age of red dot cannister

[jsam]

3 or 4 years ago I bought a cardboard 8 # cannister of red dot. I was curious when Hercules stopped selling powder in cardboard containers.

[imashooter2]

I got mine in 1989 when there was an explosion at the Hercules plant in Jersey. At that time, pounds came in a tall cardboard can with tin ends and a plastic pull up spout.

[MOA]

Got my 8 lb keg in 97. It's also a cardboard container.

[cwlongshot]

I have a keg sized, pink STEEL CAN Im still using!!!!

CW

[tja6435]

I have a keg sized, pink STEEL CAN Im still using!!!!

CW

I have a pink Hercules Red Dot keg as well, I think the price tag on it says $4.95, it is a 4#er. I haven’t used it, but did open it to see the powder looks great.

[dhain]

I’ve got one of those cardboard containers but don’t know how old it is. I used up all the powder long ago but kept the container cause it looks cool. The black plastic containers powder comes in anymore don’t do much for me.

[Winger Ed.]

I think it was the late 90's, 2000, or very soon thereafter when all the major players were phasing in plastic containers.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

at one point in time, I came across a vintage 15 lb paper canister with metal ends. The guy that bought it new, used it to load shotgun shells (from mid 70s until mid 80s.)

[LaPoint]

A fellow trap shooter and I bought a 15 lb cardboard keg of Red Dot in 1981. We split the contents of the keg.

[CastingFool]

I bought a cardboard container of RedDot from a friend at work, around 1979-1980. I have about 1lb left, and it's still good.

[Eddie Southgate]

Hercules sold the powder business to Alliant in 1995 so it is at least that old .

[Frykl]

Late 90’s is right. I have some 8# red dot kegs with an alliant sticker pasted over the Hercules logo. I miss those old days of $90 kegs.

[technojock]

I have a 15# keg of Red Dot (about 1/3rd full) so old that the red dots are fading. It still smells and shoots good. Because of this I try to use Red Dot as much as possible. I don't know how old it is but the price tag on the top says $46...

Tony

[Electrod47]

Late 90's for me was still cardboard. Design and color was same as from the 70's as I remember.

[curiousgeorge]

Mid to late 80's I bought 24 pounds of Unique in 3 cardboard 8 pound containers. The distributor was closing out all his bulk cardboard Hercules powder for --- wait for it --- $3.00 per pound. Why didn't I buy more!!!

[BLAHUT]

For what i can remember it has been at least 25 years.