This is it.
I’m going to order some from Smoke when I figure out what color I want
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This is it.
I’m going to order some from Smoke when I figure out what color I want
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I have some HF Black that just won't go away too. It was the very first powder that I bought, not knowing how bad it was. I used it, mixed it, tried to burn it up, etc, but it seems to keep reproducing. Like the original poster, I guess I'm just too cheap to throw it out. Its either that or I keep it around to remind myself NOT TO MAKE the same mistake again!
Purple
This here is Harbor Freight Black.
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I have the same problem with 2 bottles of RS Pyrodex that I was trying to use up in Cowboy Matches in my shotgun with light loads. I still have 2 bottles, I want to throw the crap out but I don't want to throw the crap out
The Eagle has landed--used the last of my zombie green powder today!
thought it would never happen but dumped the last remaining spoonfuls into my shake and bake bowl this a.m.
and best news is I coated about 2000 bullets for a fellow shooter so I won't have to look at them when I reload
still have vast numbers cast and coated with this color but from here on out will be using them up without having to replace them with the same color
now . . . blue or purple or ????
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RVN/Cambodia War Games, 2nd Place
I can't really say what it takes to have a never ending supply. A generous member sent me a large box of gray powder that apparently was salvaged(overspray?) from an industrial operation. I won't live long enough to use it. Maybe I can interest my sons in PC. They may not live that long either, it is such a large quantity.
Having nothing to compare it against, I assume that my results are sufficient for my use. The finished product from this gray powder is almost black. I say almost because a commercial powder coater of bullets just down the road from me does nothing but black bullets. His are blacker?.
John
W.TN
I've got a wide assortment of colors--the green just wasn't my cup of tea
decided to use it up--it's taken years but that ship has sailed--finally
have several tubs of different colors so going to use them all during the next PC session
I, too, got 'souvenired'*, some gray overspray powder from a gentleman on this site--mixed it in and while extending the amount of the green, really knocked off the day-glo hue of it
*a term the Vietnamese used when asking us to give them stuff--this from a former life
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RVN/Cambodia War Games, 2nd Place
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Powder reproduces when you're not using it.
Regards,
Gary
Smoke's gloss black and bacon grease make a nice grey that mimics lead pretty well when mixed 50/50.
The Eagle has flown the coop.
I finally got done to dust in my tub so cleaned it out and started fresh--GREEN will never darken my door, or bullets again
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RVN/Cambodia War Games, 2nd Place
Congratulations!
I know this is a late entry but....
This is a half-full, 3lb sour cream tub.
Wife and .380 are loooong gone. Can't melt 'em and destroy the work. Can't throw the powder away. I guess it sits there for the day I run out of everything else.
Now, on to the big questions. If I'm not too late. Did I win? What do I win?
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my wife would like them.
I would mix with another color--just a bit and see what color results. you can always add a bit more--this is what I did with the green and got passible colors while I was using it up
I'm too cheap (child of child of the Depression) to throw anything out and my guns don't care what color the bullets are
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RVN/Cambodia War Games, 2nd Place
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |