Older Powder Canisters

[olereb]

Awhile back a friend of mine gave me some old/older powder containers that I put away and today when I was in my safe looking at them I was wondering if they have any value from a collectors standpoint?. There is one Herco metal can,one metal Hercules Bullseye can,one metal reddot can,one cardboard Unique can and one cardboard 2400 can. The metal cans do have some rust but in my opinion it adds character,lol. The one with the 2400 is darn near full still and after opening it seems to be good still. Anyways anybody have any opinions?,thanks a lot. I can take some pictures tomm if anyone wants to see them,a few still have the price sticker on them which makes me wish I could go back in time,lol.

[MtGun44]

Interesting relics, I have some, too. Not sure how much of a market there
may be.

Bill

[mikeym1a]

Your metal RedDot can isn't worth as much as mine. Mine's full......:bigsmyl2:

[jcwit]

No idea about yours as I can't see them.

Check out E-Bay, they sell them there.

[snuffy]

83038

Those are from my "collection". At the time of that pic, the R-7 can was about ¼ full. It's empty now, powder is behind some lee 150-313 boolits for my buddies SKS.

People get their noses out of joint about powder storage, it's gotta be climate controlled, desiccants everywhere. These old steel pop top, and the cardboard cans kept powder just fine for our use.

[olereb]

83038

Those are from my "collection". At the time of that pic, the R-7 can was about ¼ full. It's empty now, powder is behind some lee 150-313 boolits for my buddies SKS.

People get their noses out of joint about powder storage, it's gotta be climate controlled, desiccants everywhere. These old steel pop top, and the cardboard cans kept powder just fine for our use.

Those metal pop top cans are exactly what mine are except one is reddot,one is Herco and one Bullseye,i was amazed when I opened the cardboard cans and the 2400 seemed good still. I don't know how old they are but I figured old enough to have gone bad,i'm going to load up some with the 2400 and see how it works.

[brtelec]

I bought a number of these types of cans on ebay a while back. Going rate was about $10- each. I love the old reloading stuff, but my addiction is old reloading manuals. It has become a sickness.

[olereb]

I bought a number of these types of cans on ebay a while back. Going rate was about $10- each. I love the old reloading stuff, but my addiction is old reloading manuals. It has become a sickness.

I hear ya,i also have recently purchased several old reloading manuals,i like the old time feel to them(i'm only 35).

[TXGunNut]

I think if you put them on fleabay, describe them as "rare" and "collectible" and vary the prices a little bit you may be surprised what you can get for them. I'm convinced that 90% of the collectibles game is convincing someone that an item is collectible, whatever that means.

[mikeym1a]

Well, yours is 'prettier' than mine, but, mine is round, metal, 3lbs, sealed, full. Tee-Hee!!! The other, uglier one is only about 1/4 full. Not sure where I got it, but, also had a lb of 2400 in the small rectangular cardboard box, un-opened, and 3 1lb cardboard containers of AL-5. I had to consolidate those into a very large empty plastic powder jug, which is now properly placarded, as the metal tops were coming loose from the cardboard. Nice, charcoal looking powder. I have no idea how old these are. I've had them for over 15 years, and haven't touched them, yet. Maybe starting soon.

[Lead Fred]

I have a pile of one pounders going back to the 70's.

But my fav is an 8 pounder of IMR-4895 metal can that Ive been refilling for over a decade now

[Blacksmith]

Look great in a display in your mancave along with some antique cartridges and some military gear.

[groovy mike]

If you guys are interested in old cans I have several of these. Feel free to make an offer.....

[FISH4BUGS]

83125
This is the label for it, and I have been offered $75 for it. This is somewhere around 1900 as near as i can determine.
These old cans DO have value!

[Blacksmith]

83125
This is the label for it, and I have been offered $75 for it. This is somewhere around 1900 as near as i can determine.
These old cans DO have value!

The Hagley Museum might be interested. If not they could probably date it for you. That is the museum at the original Du Pont Black powder works on the Brandywine river near Wilmington Delaware.
http://www.hagley.org/

[flyer1]

I saw a metal can Saturday at an antique mall. A large can maybe 8 pounder, screw on large cap. Dupont or IMR not sure. They wanted 95 bucks. I wish I kept the ones I through out. Would have sold them to him for fifty.

[savagetactical]

They do have value, so do old boxes. I sold an old shotgun shell box a couple of years ago for $200

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

83038

I've sold a few of these [empty] at gunshows. $5 to $20 depending on condition.
I currently have a minty/perfect 2400 square tin full/sealed, it's ink stamped on the bottom with lot #. I figure I won't open it til I find a buyer...they can have it full or empty.

[Blacksmith]

Here are some references to ammo boxes. People collect everything!

.22 ammo boxes
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=introduction-to-22-box-collecting

http://www.rtgammo.com/rim_22.html

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239786


Old ammo in boxes and individual cartridges
http://www.rtgammo.com/index.html

http://vintageammo.com/LIST%20OF%20VINTAGE%20AMMO.htm

http://www.oldammo.com/index.htm


General cartridge Collecting web sites
http://www.municion.org/

http://cartridgecollectors.org/

http://www.ecra.info/start.php

http://www.ammunitionpages.com/

[novalty]

I have a can of Hercules Unique and 2400, that I got in a batch of stuff last year. Both are pretty full, and powder looks like it is still good. Think they had prices around $3 written on them.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m11/novalty1970/Reloading/IMG_6548_zpsc4b8fa3c.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/novalty1970/media/Reloading/IMG_6548_zpsc4b8fa3c.jpg.html)

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Might as well show two old cans I have left after the last move. Starting in the late fifties I began to shoot muzzle loaders with a bunch of old timers, [now I'm an old timer]. One of thes men had been shooting black powder guns since the 1920's and he had shelves full of these empty old cans. He told me one day to take all I wanted. For some idiotic reason I only took three or four. I gave away a large box of old cans, some dating back to the 1930's during our last move. Many still had powder in them. I posted pictures of them last year but but they brought little interest. One was a can of Hercules that had wax poured on the top, I suppose to help seal it.

[fouronesix]

83125
This is the label for it, and I have been offered $75 for it. This is somewhere around 1900 as near as i can determine.
These old cans DO have value!

Hard to keep up with the small, sub-market of old powder cans and their values. But that DuPont BP can is worth well north of $75 in what appears to be top condition.