Ok so I picked up 3 1LB cans of older powder at a gun show the other day from an older gentleman that seamed very very meticulous. anyways I asked how much for the powder? and he replied $7 for all 3(keep in mind that everything he was selling was ridiculously low priced, and of fairly high quality) so I immediately got $7 out and went on my way. after getting home I saw that the powders had 1lb 6oz, 1lb 11oz, and 14oz written on them. Ok thats a bit odd for 1lbs containers... but again I thought of how particular the guy was, maybe he had 8lbs kegs and this was all that was left. What I ended up getting was a cardboard can of Hercules 2400, another cardboard can of Hercules reloader 7, and finally a plastic container of alliant reloader 7 dated 1997. the biggest problem I noticed at first was the old reloader 7 had red, yellow, and green powder in it and the new one did not. After researching for awhile I found out apparently old lots had some color to them. other than that everything seems great all the powders seam to look like they should ie old RE7 VS new RE7 and 2400. they all smelled like they should. After really researching these powders and looking them over closely I think these are good to go and Id really like to use these seeing as they were next to free. I just wanted to see what others thought first.