Reusing pulled powder

[milsurpguy]

Old powder, unknown powder, I'll take it. Heck my current keg of unique is from 1994, loads great.
But I also was reloading for years before I picked up my first bulk or pull down powder.
Definitely not something for new reloaders at all.
My first pull down powder was from a case of 8mm mauser ammo, paid $10 for it at a show, guy said there would be a lot of dead primers, yeah like 1/3. So I took all the duds, pulled the bullets, weighed the powder from 15 or 20 random rounds, then reloaded the powder and bullets in winchester brass with a modern primer.
If you pull the ammo apart your self and reuse it in the same round you're good.

 

[navysailor1]

Thanks for all the info guys. I will pull the bullets and weigh each round, average it out then reassemble at 10% less to start, which should drop the velocity down to more conservative level.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

The closest i get to reusing powder. Is when i find .556 unfired. I have a .223. I pull the .556 one round at a time. Dump the powder on my scale. And take 3 grains away. Then reload. The 3 grains go in a bottle. Then the next pull the same. I wont use the taken away powders even if they look the same. Never know what it is.

 

[mdi]

N/A...

 

[SauceyPanda]

I'm with Hooda Thunkit and edwardware on this one. To say you can't reload using unknown powder when you know the other variables is to say you are NEVER going to reload anything.
Granted, the original poster said he did not measure or had no idea - easy enough to solve that moving forward. Not to rehash what Ed said, but ....what Ed said...same charge, same bullet, same result.
It's not rocket science (unless you are launching rockets with your powder in which case...I guess it is). If you know the variables, it's basic math and measuring (which is pretty much what reloading is)
I am not discounting the inherent dangers in reloading, but if you are here, you should already be aware of what you have your hands in.
AND....??? MLRS_27 started the post with "I pulled a bunch of Herters...to reload in brass". If the plan was to reload with it, why didn't you measure it? And how much is " a bunch". Scrap the ones you've pulled and weight some of the rest. If you have a 7.62x39 gun....why didn't you just shoot the Herters ammo?
Hope this does not sound smug or condescending - It certainly was not intended to.

Love me some HighRoad...learned a lot from others here. (well...at least I hope THEY knew what they were talking about)

 

[ciwsguy]

I did this once with Blazer 44 magnum aluminum case ammo that I could not shoot in my Marlin lever gun. Marlin expressly warns against shooting aluminum ammo in their lever guns. It was 10 grains of something with a 240 grain bullet. I did reuse the powder (10 grains per round) and bullet loaded into my brass casings. They shot just fine.
If you already pulled all of the bullets and dumped all of the powder without weighing the charge weight, I would not use the powder for anything but lawn or garden fertilizer.

 

[higgite]

Hopefully, OP made up his mind what he would do and did it months ago.

 

[Reloadron]

Hopefully, OP made up his mind what he would do and did it months ago.

Last seen Feb 9th 2021. Yeah, hopefully things went well for them.

Ron

 

[twarr1]

The guy who did this and didn’t get “great results” is no longer around to comment.