Old Hodgdon Powder
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Fireball Fred
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not exact
however i do recall using containers like that in the 60's and early 70's that pressed in lid was difficult to get open. always used a big flat bladed screw driver to open. Fred
however i do recall using containers like that in the 60's and early 70's that pressed in lid was difficult to get open. always used a big flat bladed screw driver to open. Fred
Old Powders
I have cans like that under my bench some are paper cans with metal tops and others are all metal. I woud age mine from the early 60s-70s. Remember that Hodgen did not make powders in the begining they repackaged surplus military powder. Some of those powders most likely date back to WWII or Korean war surplus powders. If they have been kept air tight and in a stable temperature they are just fine.
Nat Lambeth
I have cans like that under my bench some are paper cans with metal tops and others are all metal. I woud age mine from the early 60s-70s. Remember that Hodgen did not make powders in the begining they repackaged surplus military powder. Some of those powders most likely date back to WWII or Korean war surplus powders. If they have been kept air tight and in a stable temperature they are just fine.
Nat Lambeth
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earl39
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i'll agree
i remember those cans also. with no rust showing i would say if the powder smells good it should still be good. i would say it is from no later than about 1975 or so and if paper i would bet on it being in the 60's. best i can remember all the cans i had from the 70's were metal.
gary
i remember those cans also. with no rust showing i would say if the powder smells good it should still be good. i would say it is from no later than about 1975 or so and if paper i would bet on it being in the 60's. best i can remember all the cans i had from the 70's were metal.
gary
Butch Lambert
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I still have some H240, H320, and H375.
Butch
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brian roberts
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I believe that type can was..........
used from about '63-'64 'til about '71 or '2. there is usually a lot # on one of the sides, then they started putting it on the bottom, and it had the lot# & date. Sometimes it could be very difficult to see, and you had to look at it other than straight-on. After these, they still used cardboard w/steel top & bottoms, but the containers were round & Nobel of Scotland was making the powder. They began using round plastic plugs w/a pointed "flame-type" tab for ease of gripping on opening, & it was a rough approximation of their trademark of the "flaming bomb" to denote the heritage of beginning with surplus gov't powders. When you think of how that man got started, & 45yrs. later, a man probably wouldn't even have a chance, unless he paid off a 'made guy' & had him as a vice president, to give the OK by everyone seeing his name on the mast-head, & thereby knowing the company was "connected".
used from about '63-'64 'til about '71 or '2. there is usually a lot # on one of the sides, then they started putting it on the bottom, and it had the lot# & date. Sometimes it could be very difficult to see, and you had to look at it other than straight-on. After these, they still used cardboard w/steel top & bottoms, but the containers were round & Nobel of Scotland was making the powder. They began using round plastic plugs w/a pointed "flame-type" tab for ease of gripping on opening, & it was a rough approximation of their trademark of the "flaming bomb" to denote the heritage of beginning with surplus gov't powders. When you think of how that man got started, & 45yrs. later, a man probably wouldn't even have a chance, unless he paid off a 'made guy' & had him as a vice president, to give the OK by everyone seeing his name on the mast-head, & thereby knowing the company was "connected".
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craig
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Just got thru shooting my new barreled .243 at the range using 4831 that I purchased in the late 50's in 50lbs round barrels for $.40 cents a pound and have shot it in a lot of calibers. Fired in high power in 60's and 70's with a .30-06 168 grain at 600 yards and still have loaded rounds that I have fired a couple of weeks ago that were loaded in 2/69 and shot a 3/4" group at 100 yards. So don,t give up on old powder. Good Luck craig
