Reusing factory loaded rounds

[wayno945]

I have about 50 factory 7mm Rem Mag 150gr rounds sitting on my bench with no rifle to shoot them. I'm thinking of switching over to 7 Wsm. I'm planning on pulling the bullets on those rounds and resizing them to 257 WBY. I was checking min / max loads for powder types and it seems that a max powder charge for a 7mm Rem 150 gr load is roughly equivalent to a light 257 WBY 120 gr load. Do you guys think I can reuse the powder? Should I just throw it away?

 

[nvbroncrider]

Pitch it dont take the chance.

 

[SJB358]

Yup. Pitch the powder, use the cases for your 257 and the bullets to break in your new 7mm WSM barrel!

 

[Guest]

I'm with Scotty and that cowboy from Nevada. No sense wrecking a rifle and fingers/eyeballs just to be cheap. And, that's coming from someone so tight I sometimes squeak when I walk.

 

[DrMike]

I'll add one more voice to the steady tempo of advice to pitch the powder and save the bullets. Or you could just buy another 7RM. :shock: It can always be useful to have one around.

 

[wayno945]

That's what I figured. Thanks for the input guys!