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[Bottom Fodder]

5 pages on a thread about mixing powders, is it soup yet

 

[Kracken McGraw]

https://www.brownells.com/reloading/components/powder/ramshot-x-terminator-powders/?sku=749101673
One more example of things changing fast. Waiting on a jug of xterminator to be delivered that I ordered two days ago from them for $265.

 

[Ned Ludd]

HAHAHA, you're a little touchy there Mr. Keyboard Highmaster. I was just stating what I had observed time and time again. What do you base your results on?

Let's be clear, Krusty...you stated what you had observed when mixing marbles, not powders. And for the record, what you were really doing was purposely trying to be insulting because you can't stand it that I disagree with you. It's just what you do.

In answer to your question, what I do is mix powders (not marbles), then carefully test the results using readouts that involve actual shooting, not counting kernels. It is absolutely possible to mix two different powders of similar size/shape/weight evenly enough that an output such as velocity that is effectively a perfect average of the two powders can be achieved, throughout the entire mixture. @Tim Singleton clearly understands how to do this with the two powders being discussed in this thread. I never once stated that a "perfectly even" mixture would be the result of mixing two powders. However, the resultant mixture doesn't have to be "perfect", it merely has to be good enough that the powder functions as uniform mixture. The farther apart the size/shape/weight of the two different powder kernels, or the velocity they produce, the harder it is to obtain a good results when mixing. But that doesn't mean it's impossible.

For those that already "know" you can't evenly mix powders, the answer is easy, don't do it. For those that are open-minded about the possibility, give it a try and see whether it works in your hands.

 

[Medic505]

Let's be clear, Krusty...you stated what you had observed when mixing marbles, not powders. And for the record, what you were really doing was purposely trying to be insulting because you can't stand it that I disagree with you. It's just what you do.

In answer to your question, what I do is mix powders (not marbles), then carefully test the results using readouts that involve actual shooting, not counting kernels. It is absolutely possible to mix two different powders of similar size/shape/weight evenly enough that outputs such as velocity can be achieved that are effectively a perfect average of the two powders are obtained, throughout the entire mixture. @Tim Singleton clearly understands how to do this with the two powders being discussed in this thread. I never once stated that a "perfectly even" mixture would be the result of mixing two powders. However, the resultant mixture doesn't have to be "perfect", it merely has to be good enough that the powder functions as uniform mixture. The farther apart the size/shape/weight of the two different powder kernels, or the velocity they produce, the harder it is to obtain a good results when mixing. But that doesn't mean it's impossible.

For those that already "know" you can't evenly mix powders, the answer is easy, don't do it. For those that are open-minded about the possibility, give it a try and see whether it works in your hands.

I could care less if you disagree with me..... and blah blah blah

 

[Andy Work]

Well stated Ned.

 

[Tim Singleton]

Let's be clear, Krusty...you stated what you had observed when mixing marbles, not powders. And for the record, what you were really doing was purposely trying to be insulting because you can't stand it that I disagree with you. It's just what you do.

In answer to your question, what I do is mix powders (not marbles), then carefully test the results using readouts that involve actual shooting, not counting kernels. It is absolutely possible to mix two different powders of similar size/shape/weight evenly enough that outputs such as velocity can be achieved that are effectively a perfect average of the two powders are obtained, throughout the entire mixture. @Tim Singleton clearly understands how to do this with the two powders being discussed in this thread. I never once stated that a "perfectly even" mixture would be the result of mixing two powders. However, the resultant mixture doesn't have to be "perfect", it merely has to be good enough that the powder functions as uniform mixture. The farther apart the size/shape/weight of the two different powder kernels, or the velocity they produce, the harder it is to obtain a good results when mixing. But that doesn't mean it's impossible.

For those that already "know" you can't evenly mix powders, the answer is easy, don't do it. For those that are open-minded about the possibility, give it a try and see whether it works in your hands.

Much better explanation than I was going to attempt