Just a little reminder. Only keep 1 bottle of powder on the bench at a time. I always do, except yesterday. Some how, I left a new bottle of VARGET on the bench while loading 4895 for the .308. When it came time to empty the powder hopper, I poured the left over 4895 into the new bottle of VARGET. What a tragedy
How much did You pour back into the Varget container and did You use a funnel ?.
You could salvage a large portion of the Varget ,provided you DIDN'T shake or move the bottle too much .
I've become accustom to laying out Primed cases , bullets ,powder and am generally very close at total consumption . On occasions I've emptied the powder dispenser but learned to put it into one of My chemical bottles ,label it . Then set it inside My powder cabinet ,I then simply add that powder with New powder for the same caliber loading next time around .
The reason I do that is ,I generally have # 3 progressive presses with various calibers ,I.E. different powders .
I also ALWAYS put a piece of masking tape ON top of my powder dispensers ,listing powder and Lot # along with load . So when I break for the day or 5 ,I can go back see exactly WHERE I'm at , throw a couple of charges ensure metering is correct and set down crank out XXXX # of rounds .
IF one is doing precision BR loading ; Then it's generally a One powder One caliber deal ,so NOT a problem .
A one bottle out per load session on single presses does simplify and minimizes mistakes .
I can't do that because of necessity of various calibers , Pistols , Rifles, Shotguns and their powders DON'T mix .
Surprisingly I only have two chemical bottles currently with small amounts of powder and My powder cabinet has ,lets just say I could open a retail store for a few weeks .