snap moment

It would be nice to know a way to utilize every a aspect of such situation

If only there was a process that could be done to measure a powders burn rate and compare it to another known powder where you can then say if powder A is equel to powder B in terms of pressure and velocity then its safe to assume your starting load can be near the same as powder B

Mark_Mark said:

Don’t do it, but reuse unknown powder??? Yes, we here are 100% capable of doing that. We got all the instruments and know how. With that said, I rather get beef from Costco then shooting a Buffalo

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Id rather shoot the Buffalo to each there own

Mark_Mark said:

I would love to shoot a buffalo with unknown powder and get Costco to process the meat!

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This guys got the right idea

I mean not mixing it up like i collect it in old powder container and i label them with the company that made the ammo IE. A container of magtech powder then Federal ext.

I mean i can think of alot of other uses for powder in a SHTF situation but it would be nice if there was a way to reload it

I know factory powder is perpriatry but there must be some way to compare them to what we reloaders use isnt there?

frogfurr said:

With all due respect I just don't think it's a good idea. A possible blown up gun and missing fingers isn't much help in a SHTF situation.

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No disrespect taken, it is a post only for curiosity i know how unsafe it is to use factory powder and in a SHTF situation its likley better used for bigger booms

i was just hope there was someone out there who solved the math and made it work so that it wasnt such a waste