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bought a estate out. had 2 bottles marked H110. one was opened the other had a seal, as in unopened.
now my question. is H110 a ball powder or a flake powder?
I had stored the cans on my powder shelf for some time, and went to use the powder today. I don't remember which can (bottle) had the seal, and upon examining each found one was a flake powder and the other a ball powder. I really dont want to use the wrong powder if someone dumped a strange powder in a empty H 110 container.
BD
Ball powder GW
Powder photos. More then 1 photo of each powder. https://www.ilrc.ucf.edu/powders/sam...hp?powder_id=1
A Flattened Ball Powder- H110.
It can be Black, like this photo, or Gray in color.
If it was me, I'd write it off. There's no good way to use mystery powder, when your betting with your fingers and eyeballs. They are non-refundable.
H-110 is a ball powder..IIRC originally milsurp (pull-down?) for .30 Carbine. Somewhere around here, I've got the original 'Handloader's Digest' article from the early 1970s promoting H-110 as the 'end-all/fix-all' powder for the .357 Mag...which it wasn't.
Bill
Yep, I agree with the others. Use the one that was sealed, but ditch the suspect opened one.
As I suspected. the ball powder is the real h-110, the other is fertlizer. I am just glad that I noticed the difference before loading boxes of 450's. and that you all confirmed my suspicions. There would be nothing like a case full of (who now what, ( mabe bulls eye) to ge a bank out of new years target shooting.
Thanks again
BD
If it was ANYTHING but H110...
Most propellants can be reduced by 10% and worked up. But with a 3% work-up margin...