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Reloading
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<blockquote data-quote="Edd" data-source="post: 946888" data-attributes="member: 30592"><p><a href="http://www.ronspomeroutdoors.com/blog/danger-old-gunpowder-can-kill-you/" target="_blank">DANGER: Old Gunpowder Can Kill You - Ron Spomer Outdoors</a></p><p></p><p> But what do you do with a canister of old gunpowder? According to Chris Hodgdon of the Hodgdon Powder Company in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, the powder in the canister shown here is WWII surplus likely manufactured way back in the 1930s or 1940s, then packaged and sold by his company in the 1950s or early 1060s. Mr. Hodgdon went on to write that the stuff in the can is "probably good if [it was] properly stored. Check for deterioration by three factors: strong smell, rust colored kernels (or rusty dust) and warm to the touch. [If] Any of these are present GET RID IF IT. Old powder makes great fertilizer for the lawn."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Edd, post: 946888, member: 30592"] [url=http://www.ronspomeroutdoors.com/blog/danger-old-gunpowder-can-kill-you/]DANGER: Old Gunpowder Can Kill You - Ron Spomer Outdoors[/url] But what do you do with a canister of old gunpowder? According to Chris Hodgdon of the Hodgdon Powder Company in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, the powder in the canister shown here is WWII surplus likely manufactured way back in the 1930s or 1940s, then packaged and sold by his company in the 1950s or early 1060s. Mr. Hodgdon went on to write that the stuff in the can is “probably good if [it was] properly stored. Check for deterioration by three factors: strong smell, rust colored kernels (or rusty dust) and warm to the touch. [If] Any of these are present GET RID IF IT. Old powder makes great fertilizer for the lawn.” [/QUOTE]
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