Laugh at my pain and solve this problem for me.
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Smokeless gunpowder used in modern firearms comes in all shapes and sizes. From a few feet away it just looks like sand, but when you get closer, they actually have "shapes". There are a few primary shapes that they come in, and here we have "flake" and "stick". Not only are they different shapes, but different sizes and even colors. These are 2 very popular powders for small-caliber centerfire rifle.
A buddy showed up this afternoon while I was cleaning up after loading up some ammo and we got to bullshitting about stuff... and I broke a cardinal rule: "ONLY ONE BOTTLE OF POWDER ON THE TABLE AT A TIME". I poured all my excess from the scale into the wrong bottle, and now I've got a mess. It's only $40 worth of powder and I could always scatter it in the yard as fertilizer, but I'm willing to do a spoonful every night (for the next year) with some tweezers just because I hate to waste it. I am all ears if you've got a solution on how I can mechanically separate these easier. Sifting, sieve, sluice box, filter... I will try anything. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1427338554 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1427338554 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1427338554 |
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They're pretty clearly different sizes, so if you got a sieve that's just the right size it should work. No idea where you'd get that, though, and it's probably cheaper to just buy more.
Ask the manufacturer? --Ian |
Don't waste it, blow up a caravan?
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Easy. Find a sifter that will clear the small grains, but not the large.
When I say "easy" I really mean "probably a bitch", but there you go. |
Oh, come on. Powder isn't that expensive. Just burn it and get new. Why go to the trouble of reloading if there's a possibility it won't be right?
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I'm not sure what the composition of either of those powders is, but you could see if one is slightly magnetic.
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make a pipe bomb out of both?
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Originally Posted by 18psi
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make a pipe bomb out of both?
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So far we have Dimitris, Vladimir and Scotty that want to have you get arrested. :lol:
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Burn a Satanic effigy in front of your neighbors home?
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Originally Posted by 18psi
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make a pipe bomb out of both?
Those little c02 cylinders for pellet guns work pretty good. |
Blow something up and go buy new powder.
That way * it isn't wasted, you get to blow something up * you don't spend a thousand hours with tweezers * you support the economy * you get to blow something up |
Use it to rob a bank and buy another miata
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I was going to say this might be considered a first world problem, but then I thought NO, gun powder issues are definitely within the bailiwick of the third world. :giggle:
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You poor, poor bastard :giggle:
Time to make some homemade fireworks! |
Perhaps you should experiment with gunpowder injection in the intake manifold.
--Ian |
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^Dood, that stuff would be worth a try if I could find a small square of it locally in various sizes... good thought. I'm thinking I could get a set of tiny drill bits and make my own out of plastic and rig up something on my tumbler to vibrate it.
The "burn it" option is always there... but I'm 100% sure there's an easy and quick solution out there to accomplish this task. |
Fertilizing would be wasting it, but blowing something up...definately worth it!
Originally Posted by Monk
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I'm not sure what the composition of either of those powders is, but you could see if one is slightly magnetic.
The cost of this solution is probably more than new powder. If neither or both powders are magnetic, then it would be cheaper and much more fun to just blow up something. |
Originally Posted by samnavy
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^Dood, that stuff would be worth a try if I could find a small square of it locally in various sizes... good thought. I'm thinking I could get a set of tiny drill bits and make my own out of plastic and rig up something on my tumbler to vibrate it.
The "burn it" option is always there... but I'm 100% sure there's an easy and quick solution out there to accomplish this task. I wish I had the kind of free time you do :vash: |
Originally Posted by good2go
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I was going to say this might be considered a first world problem, but then I thought NO, gun powder issues are definitely within the bailiwick of the third world. :giggle:
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Originally Posted by Savington
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Instead of buying the correct size of mesh from McMaster, you'd rather sit there with a drillbit and drill your own holes in plastic?
I wish I had the kind of free time you do :vash: Sam, save us all some sanity and just get some aluminum foil and a nail of the right size and poke poke poke your way to freedom. If you put the foil on some firm foam and use the nail, it'll go much more easily. And cost you nothing. |
I have nothing useful to contribute to this thread, however as a result of it I've now spent the past hour reading about the history of gunpowder, the process of manufacturing modern smokeless powder, various industrial uses for gunpower, etc.
Did you know, for instance, that you can mix gunpowder and cocaine in equal portions to create a drug commonly referred to as "brown-brown"? Apparently, the nitroglycerin in the gunpowder acts as a vasodilator, improving the uptake of the cocaine. That said, please do a timelapse recording if you elect to sort all that gunpowder with tweezers. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
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Did you know, for instance, that you can mix gunpowder and cocaine in equal portions to create a drug commonly referred to as "brown-brown"? Apparently, the nitroglycerin in the gunpowder acts as a vasodilator, improving the uptake of the cocaine.
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Serious question: are the two pellet types of equal density?
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
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Serious question: are the two pellet types of equal density?
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
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Serious question: are the two pellet types of equal density?
Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
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I was wondering this as well. Might be possible to shake the mixture into (relatively) distinct layers.
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Apparently my centrifuge post didn't actually post.
Centrifuge? |
I was thinking some sort of controlled blast of air, like the traditional method for separating wheat from chaff but using a compressed air source.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
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wanna see real TWPs?
Sam, you should consider meds for your debilitating OCD. |
oh shit I just realized. You don't need anything special.
Some are cylinders that tend to lay on their round sides. Some are discs that lay on their flat sides. Just put them all on a sloped table and you'll be done in a few minutes. |
Originally Posted by y8s
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oh shit I just realized. You don't need anything special.
Some are cylinders that tend to lay on their round sides. Some are discs that lay on their flat sides. Just put them all on a sloped table and you'll be done in a few minutes. |
The trick to vibrating is the intensity of the vibration. My vibratory tumbler is way too strong. I think it would need a fairly high frequency. Also the shape of the container would need to be correct... I was thinking about a tall cylinder rather than a bowl might help the larger green-cylinder shaped Benchmark rise above the flake-shaped H335 if the vibration was perfect.
I'll try a skinny flower vase we have on hand tonight with the tumbler and see what happens. I'm also going to try pressing the body of my Dremel up against is on various speeds and see what happens. |
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My God. SAM Blow something up and buy some new powder, please. An epic green army men d day re enactment could be done. Think of the childrens. They would love to help |
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