It's empty!

[Col. Harrumph]

What should I do with it?

 

[Mark_Mark]

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fill it with water and shoot it

 

[edwardware]

Fill it with 8# of sand, leave it in your LGS's parking lot, setup a candid camera to record the weeping and gnashing.

 

[entropy]

If you reload shotgun, you could; cut the spout into a V shape, and use it to pour shot into the reservoir on your loader, or save it and hold your old 209's from reloading. (I do so with a 4# until I have enough to stitch into a shot bag for a rifle rest to leave at the rifle range at the club.)
edwardware's suggestion has merit, also.

It could be handy for long trips, too. Set it on the floor of the car in front of your seat-it has a nice with spout you can't miss while driving........beats a Gatorade bottle......

 

[EricBu]

Use it for you brass/spent primers that you're going to take the recycling center..."some day".

 

[Charlie98]

AH! I remember my first empty 8# of Unique... it might be a little bit older than yours, however. The label off that keg is framed and hanging in my reloading room... and is also my avatar.




I have an 8# jug under my Hornady press to catch spent primers. So far it's got about 10 years worth in it. Sure beats emptying a small bottle all the time, and the inevitable dropping of said small bottle and the following clean up.

 

[Howland937]

Catch turtles.

 

[gifbohane]

Fill it with 8# of sand, leave it in your LGS's parking lot, setup a candid camera to record the weeping and gnashing.

Now that is diabolical. But I like it.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Fill it with 8# of sand, leave it in your LGS's parking lot, setup a candid camera to record the weeping and gnashing.

So wrong!!!

 

[FROGO207]

Well that is not a unique situation as of late!
Hope you have more on hand. If not, things are looking up recently. I would use a heat gun and peel the label off and secure it to a tool box or such. The wide fronts of my shelves have the labels from various bullet boxes recovered in the same way stuck on them.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

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Sell in on GoneBroker, "8lb bottle, held Unique, rare. $40."

 

[higgite]

Fill it full of jelly beans and have a contest to guess how many it holds. I’m first in with a guess of 9364.

 

[AK Hunter]

Fill it with 8# of sand, leave it in your LGS's parking lot, setup a candid camera to record the weeping and gnashing.

Set it on the back bumper of your truck & drive off while recording it to view later. Watch for the mad scramble to get to it. LOL

 

[reloaded_in_pa]

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Send it back and see if they have free refills.

 

[LoonWulf]

I used my empty 8#s as brass cans at the range.....I don't know where they went now tho...probably still full of brass.

 

[Reloadron]

You send it back to Alliant for a free refill. Like when you buy a giant Slurpee at the Speedway and get free refills.

Ron

 

[Hondo 60]

Set it on the back bumper of your truck & drive off while recording it to view later. Watch for the mad scramble to get to it. LOL

This is the HIGH ROAD

 

[Skeptic13]

Start looking for a qualified replacement and keep on reloading.

 

[Laphroaig]

That black plastic makes excellent blinders to attach to the temples of your shooting glasses.

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

Same thing I do with my used DEF containers. Cut in front of the handle down to about 3" in front and make a brass container with a handle.

 

[Charlie98]

Catch turtles.

Ted Turtle may approve, but I wouldn't. I have two turtles... free turtles... and I assure you they are not 'free.'



Ted's favorite powder is Unique, however, so I'm sure he would approve another 8#er...!

 

[H&R Glock]

Frame it, hang it on the wall as it's the last one you will see for a while.
Seriously, you have my sympathy. I have the same problem with my 1 pound canisters.

 

[NMexJim]

Like an empty beer can - sad making.

 

[Random 8]

I fill mine up with plinker grade 9mm (1 lb) cans. Haven't figured out a great use for 8lb yet, other than filling with chicken grit and putting in back of my woods truck for winter traction. Filled with shot, they'd make a great tractor weight, or fill with water for boat ballast.

 

[dh1633pm]

I know it’s a scary thing to run out, just know that it will be alright. Pull off the label so others won’t know you use stuff like that. Then recycle.