Holy S*)t! Or: Don't Buy Powder From People You Don't Know

I have, in the past, put up pictures of guns destroyed in "KABOOM!"s - incidents in which something went very wrong, usually involving handloaded ammunition. Well, here's a piece I think all handloaders ought to read. It starts off

Handloaders are a thrifty bunch, on the whole, when it comes to our reloading components. We may spend multiplied hundreds of dollars on our equipment over a period of several years, but when it comes to the components of our ammo, while we demand excellence in quality, we are bargain-hunters at heart.

Let me state that I have yet to meet any group of people who are tighter tightwads than shooters. In this case, the savings of probably less than $100 cost a man a very nice, very accurate sporterized Mauser, and very well might have cost him his health or even his life.

Please read Bargain Powder Hazards.