IMR and Hercules Cans... And a Surprise!

[regdor1999]

I was cleaning up and my parent's house a lot of leftover stuff my dad had from his firearms/components/casting business (retired, not dead, thankfully!). He asked me if I had any use for these! After cleaning off all the dust, they look good. When I used to work for him in high school and college (late 80's to mid 90's) I can't tell you how many cases of IMR metal cans and Hercules cylindrical cardboard metal topped gunpowder cans I've carried and sold. I LOVED the sound of both those types jiggling in the cardboard box cases. Their metal tops clinked together with a certain tone for each type. It was just... Satisfying. Hard to explain.

Anyway, most of the IMR are full and sealed, as is the Alcan AL-7 which I had never dealt with before. The little ones are just cool, and the pink metal keg is interesting.

Take a close look at the orange IMR-4831 can (sealed)... It was printed/assembled upside down! Maybe worth something to right buyer, although I'll have to empty it to ship it if it's not local. I had never seen one like that before, and I've easily had many hundreds go through my hands over the years.

Thought you all would get a kick out of it! :grin:

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[Dave W.]

First one I have seen that was printed upside down, kind of cool.

[fc60]

Greetings,

I brought home a 3# 'pink' can of Red Dot myself. Lot #999. Yours is older.

I wrote to a friend at VISTA, who bought Alliant/Hercules, and he replied that they have not records of Lot #999. Best guess is it was made in the mid '60s.

Cheers,

Dave

[Teddy (punchie)]

yep that's a first !!!!

[Tall]

I still use powder out of mine. I have several pounds of various Hercules and Dupont powders.

[regdor1999]

The 2400 can has probably 1/3 lb left in it that I’d still use.

[Bazoo]

Pretty awesome, thanks for sharing. That upside down one is pretty cool. I've never seen or heard of anything like that.

[armoredman]

IMR might pay to have that one back for their home office.

[pworley1]

You have a lot of shooting to do to get those empty so you can ship them. Enjoy.

[BIGOX]

I've only seen 1 other tin that was made upside down it was also an IMR can but I think it was brown but if I remember the can like yours was in excellent condition. You have some good powders there.

[Wag]

Very cool pics!

--Wag--

[relics6165]

I have it on good authority that the upside down can was intended for the Australian market.................