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Reply #15 - Jun 27th, 2015 at 9:44pm
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I got out a can of Goex FF this morning that I've been packing around since the '70's.  The price on the can was $3.95.  Of course I was making a lot less money then too.

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Reply #16 - Jun 27th, 2015 at 10:00pm
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Not really age, It was merely a display of Maturity.
  
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Reply #17 - Jun 28th, 2015 at 7:20pm
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Last year I finished off some Dupont SR80,it was discontinued in 1939(?) It gave velocities equivalent to the loads listed in older loading data. Same with some early 4759.
  
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Reply #18 - Jun 28th, 2015 at 8:05pm
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Earlier I mentioned a .45 Colt SA that I own. It came with all the loading stuff including a can of DuPont #5 powder. I shot the loads it came with and shelved the rest for other powders. I just went and smelled that can and it seemed fine, and a little bit of it went up when lit with a match. Good to go, I bet. No idea where it had been 'fore it came here.
  
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Reply #19 - Jun 30th, 2015 at 12:56am
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I used to shoot a lot of IMR 4064 in the '06. Last can I had when opened up was all rusty inside and really didn't want to use it as fertilizer. Got a small fan and a large bowl and slowly trickled the powder in front of the fan and into the bowl. Did get some of the rust out but not all. Decided it was more trouble than it was worth. Since this was about the time IMR transferred it's powder making to Canada I figured that maybe they didn't process it fully. In any event it did make a nice fertilizer. Frank
  
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Re: Shelf life of powder
Reply #20 - Jul 1st, 2015 at 10:49am
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If any of you guys want to part with a few pounds of that WWII 4831, let me know? 

I made ragged hundred yard one holer's with one of the first .257AI's that I have made. It was one of the pencil thin barreled Remington Mountain rifles made in .257 Robt's back in the late 80's. I ran out of that powder and have never been able to duplicate that initial accuracy.
  
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Reply #21 - Jul 1st, 2015 at 6:09pm
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I rember a double feature for a quarter. Anyway the ppc crowd was useing a powder the called Thunderbird. It was a surplus from the Vietnam era. Real good h322.

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Reply #22 - Jul 1st, 2015 at 9:15pm
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In 1972 I purchased 3 25Lb canisters of 4759. They still had the metal seal on the cap. I mentioned it to a dealer friend who was much older than I and he got a stricken look on his face. He said to me that 4759 had not been available in 25Lb canisters since before WW2. So then I got concerned too. Opened one up and it had a strong Ether smell to it so I started using it. Ended up using it all over many years and never had a problem. I stored it in my cellar which was cool
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