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Post by Hughie Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:27 am

A friend of mine gave me some 3031 its in the old metal can . When i say old i mean old lol! price tag on it 5.95 but it still burns Smile My question is it has rust in it do you think this powder should be used or not ?? my problem is if one would try to weight it how could it weight out right?/ and shooting rust out of a gun dont seem like a good thing to do No so use or not to use is the question i just hate throwing powder away.
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Post by hawcer Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:03 pm

Big flakes or small particles of rust? If big flakes...you could would pick out the flakes and transfer the powder to a new container.

But then again....rust inside the can would mean moisture was inside the can. it might very well be a good fertilizer now instead of a good gun powder..
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Post by Reload3006 Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:07 pm

one hates to do it but after 30+ years of hand loading ... my motto has been when in doubt toss it out!!
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Post by XbonesX Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:45 pm

i say save it for glue stick bullets Twisted Evil
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Post by RemMan700 Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:12 pm

Dump it.
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Post by RichBirdHunter Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:50 pm

Burn it!!
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Post by eagle60 Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:03 pm

Chunk it.
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Post by notenoughguns Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:44 am

Makes great fertilizer ! The rust is caused by the powder breaking down to it's basic components one of which is nitric acid .

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