One bottle of powder on the bench

[MGYSGT]

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

 

[46and2]

H48 rget

 

[Big Mc]

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

Should have listened to yourself. Tommy Mc
. One at a time is a good rule !!!!

 

[JohnD]

That is my hard and fast rule that I have abided by for 25-30 years. To easy to make a bad mistake.

John

 

[markT]

I learned that a looomg time ago but it don’t hurt for a reminder. Hate that happened to you. Ouch.

 

[M-61]

I always wondered in a situation like this: Is it ok to try and experiment with the mix? Assuming you used a very low charge of the mixture would it be safe?

Absolutely not
No matter what the load NO mixing!
The longer you do anything (reloading for example) humans tend to drift away from the rules that have kept them safe. Familiarity raises its ugly head and
next thing you know there’s a tragedy in the making.
This might not the ideal time to be screwing up and losing powder but the up side is an upsetting event, you caught it in time, and my guess is you’re back to your one powder on the bench at as time.

 

[M-61]

I agree with the one bottle!! You might want to compare these two powders on the burn rate chart and draw your own conclusions with what to do with the mix...

Unfortunately the only thing to draw a conclusion about as where you’re going to dump it (garbage)

 

[Creedmoor02]

Lawn fertilizer…

 

[DGP4]

Yes, that is what I suspected. I guess your spring flowers will love the inadvertent fertilizer!

 

[KMart]

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

Your Drill Instructor would have you doing squat thrusts until he got tired

 

[Bill Norris]

So easy to make these mistakes when we let our guard down. One powder on the bench is golden.

 

[m1jeff]

It’s now a bottle of Regret.

That’s painful just to even read about. Sorry that happened!

 

[BlueWater]

Yup. That'll do it. Clear the bench; clean the bench; bring out the specific load's components, just for that load; complete the loading; then put away those components when done. IOW, "keep your station clean." Was taught that with cooking, by Mom, decades ago. Has worked fairly well in the garage, shop, and loading bench. The couple occasions I failed to remember the advice ... it burned (or nearly burned) me. Can't recall blending two powders, but still. I'm sure it'll happen at some point, me being all too human.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I wish my hard lessons only cost forty bucks. No harm done, consider it a good day.

 

[6.5 forever]

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

I am getting old. I now only use one powder. I stock it DEEP. No problem this way!!

 

[CaptainMal]

Takes guts to start this thread. My guess is we all limit our working benches to just one powder type at a time. Yet, it happens.

Not your fault for being human. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[bobaloo22]

As a new reloader this info could save a bunch of grief for me later.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Ned Ludd]

Only a single powder out and in use at one time is a very good suggestion, sorry you had to [re]learn it the hard way. Now as far as sorting out the Varget/H4895 mixup, you're going to want a pair of these:

 

[billshehane]

You are lucky you just lost the powder. My Buddy was loading WW748 in his 7BR and WW296 in his 44Mag. (Same size and looking cans) . You guessed it 24gns. of WW296 in the 7BR almost cost him his life. Got lucky, only the gun and scope were trashed.

 

[6.5 forever]

You are lucky you just lost the powder. My Buddy was loading WW748 in his 7BR and WW296 in his 44Mag. (Same size and looking cans) . You guessed it 24gns. of WW296 in the 7BR almost cost him his life. Got lucky, only the gun and scope were trashed.

Very good example.