I am still using red dot and hurco that I bought in 1970. No problems.
I am still using red dot and hurco that I bought in 1970. No problems.
Do I trust 30+ year old powder? Yes. I'm still using Hercules powders from the 70s, DuPont IMR powders from early 80s, and surplus 4831 that was already old 50 years ago.
The only can of powder I ever had a problem with was an old square box can of Bullseye™, probably from the late 1950s, that was "dead" by the mid 1990s. It had been moved several times, and storage of the half-full can was spotty at best, so I wasn't too surprised. I was surprised, however, that it displayed no unusual odor.
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
Yea
I do now
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |