February 2020

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                            FEBRUARY 2020 NEWSLETTER

RELOAD WITH

CONFIDENCE!
What’s Your TITAN Advantage?….WE RELOAD!
***Your Reloading

Specialists***

Robin and I started building our website www.titanreloading.com in the later part of

2009. At that time we were Master Distributors of Lee Precision reloading equipment and ran our Ebay store out of our

house. In 2010 our website went live on the internet. THANKS TO YOU our loyal customers our business grew as you shared

us with your friends. Many of our new customers found out about us because of a referral from someone they knew. Our

continuing goal is to live up to your recommendations and to provide “Service and Support Second To None”. In our

efforts to provide a ‘One Stop Reloading Shop’ for all reloaders we have added many product lines to our offerings and

we are committed to expanding in the future.

The Titan Crew is “Steady as she goes” right now and looking forward to the Super Bowl.

Our “Green and Gold” was knocked out in the NFC Championship game but the playoffs have been great this year. Good Luck

to the Chiefs, 49ers and their fans. The days are growing steadily longer so we are on the right side of winter and

soon, “Play Ball!” will be heard across this land. As for that groundhog this Tuesday I recommend he go fly a kite,

’cause lookin’ up will fix his shadow seeing problem.

Many of you have the new Lee Deluxe APP Press on back-order with us. We have received

one pallet of these about a week ago and many more are on back-order with Lee Precision.  We will be getting these

very soon and we will ship them in the order the orders were placed. We have an APP Press set up in our showroom and

really like it. We are planning to make some videos in the near future.

We are truly enjoying all the friends we have made through Titan Reloading and look

forward to many more. Feel free to contact us. When possible, please email us rather than call. Due to our limited

phone system and staff we are able to respond to your questions quicker via email. Please include your full name or

order ID number with any order inquiries. Service and Support is our top priority. As always, you will find many

answers to questions in the “FAQ” and “Help Videos” areas of our website www.titanreloading.com . Check us out on YouTube.

Dennis / Titan Reloading

 

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INSIGHT OF THE MONTH:

PROPER POWDER STORAGE

Some years ago I read an article by Charles “Skeeter” Skelton, the handgun editor

of Shooting Times magazine. He told a story of how he had loaded up what he called “stout” loads for a friend. The

friend tried to shoot a range bull that was down and needed to be killed. The rounds went “poop” and bounced off the

bull’s skull at point blank range. Skeeter went back and checked his powder measure which had been left with the powder

in it for quite some time prior to cooking up the loads. When he dumped the powder out he found lots of it adhering,

actually melted into the plastic hopper. He realized that the chemical reaction between the powder and the plastic

hopper caused degradation of the powder. He was correct as this is the first reasons you should empty the powder back

into the bottle after a reloading session.

When I first started reloading, I recall reading from loading manuals of the day

that there were a number possible problems from leaving powder in the hopper.

1. Powder attacking the plastic hopper and degrading the powder as in the previous

story. Nitrocellulose powders are extruded thru use of a solvent, Acetone mainly, to soften it and make it plastic for

processing it. Acetone can melt or soften polystyrene plastics. Nitroglycerine-augmented nitrocellulose powders

(double-base) involve even more solvents to introduce the EXTRA nitro into the guncotton.

2. Confusion later as to which powder is in the hopper leading to using the wrong

amount/weight of powder in a load.

3. Powder being adversely affected by UV light (from a window or fluorescent

lights), leading to decomposition or change in burning rate. Powder comes in opaque cans for a reason, powder will

degrade in light over time.

4. Degradation of the powder from exposure to humidity because a hopper will not

seal as well as the powder bottle or jug. Smokeless powder is hydrophilic (it will absorb humidity from the air) and

when it absorbs water, it swells and this will change the burning characteristics of the powder. Only the top half inch

or so will swell like this. This makes any later charges thrown from that powder less powerful than the first charges

thrown from dry powder, but not consistently so. Most basement reloading rooms have higher humidity than any other room

in the house (excepting the bathroom). The manufacturers go to great pains to maintain consistent moisture levels for

every batch they make. For that reason alone you should store your powder in a tightly sealed original can after each

loading session.

I highly recommend using the proper powder storage procedures and as a final point

of emphasis is the following statement found on the Hodgdon’s reloading data website:

“Powder left in the reloader’s powder measure hoppers for extended periods,

overnight or several days, should be avoided. Powder needs to be stored in original containers ONLY, when not in use.

Numerous modern smokeless powders are double base in construction, containing both Nitrocellulose and

Nitroglycerine.”

Titan Reloading   994 W. Sumner St., Hartford, WI 53027   

1-262-397-8819

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