RELOADERS! ATTENTION! - The Firearms Forum

Xracer · 07-01-2007, 07:11 AM

If you reload with Bullseye or Unique, and have recently bought some, look here! http://www.alliantpowder.com/products/recall.htm

This potentially a very dangerous situation. If you load Bullseye to Unique levels, you've got a serious problem!

polishshooter · 07-01-2007, 07:27 AM

Sounds like heaven to a Polish Wildcatter....

Working up his own "Unique" loads using Bullseye....

Pistolenschutze · 07-01-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by polishshooter

Sounds like heaven to a Polish Wildcatter....

Working up his own "Unique" loads using Bullseye....

Polish, isn't that what REALLY happened at Alamogordo, NM on July 16, 1945, and the government repressed it?

Bruce FLinch · 07-01-2007, 09:17 AM

Thanks X! I passed to all my Shootin' Buds.

Crpdeth · 07-01-2007, 02:44 PM

SouthernMoss · 07-01-2007, 03:20 PM

We'll make this a sticky.

It's fun to joke, but please be sure to pass this information to all the reloaders you know. You might save a limb, or even a life.

polishshooter · 07-01-2007, 09:46 PM

Sorry Somo. But gallows humor always was one of my weak spots.

Seriously, how often has anything like this happened in the past? This is the first boo-boo like this I've heard...just THINK of the potential liability...

Xracer · 07-01-2007, 09:56 PM

BTW.....I posted this, but we have Popgunner and Crpdeth to thank for bringing it to our attention.

THANK YOU GUYS!

armedandsafe · 07-02-2007, 02:23 AM

Don't be put off by the date on the recall. There are still some canisters of the stuff floating about. Check your lot numbers.

Pops

Quote:

Product Recall

July 6, 2005

Product description: Unique® smokeless powder, LOT numbers 850, 859, 861, 868, 872, 876, 890, 898 and 907.

Warning:
Alliant Powder has determined a very small number of eight pound (8 lb.) Alliant Powder Unique“ smokeless powder containers may contain Alliant Powder Bullseye“ smokeless powder.

LOADING BULLSEYE“ SMOKELESS POWDER INTO ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION IN WHICH THE RECIPE CALLS FOR UNIQUE“ SMOKELESS POWDER MAY RESULT IN HIGH PRESSURE LOADS AND SUBSEQUENT GUN DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY.

If you are in possession of an eight pound (8 lb.) bottle of Alliant Powder Unique“ with any of the above noted lot numbers, please immediately cease use of this product and notify Alliant Powder by calling 800-276-9337 or emailing alliant.reloading@atk.com

Lot numbers are located on the bottom of each bottle.

Popgunner · 07-03-2007, 06:22 PM

Pops is right.
When I do happen to splurge & buy an 8lb cannister I'm amazed at the coatings of dust on the 8 pounders. Some of them have been on the shelf for years.

I have two 8 pounders of Unique now & they're older than 2005 & not from these lot numbers. I shudder to think that it was entirley possible I could have mistakenly been stuffing Bullseye into my loads.

Please spread the word

Popgunner

williamd · 09-26-2007, 04:22 PM

Maybe this explains my improvement at trap since I switched to an unopened but dusty 8#er.

jinn · 07-25-2008, 07:46 PM

I believe Bullseye is somewhat finer-grained than Unique. If my memory is correct, one could verify what is in the cannister marked "Unique" by compaing the grain size to some known Bullseye (or Unique, for that matter).

If my memory serves poorly regarding this, disregard.

(I'll trek over the 1/4 mile to the shop tomorrow morning to confirm; if wrong, I'll report back).

edit: An even more certain distinction between burning rates, especially rates differing widely, is to ignite a controlled small quantity on an anvil in still air, carefully watching the burning time, and repeat this again with powder of known origin. Bullseye and Unique burn at rates differing by enough that one may easily tell the two apart.

07-01-2007, 07:11 AM	#1
Xracer TFF Admin Staff Mediator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minn-eeee-sota, ya, sure, you bet! Posts: 9,144	RELOADERS! ATTENTION! If you reload with Bullseye or Unique, and have recently bought some, look here! http://www.alliantpowder.com/products/recall.htm This potentially a very dangerous situation. If you load Bullseye to Unique levels, you've got a serious problem! -->

07-01-2007, 07:27 AM	#2
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,863	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! Sounds like heaven to a Polish Wildcatter.... Working up his own "Unique" loads using Bullseye.... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

07-01-2007, 09:17 AM	#4
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! Thanks X! I passed to all my Shootin' Buds. __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

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Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! Bump __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

07-01-2007, 03:20 PM	#6
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! We'll make this a sticky. It's fun to joke, but please be sure to pass this information to all the reloaders you know. You might save a limb, or even a life. __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

07-01-2007, 09:46 PM	#7
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,863	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! Sorry Somo. But gallows humor always was one of my weak spots. Seriously, how often has anything like this happened in the past? This is the first boo-boo like this I've heard...just THINK of the potential liability... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

07-01-2007, 09:56 PM	#8
Xracer TFF Admin Staff Mediator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minn-eeee-sota, ya, sure, you bet! Posts: 9,144	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! BTW.....I posted this, but we have Popgunner and Crpdeth to thank for bringing it to our attention. THANK YOU GUYS!

07-03-2007, 06:22 PM	#10
Popgunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Contributor Posts: 1,764	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! Pops is right. When I do happen to splurge & buy an 8lb cannister I'm amazed at the coatings of dust on the 8 pounders. Some of them have been on the shelf for years. I have two 8 pounders of Unique now & they're older than 2005 & not from these lot numbers. I shudder to think that it was entirley possible I could have mistakenly been stuffing Bullseye into my loads. Please spread the word Popgunner

09-26-2007, 04:22 PM	#11
williamd Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 772	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! Maybe this explains my improvement at trap since I switched to an unopened but dusty 8#er. __________________ "Outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns!" But, we are moving that direction. NRA Benefactor, Vet VN '64-'65 Never sell a gun or a car and you can retire right!!

07-25-2008, 07:46 PM	#12
jinn V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 87	Re: RELOADERS! ATTENTION! I believe Bullseye is somewhat finer-grained than Unique. If my memory is correct, one could verify what is in the cannister marked "Unique" by compaing the grain size to some known Bullseye (or Unique, for that matter). If my memory serves poorly regarding this, disregard. (I'll trek over the 1/4 mile to the shop tomorrow morning to confirm; if wrong, I'll report back). edit: An even more certain distinction between burning rates, especially rates differing widely, is to ignite a controlled small quantity on an anvil in still air, carefully watching the burning time, and repeat this again with powder of known origin. Bullseye and Unique burn at rates differing by enough that one may easily tell the two apart. Last edited by jinn; 07-26-2008 at 05:04 PM..