Mohave-Tec
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32lbs of it? I would try to narrow the list of possible powders and find a way to shoot it as conservatively as possible. Powder is to scarce to ignore. There are ways to minimize the risk.
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32lbs of it? I would try to narrow the list of possible powders and find a way to shoot it as conservatively as possible. Powder is to scarce to ignore. There are ways to minimize the risk.
I have worked up data on a few unknown powders. 4gn is what I use in my 223 with one of my powders. It will push the bullet out of my 30-06. This stuff is to fast to use in any of my auto loader handguns. It actually looks just like the powder in the picture. I'm actually betting his is in the burn rate of BLC-2 but what is a few primers & stuck bullets to find out safely. I'd start at 4gn & work up a gn at a time till you get complete powder burn then start looking for a load at .2gn at a time.KingM,
Four grains in a rifle caliber, especially one .30-06 size, isn't going to tell you a thing, other than you can stick a bullet in the barrel.
You load a powder like the fastest pistol powder, with a known powder charge that is equivalent to a load you normally use for the bullet you're loading. A chronograph will show you whether the tested powder is slower or faster than your known powder, and you work up from there.
Hope this helps.
Fred
Especially since surplus powders are going for ~$100/8lbs when you can find them! (WC844/WC846)If you had 3 or 4 lbs, I would agree with many others to just dump or burn it,.. but with32-64 lbs!, I wouldn't be in a hurry to destroy it.
With the cost of powder and that kind of quantity, it is probably worth investing some time & money to properly analyzed what you have there.