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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    Quote Originally Posted by bogey1 View Post
    I loaded them in 2012 I ran into a article on the web last week when I was looking for loading data.
    It was a article I saw before I loaded mine, but just blew it off. So I decided to check. Sure enough,
    some went bad. I just opened the jar of powder, you cant take a big whiff it'll burn your nose out.
    It smells like chlorine. I have about 2.5lbs of it in a container, when I go up state next I'll throw it in the fire pit.
    I hear it makes great plant food

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    Quote Originally Posted by bogey1 View Post
    I removed one last night, all blue and corroded. I just washed them all. I know, there goes about 40 bucks in primers,
    and 100 bucks in brass.
    Did you get my PM from this morning? I dont know if it went through.
    I think I got two. Might have been three. Life's hard to keep track of.
    Gender confusion is a mental illness

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    Quote Originally Posted by 85MikeTPI View Post
    I hear it makes great plant food
    I like fire better.

    Here is a pic of the inside of the shell.

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    Quote Originally Posted by bogey1 View Post
    I like fire better.

    Here is a pic of the inside of the shell.

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    That's terrible. Maybe you can send them to Ray-O-Vac and get them replaced.
    Gender confusion is a mental illness

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    Quote Originally Posted by Walleye Hunter View Post
    That's terrible. Maybe you can send them to Ray-O-Vac and get them replaced.
    Looks like a battery doesn't it. Its a scary thought that this "may" ignite on its own. I have about 40lbs of powder left.
    I checked it, smells good and no signs of deterioration.

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    If that can self-ignite in a container, but doesn't set off a loaded round, I'm guessing it needs the air that's in the container, and there is too little or none in the cartridge?
    There are two kinds of guns. Those I have acquired, and those I hope to.

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    Quote Originally Posted by Bang View Post
    If that can self-ignite in a container, but doesn't set off a loaded round, I'm guessing it needs the air that's in the container, and there is too little or none in the cartridge?
    Some say it will some say it wont. It bothers me though as I'm not the only one in the building.

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    I'm no metallurgist, but that blue appears to be copper sulfate, which says the brass is history.
    There are two kinds of guns. Those I have acquired, and those I hope to.

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    Default Re: WARNING: IMR 5010 surplus powders...

    Quote Originally Posted by Bang View Post
    I'm no metallurgist, but that blue appears to be copper sulfate, which says the brass is history.
    Yeah, pretty much the way I'm treating it. Just got to punch the primers before scrapping.

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