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Post by Cwi555 on Sept 29, 2012 19:59:17 GMT -7
I've been bringing a can of powder home every chance I get. Got a good dry place to store it. Anybody know the shelf life of unopened powder. H4895 and Reloader 15 mainly. I finished off an 8 pound bottle of Hodgdon BLC2 purchased in the early ninties last weekend. I can't speak for IMR as I don't load with it, but I can't image that it would be any different. |
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Post by geron on Sept 30, 2012 3:58:21 GMT -7
To get my answer I did a search and came up this:
An individual contacted Dillon and they said (according the him) 80+ years stored under optimum conditions.
We need to drop this subject cause I'm afraid I've high jacked Dennis's thread.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2012 4:47:21 GMT -7
I still hold to the old adage of 1,000 rds per caliber. Now that is stored not used for hunting or practice that I reload or buy as needed.
Have I reached that goal, NO!, common rds YES, some of the exotics NO. Why a 1,000 per just something that was advised or professed years ago.
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Post by Cwi555 on Sept 30, 2012 11:48:36 GMT -7
Anything more than 100 rounds or 3 firearms will be painted as a being an arsenal by the liberal media. Therefore I take the position of if I am going to be painted as a loon by loons, I'll make them say holy chit, rather than tut tut tut.
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Post by missj on Sept 30, 2012 12:06:59 GMT -7
Anything more than 100 rounds or 3 firearms will be painted as a being an arsenal by the liberal media. Therefore I take the position of if I am going to be painted as a loon by loons, I'll make them say holy chit, rather than tut tut tut. good point....If they are going to think you are crazy anyways....you may as well have maximum benefit out of the deal.... At my work there are 16 people and 4 of us are firearms enthusiasts. I brought 2 of my co-workers to my range and 1 of them looked at me like I was nuts because I brought a 550 round box of .22LR and I had probably 200 rounds between my other calibers. He said "Well, I guess you're ready for WW3" What? That really shocked me because he is a gun owner, how can he think that is excessive ammo to bring to the range? He only brought 1 small box of ammo for each of his firearms. Guess who he asked to borrow from when he ran out of .22LR? |
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Post by Redneckidokie on Oct 1, 2012 0:08:34 GMT -7
Knowing how hard it is to stay stocked up my self, what I honestly wonder is how do all these guys that are class 3 shooters afford to feed their favorite beast every week end?  At the machine gun shoots it is beyound belief how many rounds they go through!!  |
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Post by Dennis on Oct 1, 2012 3:24:04 GMT -7
I've been bringing a can of powder home every chance I get. Got a good dry place to store it. Anybody know the shelf life of unopened powder. H4895 and Reloader 15 mainly. I loaded and used some powder that was 17 years old a while ago. If stored properly I don't think it will go bad. |
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Post by geron on Oct 1, 2012 12:11:51 GMT -7
I've been bringing a can of powder home every chance I get. Got a good dry place to store it. Anybody know the shelf life of unopened powder. H4895 and Reloader 15 mainly. I loaded and used some powder that was 17 years old a while ago. If stored properly I don't think it will go bad. Thanks! |
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Post by Redneckidokie on Oct 2, 2012 3:58:36 GMT -7
Geron, I am still using a keg of 231 that is marked "90" on the top. It is one of the old cardboard big kegs and is still wonderful. It just uses such a tiny amount for handguns it just lasts forever. The biggest danger with powder, more than failure from age is if it has been hauled around a lot , shaken or vibrated to where the physical structure of the grains have been reduced to dust. A lot of the older powders that I used in the 70's were pushed aside for newer better types and brands but I kept the old ones for hard times. BL-c-2 231 Varget This three pretty much does every thing I need %95 of the time.  |
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