old powder

[Travelingchild]

Been helping a friend's widow clear out all his reloading stuff.
Found some powder i could use, i'm sure it's good any Idea of how old?

Still sealed.

[AndyLate]

Its not old, its newly manufactured

[Travelingchild]

More stuff I found,

These still sealed, found another tub of partial opened 1 lbs of various types

[Travelingchild]

For you blackpowder types, open case but containers still sealed
Plus Cases of partial opened stuff and a 16lb keg. along with bullets molds etc.

[DG23]

Its not old, its newly manufactured

Correct.

If was really old it would be in a cardboard container...

[PracticalRifleman]

Late 90s, early 2000s?


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[Travelingchild]

Now to put it all on the local market..
This should be fun..

[JB2000]

I’ve been wondering how old is too old. I have some IMR in the metal cans like in these pictures. It doesn’t smell or look any different so I assume it’s probably still good. Anyone know?

[TomMcC]

I have some Hodgdon Long Shot I wanted to use for some mid range 44 mags. It looked normal but had a bit of an acrid smell to it. I emailed Hodgdon about it and they said it was gtg. The rounds I loaded all shot fine. If the powder in the pictures all look fine and don't fry your nostrils, you're fine.

[AndyLate]

I’ve been wondering how old is too old. I have some IMR in the metal cans like in these pictures. It doesn’t smell or look any different so I assume it’s probably still good. Anyone know?

If it smells and looks like new powder, it should be fine. When powder degrades, it turns red like rust or smells foul and doesn't have the clean solvent smell.

Andy