Thread: Old Powder

The green flakes were put in there to identify it as 78, the other powders they were manufacturing at the same time would have different colours

I have also been sorting through some powder and found a rat has chewed a couple of small holes in some plastic powder cans. My immediate assumption is that the powder should be discarded?
However, tipping some out onto a tray, it all looks fine, no clumping, off smells or discolouration.

Any advice would be welcome.

The powers are AR2207 and Benchmark 8208.

Originally Posted by Jim'z

I have also been sorting through some powder and found a rat has chewed a couple of small holes in some plastic powder cans. My immediate assumption is that the powder should be discarded?
However, tipping some out onto a tray, it all looks fine, no clumping, off smells or discolouration.

Any advice would be welcome.

The powers are AR2207 and Benchmark 8208.

Yea I have bought powder with rat holes chewed thru lid..powder was dry and sweet.. transferred to another empty powder can, labeled it exactly the same as original after removing new cans old label..don't just cross labels out, remove them. Powder was fine in my case..bit different if rat had pissed in it...

Originally Posted by Jhon

Yea I have bought powder with rat holes chewed thru lid..powder was dry and sweet.. transferred to another empty powder can, labeled it exactly the same as original after removing new cans old label..don't just cross labels out, remove them. Powder was fine in my case..bit different if rat had pissed in it...

OK, that's good to know :-)

I would have shot that 3031. But then, I reuse old primers when I break down ammo too.

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

I would have shot that 3031. But then, I reuse old primers when I break down ammo too.

Bahahaa we think alike. Amazing how well the old CAC Boxer primers from 1940s still work if the powder was dry. Then the couple of hundred LPP I found rattling around in an old box of crapola I was given from a retiring Pistol shooter. Got quite a few practice rounds from those. Made me do an occasional unforseen mag change or rack and load action but I figured that was what practice was about anyhow..