I was loading some 9mm and the clear tube on my auto powder drop popped off and Titegroup went everywhere. I picked up all that I could, without any debris in it, but this amount had to be thrown away. Fortunately there wasn't much powder in the tube.
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Can’t afford to be wasting powder...
Been there myself a year or so back..
Varget....
Been there myself a year or so back..
Varget....
Thank GOD there were no Primers mixed in ... that would prompt a "Disaster Declaration" for your neighborhood.
Nah, I'm in Mississippi. We are still free here. Now if the house blew up, they'd send the fire department, but then start a go fund me page to replace my reloading equipment.
Obviously you're going to go outside and light it, right? (Don't do that.)
Wish I would have thought about that brilliant idea before I chunked about 250 grains.
Put it up for sale in the PX for $1K......someone will buy it.
NOT VARGET?!Can’t afford to be wasting powder...
Been there myself a year or so back..
Varget....
Whats your address and trash day? Asking for a friend.
Yes it was...
I met with another member here to trade primers in parking lot. It looked entirely like a shady drug deal. I almost ran when the cops drove by.
I asked him to check just to make sure they were full. He opened the first one upside down. At least he did it slowly. Only about 10 primers fell, and we found all but one, but damn. Two grown men scouring the ground for each and every last primer. These are sad times indeed!
I asked him to check just to make sure they were full. He opened the first one upside down. At least he did it slowly. Only about 10 primers fell, and we found all but one, but damn. Two grown men scouring the ground for each and every last primer. These are sad times indeed!
I have almost 9,000 primers on the shelf ... and I still panic when I drop one ... and immediately go into the "Flashlight Low Crawl".
Does that make me a "Hoarder"? Should I be looking for a 12-Step meeting?
(Me) "Hi, my name is Rusty and I can't find enough primers to feel safe."
(Them) "HI RUSTY !!!"
Does that make me a "Hoarder"? Should I be looking for a 12-Step meeting?
(Me) "Hi, my name is Rusty and I can't find enough primers to feel safe."
(Them) "HI RUSTY !!!"
9000 on the shelf just means you are low on inventory, you're only going to be able to burn out 3 barrels with that inventory.
You are SO right ... I need to buy MORE !!!
Yes do that. It's not scary or particularly dangerous, and we'd be better off as a society if more men still understood how to play with matches safely instead of this safety nazi era we're in now.
LOLZZZI dropped 3 primers on the floor a few months ago
Me: Laying on floor trying to spot the little bastards
Wife: “what are you doing”
Me: “trying to find 3 primers”
Wife: “seriously?, just wait until you clean next time to find them”
Me:“No, YOU DONT UNDERSTAND!!!”
Yeah, I dropped a few LR Magnum primers on the concrete garage floor once. "Meh, I'll get em later, whatever." Garage was closed. Loading things, being American, moved my chair and sat down.. *POPPP*.
HOLYSHITWHATTHEFUCK! Whew man! Ears ringing like a 22LR just went off in the garage. Scared the shit outta me.
Now, I pick up primers when they drop LOL.
The problem lies in the people (probably hundreds, if not thousands) that shoot 300-500 rounds a year and they are panic-buying thousands and thousands of primers. That shit bugs me. I know a few guys that are doing that.
Dropped primer/ejector spring pro tip. Overhead lights off, high lumen head lamp on, hands and knees; if dropped on carpet, for gods sake, tiptoe out of there like it’s a mine field. This will cut search time in half.
Edited to add; shag carpet, add approx 20-30 minutes per square foot of search area in addition to projected search time
Edited to add; shag carpet, add approx 20-30 minutes per square foot of search area in addition to projected search time
You are absolutely correct, it is fun to come on here and make jokes about having three lifetimes of ammo and/or components but it isn't good for the market and to your point leads to the boom and bust cycles that the dealers and suppliers are then forced to deal with.
My wife told me I shouldn't go shoot today because I might not be able to get primers to reload later. I believe I'll shoot until I run out and hope the market supply has come back by then. I have just over 2k SRPs and that will get me through about 2 years, if the market doesn't stabilize over a two year span we are probably toast anyway.
Sure to find a spring, but primers are brass and don’t stick to magnets.
If I only had 9K primers on the shelf I would have an anxiety attack every day...
Most all of us have had little mishaps like that. Most of mine have been from forgetting to close the drain on my ChargeMaster. It just hurts more during these times of shortages.
I keep a jar for odd powder that I take to the Deer Club. It makes a neat light show around the yard fire at night. This powder is mostly from duds and dropped loaded ammo that I find on the ground.
I keep a jar for odd powder that I take to the Deer Club. It makes a neat light show around the yard fire at night. This powder is mostly from duds and dropped loaded ammo that I find on the ground.
Y’all are pussies. Just break out the vacuum, but wear your ear pro!
I actually thought about that, when I believed there would only be a few grains. But then I looked at the whole pile, and thought better of it!Y’all are pussies. Just break out the vacuum, but wear your ear pro!
If you wrap a stocking around the end of the vacuum you can suck up powder and keep it. Ask me how I know.
Get a knee high stocking, stick the end into the vacuum hose, hold it firmly, and vacuum away. Best to close at least one eye and squint with the other. You can also shoot primers out of a 22 cal air rifle, but you didn’t hear that from me!
Do they go bang if they hit something?
I've vacuumed up kernels of powder in to my shop vac. No issues. It wasn't like a lot or anything, but a few here and there that sprinkle on there ground every now and then.Y’all are pussies. Just break out the vacuum, but wear your ear pro!
Seriously what would you need ear pro for? You think the powder will go bang by itself?Y’all are pussies. Just break out the vacuum, but wear your ear pro!
And it’s the .177 cal pellet guns that you can shoot small rifle/pistol primers from. Yes they do go bang, if you hit something hard from close enough. You have to shoot a steel plate, concrete wall, etc; just a chunk of wood won’t do it usually.
