Thread: Another Trip to the Range

I have heard of 4 rifles being blow up with handloads. In two the wrong powder was used in spite of it being in a canister correctly marked. The third was where a much harder projectile was used in a load for a softer one. And fourth was when a powder was thought to be different to what it actually was. I won't use powder that in not in a sealed container. I have seen one container of powder where the powder was a mixture of stick and ball powder. I don't like waste either but there is nothing as wasteful as blowing up a rifle and likely destroying the scope trying to use a part tin of mystery powder to save a few dollars.
Neither you nor I may put powder in a container that is not first labelled but some rely on memory as one of the blow ups demonstrates. I certainly not rely on some internet jockeys quaint ideas on powder identification.
Regards Grandpamac.