Went to the range today and shot 50 rounds of 357 reloaded with H110 and 100 rounds of 38 special reloaded with SR4756. I toss my spent cases in a tupperware container during shooting. I noticed "powder" collecting at the bottom of the container. Ah hah. Unburned powder! When I got home I shook the hell out of the container to knock out any extra powder from the cases. Altogether about 0.5cc of crap. I put the little pile on a 2x4 and hit it with a BBQ lighter. No poof, just a fizzle. And after the fizzle about 50% of the crap was left as unburnable ash.
Hmmm.... So when you think there is unburned powder from your handloads, is it really unburned or unburnable?
BTW not sure if unburnable is a word. Noncombustible is probably more correct.
Hmmm.... So when you think there is unburned powder from your handloads, is it really unburned or unburnable?
BTW not sure if unburnable is a word. Noncombustible is probably more correct.