Separation

[robinghewitt]

Ooops!

Refilled the wrong flask :shocked2:

Without a conveniently sized sieve, how do I separate a mixture of BP and #8's? :redface:

best regards

Squire Robin

 

[Spot1540553049]

Squire,
Turn the flask (Closed) spout down and shake your premixed charge. Release said mixture and the shot that is now at the bottom of the inverted flask will come out first into a container gently. Do the same into another container with the powder. Use a lot of dicretion and absolutely no static. You can get it all sorted out so you wind up with two seperate containers for each compenent. Been there and done that and now even have the cracked coffee cup and bill cap; then I gave the flasks away and got a combination snake and didn't have to give up chewing gum.
as usual,
Spot

 

[Mike Brooks]

From reading the header , I thought we might be giving out marital advice. :haha:

 

[George Holton]

dump it all out and throw in a match :rotf: works every time.

 

[F.G. Ford]

"ZACTLY"what I was going to suggest " Really Old Bob"
You beat me to it!
Or you could wrap it up in paper with a fuze and have"splodin' shot" that would extend you range and pluck"em at the same time.
Also easier to find your birds, cuz their're still smokin' when you retreive them..hmmm maybe I'm on to something here????
A new way to hunt Geese! Sometimes they are hard to find in reeds....that would work!!!
Best Regards

Old Ford

 

[George Holton]

sorry Squire Robin but that is the way my mind works. Bob

 

[robinghewitt]

Been there and done that

Do you mean I'm not the first :thumbsup:

Cold comfort perhaps, but I'm glad I'm not alone :rotf:

 

Since lead shot is much denser than black powder, dump the whole mess in a long narrow container and shake gently. Eventually all the shot will settle to the bottom so you can pour off the pure black powder. The shot will still have a little BP mixed in and you can seperate what's left by pouring small quantities onto a large flat place and rolling the shot off.
If this isn't a completely satisfactry solution it at least beats the lighted match idea since you won't burn the house down and can salvage most of the BP.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Take a page out of the local paper, and make sure the crease is very sharp. Then pour the mix on the paper, and gently tilt the crease into a container, and let the lead shot roll off the paper first into the container. You may have to do this a couple of times, but you will reduce the amount of powder in the lead mix on the paper each time, until all the lead is separated from the powder. The trick is learning how slight an angle you have to use to get the shot to roll and separate from the powder.

You might draft a second set of hands to help in holding the paper straight while pouring the shot out into the container. The tight crease tends to grab the powder granules and make them less likely to pour easily, while the round shot heads to the container. If you were into Japanese Origami, you could make a series of fold with tight creases in the paper to separate the shot from the powder.

 

[xxgrampa]

greetings,
if you have a gold pan, (everyone here in ca has one) you mite try 'panning off' the powder. similar to pauls newspaper tecnique.

..ttfn..grampa..

PS.. a pie tin makes a very good gold pan..