I just came across an unopened old 3 pound can of bullseye. It's in a red hercules can with letters ICC-13 on the bottom. The lot number is not legible. I am seeking to learn the approximate date this powder was manufactured. I did come across an ole post started by smokemjoe with a 3# yellow can but no answer as to approximate manufacture date. anyone know?
If it has been stored in a reasonable temperature, it will be just fine up to about 100 yrs.
Bill
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Thanks for the reply Bill. I have no doubt the powder is just as good today, as it was when it was manufactured - I'm just curious as to when Bullseye began use of and/or stopped the use of this type of container.
They were using the cardboard containers with the pull up spouts in the 80s. The cardboard containers with a plug type stop for more than a few years before that. Tin cans go back to the 60s...
I hated those pull-up spouts!
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I've still got one of those square, squatty cans of BE with the seal still on it. I guess I'll get around to using one of the days after all those cardboard cans with the pull up spouts and all used up...
The pull up spouts were still better than the flat can with a plug on top, just used one up with Blue Dot in it last night. It had one load for AA on the can everthing else was paper. I'm 39 yrs old and most of my powder almost 300#'s I collected in the last 20 years is older than me. But the good news since I'm layed off I get a chance to burn alot more of it and am loving it.
Finished up a round cardboard pull spout Hercules Bullseye container last year. It was in a box of odd and ends reloading stuff. About 4.5 oz. in it. It worked fine. Have some Herco in the same type of container.
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Just loaded up some 9mm JHP's using HS-5 in the squarish metal can with the metal stopper I bought in the 70"s! No vinegar smell, so I expect it to go BOOM!!
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Winelover you might should send that bullseye to me for proper disposal ill get rid of it 4.5 grs at a time
Makes note to self dont post on forum when im too tired to think. That post should have been to ole 5 hole group.
I have one of those round yellow metal BullsEye cans that I bought from a guy several years ago for $30 or so. I still have almost 2 pounds left.
It's stenciled on the can in black BullsEye Lot 463
I dunno how old it is, but it still works good. I really don't like the pop up top, either.
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
Powder that old. Best not to use it. Tell you what though. If you send it to me I'll make sure it's properly disposed of.
I take it you guys just don't use a lot of Bullseye. Go ahead, ship it to me. I'll burn it up faster...
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Oh, but I got a new mold for my .45 acp, and it seems to cause the powder to disappear magically....Sometimes the .45 Colt cartridges do the same thing... Must be the "Twilight Zone" factor....
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
I found a tin of Bullesye that I must have bought back in the 60's or 70's a couple of weeks ago in a closet in the gun room. It still works just like it always did. I always prefered to use Herco for my 41's and 44's...anyone got a spare 25 pound keg of that stuff available?
Big Dale
I have a metal keg of Herco (maybe 1lb left) with the metal spring cap. Push it in the middle and the claws release, squeeze the side claws and they grip the spout again. Don't know how old that is, but I'll keep the keg when it's empty.
I started reloading in 1967 and I recently finished off a yellow can of DuPont 4198 I bought that first summer of reloading. It still shot very tight groups. I basically kept it in a dry closet all these years. Anybody in Western New York want to buy a lot of linotype? A friend is getting out of casting and has a bunch. WW's work fine for me; lino blends I've tried were too hard for my purposes.
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I'm still using mine I am 47 and don't remember dad buying any powder so mine is at least around 40 years old. still makes my 1911 hit the tin ring
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