When all done with PC/BB mix, do you sift out the BB’s and return the used PC to the original batch container? Thanks!
When all done with PC/BB mix, do you sift out the BB’s and return the used PC to the original batch container? Thanks!
Yes, I reuse the powder. You can do it several ways, strain the BB's and powder or pull the bullets out of the container and knock the excess off by tapping forcepts or whatever you are using on the side.
So I take it that if all I have is a tumble container with BB’s and powder, I can sift the BB’s out and pour the powder back in Smoke’s bag???
I just take out the bullets with a pair of forceps and leave the powder with the BB's. Then just add more powder when needed. No sifting ever.
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Thanks Hick! I was wondering that, too! Didn’t know if it would get moisture, etc. Makes sense, cause unless you mix, you’ll always have BB’s for that color! thanks!
I have a tub with lid for each color of PC I have. After shaking I take the pills out with a pair of those squeeze to open tweezers. I leave the BB's and the PC in the tub and add more when needed. Never gets any moisture in it.
Thank you tankgunnr! I’ll do just that. Label it, too.
What Hick said.
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Put the container in a fridge if you can, along with the extra powder! I have a small fridge in my shop, it works for me!
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My shake and bake containers are a 4 sided heavy duty #5 container with an o-ring seal and a hinge snap on each of the 4 sides. So the container is air/moisture tight when not in use. I don't have to worry about humidity in my powder. I store the bags from Smoke in an ammo can with a large desiccant container.
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Cooling the powder just makes it cold. If it is open to cold air draft it may lose some moisture. Unfortunately, when exposed to warm air, moisture condenses on it.
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Yep, what others said, get a container for each color, leave it in there if you can. Much easier and less waste. I have tried several containers to mix in. Had some Glad ones with a screw on lid, really liked them but they were tall and not so wide. I robbed some Glad sandwich tubs my wife had and they work awesome so the bullets are not as piled up on each other, more spread out. I never out the powder back in the bag. I do put a small plastic spoon in each color that stays in the main bag of powder.
Yes. As above, I pick the bullets out and place on the bake tray.
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I have it out long enough to get what I need, then back in the fridge! As for the container my bullets are warmed up a little bit, from the heat source.
The lowcounty in the summer, un-air condition shop, I AM going to have moisture regardless what I do. It works for me, just throwing ideas out, find what works best for you!
Thanks for that workhorse. We get lots of humidity off the gulf coast.
Yea I too load in an unconditioned garage 150 feet away from a saltwater marsh. If I introduce anything cold to my environment, it immediately draws moisture. I spent 2+ years at NBC and as per my vivid recollections, brutal humidity was invented in the SC low country.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |