Restrict from the storage areas heat or sparks which may result from improper, defective or overloaded electrical circuits. Check old powders for deterioration regularly. Destroy deteriorated powders immediately. Do not store all your powders in one place.
If you can, maintain separate storage locations. Laying a sheet of crumpled newspaper at the end of the train and lighting it with a match gives you time to retreat even farther away before the main pile of powder starts burning. Like fertilizers, smokeless powders contain nitrate, so thinly spreading it on the lawn is another option. It is impossible for me to squeeze every detail about the subject into the confines of my allotted space, so I strongly urge all handloaders to do a web search for "storing smokeless powders.
In addition to containing the rules and regulations that apply to the storage of powder, it has about 70 pages of load data for shotguns, rifles and handguns. A similar booklet on IMR powders is available from Hodgdon at Give a Gift Subscriber Services.
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Marlin Model in. See All Videos. I know lots on here use powder decades old and everyone should use it as long as it smells and looks good. I was wondering if there is an expected date or estimated date on it. The hodgdon site pretty much says use it if it looks good which is fine.
If it has a pleasant solvent smell to it and pours fine it is good. If it has an acidic smell that wrinkles your nose and has clumps in it, get rid of it. If you feel time is an issue, you can give me all your old powder, I will be happy to dispose of it for you.
Not sure how old it is, but it's older than me. Still loading with powder that was made in WWII. Works great. Other powders made much more recently have burst into flames due to breakdown. The truth is that its tough to know how long it will last. Ball powders seem to last longer because they're made wet as in with water. That makes it easier to remove the acids that cause the deterioration. Do you constantly check velocity? Or any other things that convince you that it works as good as XXX years ago?
Without some hard numbers, how can you say they work just fine? It's almost saying my wife is as beautiful as 50 years ago. Yeah, may be in your eyes Results on target are all that matter. I have my grandfathers reloading log that goes back to the 50s. I don't have any powder that old. And he never had a chronograph. I do have a couple of his rifles and if I load to his info they are still just as accurate. I will be able to check velocity over the years. But this is a long term proposition.
I wouldn't consider any data valid until the ten year mark. I guess I could do it on a yearly basis if I felt like it. Originally Posted by Porterhouse. Load powder that looks and smells fine. Pull trigger - Bang! Target has a hole in it where I intended to put it.
That's how I say it works fine. I don't give two wags of a rats ars if there's a velocity change from what it would have given decades ago.
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