What have you done in the reloading room today

Started loaded 357 magnum with MBC 158 grain LSWC, CCI SPM primers , mixed nickel brass and I am using up some old Accurate #5 that a friend gave me that his dad used for reloading sadly his father had passed away.

I am attaching a picture of the #5 container the powder looks very different than current #5 production powder . There is no Country of Origin or Production Date on the bottle just a price sticker of $17.99 . Can anyone give me some information on this powder as I am not real familiar with Accurate powder.


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Started loaded 357 magnum with MBC 158 grain LSWC, CCI SPM primers , mixed nickel brass and I am using up some old Accurate #5 that a friend gave me that his dad used for reloading sadly his father had passed away.

I am attaching a picture of the #5 container the powder looks very different than current #5 production powder . There is no Country of Origin or Production Date on the bottle just a price sticker of $17.99 . Can anyone give me some information on this powder as I am not real familiar with Accurate powder.


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I used some of that vintage Accurate No. 5 years ago in .357 Magnum, .38 Special and 9mm. As I recall, it was similar to Unique in application, but metered better. Back then it might have been imported from Israel.
 
Started loaded 357 magnum with MBC 158 grain LSWC, CCI SPM primers , mixed nickel brass and I am using up some old Accurate #5 that a friend gave me that his dad used for reloading sadly his father had passed away.

I am attaching a picture of the #5 container the powder looks very different than current #5 production powder . There is no Country of Origin or Production Date on the bottle just a price sticker of $17.99 . Can anyone give me some information on this powder as I am not real familiar with Accurate powder.


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I've got a bottle just like it. Early 2000's. I think mine was 2005. This was the Explosia/Lovex made stuff. My older cannisters of Accurate are also not marked as to country of origin. The newer extruded stuff is Canadian and the ball stuff was Belgian for a time (PB Clermont) and is now made by St. Marks I believe. There was a time where they imported from Israel as well, early 80's, then the IMI plant burned down. Makes me dizzy thinking about it.
 
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I've got a bottle just like it. Early 2000's. I think mine was 2005. This was the Explosia/Lovex made stuff. My older cannisters of Accurate are also not marked as to country of origin. The newer stuff is Canadian. There was a time where they imported from Israel I think as well.
Thanks, this is a very nice powder I shot some 40 S&W today loaded with it in my Rock Island FS Ultra the accuracy was fantastic I may have to get another pound of #5 and shoot it against what I am currently using in 40 S&W which is W244 …. Or maybe try the W572 which I picked up on the way home.
 
I've always kept powder and primers separate but lately I've been short on space so there's some powder in the primer cabinet. I used to keep primers in a separate room away from the reloading equipment and powders but my wife didn't like that stuff being in the master bedroom closet. I needed to rearrange and so I would still like to achieve some type of separation. It's probably not a big deal ... it's just that my grandfather always kept them separate. He passed back in the late 80's but I'm still nervous that he would yell at me about the current arrangement.

Now I'm wondering how many people keep these things separate.

Right now, there's ~52,000 primers sharing an upper cabinet with 21lbs of powder.
 
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Now I'm wondering how many people keep these things separate.

Right now, there's ~52,000 primers sharing an upper cabinet with 21lbs of powder.

Can't say I have it any thought, but my powders are stored in 2 large (20 mm) ammo cans in the garage, and my primers are in my p.e.b. workshop and storage. I take out a particular powder one pound at a time, and return it to the garage when done.
 
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Thanks, this is a very nice powder I shot some 40 S&W today loaded with it in my Rock Island FS Ultra the accuracy was fantastic I may have to get another pound of #5 and shoot it against what I am currently using in 40 S&W which is W244 …. Or maybe try the W572 which I picked up on the way home.

I found the old Propellant Profiles article which you might be able to read at least part of ...

SW Clean Shot
 
I've always kept powder and primers separate but lately I've been short on space so there's some powder in the primer cabinet. I used to keep primers in a separate room away from the reloading equipment and powders but my wife didn't like that stuff being in the master bedroom closet. I needed to rearrange and so I would still like to achieve some type of separation. It's probably not a big deal ... it's just that my grandfather always kept them separate. He passed back in the late 80's but I'm still nervous that he would yell at me about the current arrangement.

Now I'm wondering how many people keep these things separate.

Right now, there's ~52,000 primers sharing an upper cabinet with 21lbs of powder.
If grandad comes back and says separate them, better darn do it. And fast!

I separate more than that for sure. I can't afford to lose everything in an avoidable fire nor listen to endless recriminations thereafter so I keep all but the powder I'm using in a fridge out in a shed--set at 70 degrees.

While I'm giving free advice, I don't keep that many primers together. Not by a long shot. Not in my house.

Until grandad clarifies for you...here's what Alliant says:
 
Sorting some Ranch Dog 432-265-RF bullets got paused to install new (old) grips on the GP100.

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Making space in a lower cabinet

I like seeing those .348WCF dies up there! It shows you are a man of taste and sophistication.

The only Lee FCD I've ever owned was for the .348WCF... I couldn't get it to work right, and threw it in a box. That was probably 25 years ago...

I was putting an axle in a 2023 Infiniti qx50 with a rubber type dead blow hammer ( has to be “ popped in”) and missed the axle but hit my thumb. HARD

Gus... thank God it was a dead blow... not a steel hammer. FWIW, a dead blow is all I carry on my truck... for umpteen reasons, including my thumb... ;)
 
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