What to do with scrap Powder???

[Bullshop Junior]

We live in Alaska. I have blown up so much dtuff and Never heard a word. Neighbors complained but thats it. I blew up a car I didn't like once with fertilizer.....

That being said, My favotite thing to do with extra powder is, find one of the winchester steel round powder cans with the funnel looking top. Cut a hole about 1/4" in the lid, fill with powder, and install a fuse, build a stand so the lid points down, light the fuse, and stand back. if done right it will make a fine rocket, and if it has enough powder they will go out of site.

I even built a few to blow up once they got so high, but I probably shouldn't talk about such things on the interent.

[starmac]

Yup I think you should just put it on your rose bushes.

[sbeatty1983]

Y'all old timers had it better than us younger guys. My dad(70yrs old) used to tell me stories of what they did as kids. Apparently in the mid 50s a 12 year old could walk in the local hardware store and buy dynamite. Lots of blown up stumps and stunned fish

[zomby woof]

Place in a baggie with a handful of magnesium. Place a small ground bloom firework on top of baggie and light. WOW

[Shiloh]

I burned mine.

Shiloh

[richhodg66]

I saw a youtube video once where a guy took a pound of black powder, put it in an old microwave with a LONG extension cord and set it to cook for like 20 minutes. Pretty spectacular after a few minutes.

[Buzzard II]

Garden fertilizer.

[USAFrox]

My dad used to make what he called "homemade fireworks" with them. He would lay it out in a line, then put primers on the line of powder every inch or so. Then he'd light it and step back. The powder would burn like crazy, and cook the primers off as the flame reached each one. POP POP POP!!! Was fun when I was a kid. Dunno about legality these days, so "don't try this at home" and all that stuff.

[Bullshop Junior]

My dad used to make what he called "homemade fireworks" with them. He would lay it out in a line, then put primers on the line of powder every inch or so. Then he'd light it and step back. The powder would burn like crazy, and cook the primers off as the flame reached each one. POP POP POP!!! Was fun when I was a kid. Dunno about legality these days, so "don't try this at home" and all that stuff.

Be kinda spendt these days lol.

[Airman Basic]

Hmm, wonder if tannerite would set it off?
http://www.tannerite.com/

[sbeatty1983]

I couldn't get homemade tannerite to set off gasoline while trying to deal with some beaver dams, doubt it would set off powder either

[Dale in Louisiana]

Ok, for those that say to feed the garden. Please remember that i dont have no rose bushes, no lawns, and such...lol and if i did, they would be completely frozen over about now... And buried in snow.

With all this snow and no risk of fire, now is the time to plan something fun for new years...lol

Alaska? then MY personal favorite won't help you either.

I like to take a couple of tablespoons of scrap **** powder, poke a hole in a fire ant mound, pour the powder in, and ignite it. No, it's not particularly effective against fire ants, but it does aggravate them to no end.

dale in Louisiana

[AlaskanGuy]

Now that sounds like fun...lol

[Changeling]

What ever you decide, DON'T just through it in the trash! Treat it as an excellerent witch it is, a "Static" spark will/can egnite the the dam stuff! So keep it contained for disposal just like one would do a brand new can of powder.
Being in Alaska I know darn well you understand Static Electricity. Take care.

If you can't resist the erge use it to ignite a brush pile or the like, safely. Be sure to explain all this to your son.

[Dave C.]

I have been loading for over 30 yrs and never had any build up of "scrap" powder!
Maybe you should look at your reloading practices.

Dave C.

[AlaskanGuy]

Wow Dave.... Never spilled a drop in 30 years???? Much better reloader then I it seems...

[Whiterabbit]

Rather than garden direct, I put it in my compost. Wait till spring, toss it in the compost and mix in. you wouldn't believe how fast it'll re-start your compost after the thaw.

[mdi]

I'm with Dave, mebbe if I had brushed up and saved every little spill of powder in the last 20+ years, I'd have a cupful or so. Most of the time my bench is clean enough to salvage powder spills to return to the container...

[AlaskanGuy]

Well, it is just my way i guess... My bench is very clean, but if any powder spills, or a few grains drop out of a measure, or whatever, i never return possible contaminated powder to a clean source... And i clean my bench after every single session. I never leave powder in my measure after casting, or primers in the primer tool... I just dont do it... If i pull a boolit from a botched round, it goes into the scrap can, as there is possibly lube or such mixed in... That is just how i do things... Maybe i am being anal, or to meticulous, but that is how i do things... Prolly the military, or my fathers fault...lol. That being said, it still has taken me a long long long time to get what is in the small powder can... I made a promise to myself a very long time ago, and that is, If i have to ask "I wonder if this will be ok?" Then i would Not shoot it... The practice has served me well over the years...

AG

[Dale in Louisiana]

Y'all old timers had it better than us younger guys. My dad(70yrs old) used to tell me stories of what they did as kids. Apparently in the mid 50s a 12 year old could walk in the local hardware store and buy dynamite. Lots of blown up stumps and stunned fish

In 1967 (when I was 17) I walked into the local chemical supply house and requested a quart of oleum (concentrated sulfuric acid), a quart of concentrated nitric acid (you chemists can see where this is heading) and for fun, a gallon of 40% ammonia solution and a pound of iodine crystals. These afforded me hours of education and entertainment.

Today they'd likely get me a visit from Homeland Security.

dale in Louisiana