old powder

[ronnie gore]

this was a can of dupont 4227 that i got from a friend, it was un opened and i checked to make sure there was no break down , and loaded it all up and it worked fine. it was just stored in his reloadinf room.
the hand written date is september of 1949 one year before i was born.

 

[Flip853]

Awsome.....I have a 3lb metal can of Win231 that looks about the same and still using it.

 

[Chuckdog]

If it's stored properly it'll keep. I had some 4831 go bad on me. It was in my hot garage for a long time after bringing it out of several years of storage. After blowing a primer in what is normally a standard pressure 25-06 that I had loaded a couple of months earlier. I pulled a couple of bullets. The powder weight was dead on, but it looked odd. I smelled of it and it had started turning. I didn't notice any signs of it going bad at the time I loaded them. When in doubt I throw it out. I don't keep any powder long term in my garage storage now. I keep all my long term stores in my house. I move a pound at a time out there.

 

[Gacowboy]

cool...when you are done you have a great collector piece.

 

[RamRoddoc]

That's really neat. You hear of old ammo being fired after 50-60-80 years or so with no ill effects.

 

[loadnplenty]

Thats cool!!!

 

[shockmastermike]

i didnt know it would last that long.