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Aug 21st, 2020 at 1:27pm
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Here is one you don't see every day, as a matter of fact I've never seen one.  I have seen reference to it in old loading manuals.
This one is unopened and still has the seal intact.
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Side, both sides are identical
  

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Reply #3 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 2:57pm
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I used to shoot a LOT of HiVel 2.   My remaining can is in better shape, but the seal is broken.

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Here is a open can of Bullseye but can is very fine
  

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Another Bullseye, but a early keg with a paint stencilled name
  

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Reply #6 - Aug 21st, 2020 at 3:29pm
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I have a number of those short square powder cans. Unique, Bullseye, 2400, etc. Never really collected them, but rather bought them to use the powder and then hung onto the empties. 
I do collect the older flask shaped cans in one pound, and half pound sizes, plus some of the rectangle military powders. Think I've got 35 or 40 of them in various brands and eras.
  

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I think this is the oldest can that I'm the current caretaker of.  It is a 6 1/4 pound DuPont black powder.  The label is on the bottom
  

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That's a very neat old DuPont can! Can't say as I've seen that one? Guessing from the appearance it's 1880's or 1890's?
  

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Reply #11 - Sep 3rd, 2020 at 10:21pm
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When I started shooting center fire rifles as a Teenager Hivel  2 was well recommended Powder for calibers starting in 25-35 and right on up to 30-06
I used a lot of it because no matter what caliber Rifle I ended up with the Hivel 2 could be relied on to shoot good and my level of what I considered "Accurate" 
was a lot different than what I now would consider satisfactory. But I did run a lot of it thru a measure. FITZ. OLD TUCK Smiley
  
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Had this for years
  
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This one is full
  
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$2.50 that was a while ago
  
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Reply #15 - Sep 4th, 2020 at 4:30pm
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I should have kept the containers after I used up the Du Pont Number 6 Pistol Powder and Du Pont Bulk Powder I used back in the early 60s.
  
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Reply #16 - Sep 4th, 2020 at 9:37pm
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When I worked at the Crane (Indiana) Naval Weapons Support Center back in the 1980's, it was discovered that a great deal of WWII-era and perhaps earlier powder had become so unstable that they simply blew up the underground bunkers the powder was stored in rather than try to move it  Mini-earthquakes were felt all over the 100-mile square base for about two weeks.

Good story aside, your full cans of Balisite and Alcan are old enough that it''s a good idea to check them for signs of potentially dangerous deterioration: strong, acidic odor; rust-colored kernels or dust; rust around the cap or coming through the can from underneath the paper label; can suspiciously warm to the touch.  If ANY of these abnormalities are present, GET RID OF THE POWDER.   

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Reply #17 - Sep 4th, 2020 at 11:08pm
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I have a half dozen or so old square powder cans, all empty. Is there any market for them and should I put them up for sale here or just toss them before I move?

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Reply #18 - Sep 5th, 2020 at 12:45am
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There's a market, just not a huge bounty for that era cans. The earlier the better with old powder tins.

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Reply #19 - Sep 6th, 2020 at 11:15pm
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Another forum member agreed to take them off my hands.

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I wanted to add this can, not because it is of the same vintage as the others, but because I had never heard of them.  Titan out of California?
  

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Reply #21 - Sep 18th, 2020 at 1:53pm
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The can is unopened, sealed by a cotton thread and a lead seal.
I gave a extra HiVel can to my friend and he brought me this.
  

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Reply #22 - Sep 18th, 2020 at 3:02pm
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It's very hard to imagine nowadays, but California actually had at least two other major gunpowder manufacturers.  In fact, the first one, the California Powder Works, was the original producer of the famous Hercules brand.

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