Idiot mistake with powder questions

[nickabeans]

Reloading some 223 today with H335, and time to clean up and clear out the powder hopper, I managed to dump about a 1/5 of my rcbs uniflow into a brand new 1lb H4895 container. Does anyone know if this is close enough of a burn rate that I will be ok loading the 4895 in a 308 or should I toss the whole out?

[LeadFarmer74]

Better to be safe than sorry.

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I'd discard the powder. Your face and gun is worth more than a pound of contaminated powder.

I guess a small benefit is if you decide to discard it by burning, you get to see how 1lb of powder looks like when burnt! Or use it as fertilizer.

[Jeff213]

you might be able to sift it... h335 is WAY FINER than 4895. You would need a fine mesh porous cloth or screen. I would not load it mixed though. Unsafe to mix powders.

[thomashoward]

trash it

[roc_my_tims]

I hate to lose 20-$25 but i would also trash it. But man it would hurt me

[Divernhunter]

At least it was only a 1 pound can. I did it to a new 8 pound jug one once. That really hurts.
Toss in into the lawn/flowers/garden and consider it a lesson learned. It is called experience which is when you get the test before the lesson

[ar15barrels]

Reloading some 223 today with H335, and time to clean up and clear out the powder hopper,
I managed to dump about a 1/5 of my rcbs uniflow into a brand new 1lb H4895 container.

There is a basic reloading safety rule that says you never should have more than one powder type on the bench at any given time.
It would seem that following this rule could be helpful in your future.

[NinjaNinja]

better to trash it and be safe

[nickabeans]

Yeah lesson learned. I wont make that mistake again.

[jcwillis]

you might be able to sift it... h335 is WAY FINER than 4895. You would need a fine mesh porous cloth or screen. I would not load it mixed though. Unsafe to mix powders.

^^^ Would not hurt to give sifting through a screen a try. Nothing to lose at this point.

[G38xOC]

I'll take it

[drkphibr]

There is a basic reloading safety rule that says you never should have more than one powder type on the bench at any given time.
It would seem that following this rule could be helpful in your future.

This ^

Think of this mistake as expensive fertilizer for your lawn.

[Fjold]

I once dumped about an ounce of H338 into a fairly new can of BLC(2). I actually walked over to my powder cabinet and grabbed the wrong can. I hated throwing out that almost new can of BLC(2).

[Jeepergeo]

If in doubt, toss it out. Why take the chance for so little gain.