06/29/2026
Reloading question for y'all.
If I have bad loads, unless it is a batch that I just loaded, I toss the powder that was pulled.
Here's my reasoning. If it is handgun rounds and even if the powder is the same, I typically toss it unless it was freshly made ammo. Lot numbers can be different, age of powder, etc. I treat most rifle ammo the same way UNLESS I am certain of what that powder is and if it is a newer load. Examples include Trail Boss and specific loads I know with 100% certainty what it is and where it came from.
I have loaded 20-50 rounds and realized the scale was off or I read 4.5 as 5.4. Mistakes happen, but if I catch them at that point I will keep the powder and reload with the correct weight.
Other peoples ammo that I have acquired, it all gets pulled.
Listen I hear you, powder is expensive.
Let's do some math, and please correct me if I get this wrong:
1 pound of powder = 7000 grains
9mm 125gr FMJ pushed by CFE Pistol at 5gr
so...
7000/5gr gets you 1400 rounds of ammo per pound of CFE Pistol
Midway has it for $48 a pound, divided by 1400 rounds and you get 3.4 cents per round of powder. That comes to $1.74 a box of loaded ammo in just powder cost. You can't put a cost on safety.
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