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.
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.
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.
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Got my 8 lb keg in 97. It's also a cardboard container.
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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.
I think it was the late 90's, 2000, or very soon thereafter when all the major players were phasing in plastic containers.
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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.)
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A fellow trap shooter and I bought a 15 lb cardboard keg of Red Dot in 1981. We split the contents of the keg.
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.
Hercules sold the powder business to Alliant in 1995 so it is at least that old .
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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.
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...
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Late 90's for me was still cardboard. Design and color was same as from the 70's as I remember.
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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!!!
For what i can remember it has been at least 25 years.
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