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Does black powder always clump in your mill?


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To everyone else who has to read this bullshit, I truly am sorry.  It detracts from the overall usefulness of otherwise informative threads and valued input from many different people.  This type of response is against everything I usually stand for, I'm just tired of people who state everything as "fact" without any empirical data to back it up, and even when they do, feel it necessary to call everyone else's input "nonsense".

Anyways, I am done.  I won't contribute to the slinging contest anymore. 

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I think you've got me confused with someone else...

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Why would someone ever minimize the hazards associated with three component milling? If you blow up your garage that's one thing, but spouting ignorant bull shit on the internet can have more far-reaching and severe consequences than that.

Debates can be enlightening; even animated ones. I hope that all the forum members can remember that we share a passion for fireworks as we argue our positions.

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cmjlab, I'm not sure I get your rant?  In my eyes both you and Frank are on the exact same page.  He was referring to the previous poster I think. It's a good rant, but I think you got it wrong :)

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@FrankRizzo

I think I over reacted to a misunderstanding on my part.  After re-reading through the posts, it was definitely uncalled for.  I apologize.  

Chuck

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I never used to have a clumping issue when I started. Never dried any of the ingredients.  However when I switched from 4,6, and 8 oz fishing weights from Walmart to .50 lead shit from Woody's, I began to experience this problem where I'd open the jar to find my BP stuck not to the sides, but as a single solid lump. I believe the significantly larger and heavier fishing weights bouncing around are violent enough to break up any clumps as they form.

In conclusion I've never had a clumping issue when I used media much larger than recommended from a unmodified harbor freight rock tumbler and jar.. but with "proper" sized media and increased the speed to "ideal" rpms...clump city.

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