How does Powder Valley.....

[AHM]

I don’t have the luxury (or time) to stare at a computer screen all day.

Some people get paid to do that.

Please tell me you don't use that grinder right over all that powder

My Uncle Al supposedly had an actual "Red Buttons sharpens
his fuse-cutting knife on a bench grinder right next to a dish of powder"
Hatari dumbass moment in his garage in Whitestone, Queens.

(Well, I don't know whether it was him sparking up a cigarette
or an actual grinder accident, but he had "a flash in a pan").

My father claimed you could still see a few dots of burned powder
under the skin of his face years later.

 

[bmac10]

That keg of Unique and the one behind it which is an old metal screw top keg of Winchester WST was given to me by a good friend whom shot IPSC in the late 80's and no longer reloads. So i'm guessing the kegs are circa 1987-ish ?

I have the same vintage Unique and it still works fine.

 

[Road_Clam]

My Uncle Al supposedly had an actual "Red Buttons sharpens
his fuse-cutting knife on a bench grinder right next to a dish of powder"
Hatari dumbass moment in his garage in Whitestone, Queens.

(Well, I don't know whether it was him sparking up a cigarette
or an actual grinder accident, but he had "a flash in a pan").

My father claimed you could still see a few dots of burned powder
under the skin of his face years later.

Sparks can not ignite powder. Flame will. Smokeless powder burns at a controlled rate, black powder explodes.