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Loading some bombs for a mate, he supplied me with some RL17 that he brought of TM.
When I put the powder in my auto charge I noticed differently coloured pieces of powder in amongst it.
I looked at RL23 and RL26 that I have here and the powder colour is uniform Grey/black.
Check out the photos and see what ya reckon.
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I've used many different powders over the years and have never noticed different coloured granules as shown in your image. I'm not qualified to make a definitive statement but in my opinion the powder looks a bit dodgy.
Iv seen it but am no help because I can’t remember what powder it was I’m sure it was adi maybe 2206h as that’s all iv used in the past few years if it was Alliant it would have being ro26 for the same reason I used it but it looks like that batch has a lot more than what I was seeing
Contaminated
Yep i'd hazard a guess someone has accidentally put a different powder back into the wrong bottle, likely realized the mistake, and ditched it on TM.
Was it a new container of powder or had it been opened?
It could be that the change is due to it being oxidised when left in a hopper, and now it has mixed with the rst of the powder.
ADI BM8208 has multi coloured granules from new.
I wouldnt be using that powder if you dont trust the source.
I’ve gotten through quite a bit of RL17 have never seen any colour variation. I wouldn’t risk using that stuff.
Actually I remember now it was 2225 and I didn’t use it . It was sitting in my powder thrower when I upgraded when I emptied the thrower months latter it was like that!
Just pick them out
I say that to the wife when she finds coriander. Nearly gets me murdered everytimeQuote:
Originally Posted by longshot
Picked up 100 projectiles in an auction marked 150 Gr and on checking a few for weight half are 165 Gr. Buying powder or projectiles in opened containers can be a disaster waiting to happen.
Yep, definitely not using it.
I never use open powder from an unknown source.
Cheers guys, hard lesson for my mate, he payed big $$$ for half a tub.
RL17 is a magic powder. Pick offending granules out .
Yep. I have a near new bottle of RL17 and in moment of stupidity I dumped some 2209 in while pulling apart some loads. One day I'll get round to picking it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeRei
Any one with contaminated RL 17 should send it to me. Expert analysis undertaken and if found to be contaminated the RL 17 will be paid for at market rates prior to disposal.
looks like 2213 or 2206 type powder...agree possibly pulled one load too many and wasnt checking when tipping powder into pottle.....Ive now got into habit of doing each load into a glass then tipping it in.... luckily for me it was only ADI powder into hodgdon stuff the same....
This is the 2225 that was sitting in the hopper I was talking about funnily enough still on the old bench in the back back shed . This is only 2225 as it was a bottle I bought new and opened it wasn’t like it when I used the powder at first but after sitting in the hopper for awhile it changed .
Moisture? Buggered if I no photos not the as good as yours but you get the idea
Clean bench. No noise. No distractions. No one else in room. Powder can do bad things to the human body. Seen the result of beer and putting wrong cartridge into a shotgun. Lucky he is still alive.
The guy my mate brought it from is taking the powder back and giving him a refund.
Best possible outcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by robh500
As someone else has said I've seen it in 2206h, several years ago old bottle sort of grey new bottle yellowish by comparison different batch numbers mind you never seen it within a bottle/batch though.
