Moorvogi
Firearm Advocate
- Dec 28, 2014
- 855
I have some powder that was given to my by my father in law. Normally i wouldn't trust powder from "average joe" but this was my father in law. Still... exercising some caution because of what i'm going to share next.
It's UNIQUE powder, and i got a squib load.. I get a squib about every 200-300 rounds so i quit using it.
Then i got into shotgun reloading and bam.. same powder! MOST of the time, it's fine.. but every once in a while (more than i would like to admit) it goes POP instead of BANG. You see the lead shot spirtz out the end like confetti at some Chinese street festival and the wad passes by like a rabbit in the sky.
Typically, all I do is validate the chamber is clear by keeping the chamber open and dropping a bambo stick down the muzzle like a muzzle loader.
Can someone share with me.. what else COULD go wrong with using this old powder? Could it explode a 2nd time, mid barrel? how dangerous is this powder in a shotgun.
I got tired of squib loads in pistols.. figured 20gr (give or take) per 12g is going to use it faster than pistol rounds.
It's UNIQUE powder, and i got a squib load.. I get a squib about every 200-300 rounds so i quit using it.
Then i got into shotgun reloading and bam.. same powder! MOST of the time, it's fine.. but every once in a while (more than i would like to admit) it goes POP instead of BANG. You see the lead shot spirtz out the end like confetti at some Chinese street festival and the wad passes by like a rabbit in the sky.
Typically, all I do is validate the chamber is clear by keeping the chamber open and dropping a bambo stick down the muzzle like a muzzle loader.
Can someone share with me.. what else COULD go wrong with using this old powder? Could it explode a 2nd time, mid barrel? how dangerous is this powder in a shotgun.
I got tired of squib loads in pistols.. figured 20gr (give or take) per 12g is going to use it faster than pistol rounds.