Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
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Nontypical Buck
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Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
A friend of mine inherrited all of his grandfathers reloading supplies, i was helping him go through it to figure out was still good and what was bad. We came across a sealed container appears to have been never openned labelled Dupont lightning rifle powder dated 9/1906. this powder being nearly 100 years old would it still be good even if it is in its original unopenned container??? if it is still good is it a good powder?? is there someway to get load data for it??
#2
Typical Buck
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RE: Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
It is an antique I would sell it on ebay. Any data you find for it will be so outdated it probably wont be a whole lot of help. Powders get better every year so, it probably isnt worth using anyway.
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RE: Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
I would e-mail www.imrpowder.com , and see what they have to say. Good luck.
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RE: Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter
The only person that powder and container are worth anything to is a collector.
The only person that powder and container are worth anything to is a collector.
well duh!!! lol
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RE: Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
well duh!!! lol
Well DuH yourself.. before I was going to post what I said I thought to myself how could anyone in their right mind even contemplate loading something this old. .Question answered
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RE: Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
ORIGINAL: HighDesertWolf
A friend of mine inherrited all of his grandfathers reloading supplies, i was helping him go through it to figure out was still good and what was bad. We came across a sealed container appears to have been never openned labelled Dupont lightning rifle powder dated 9/1906. this powder being nearly 100 years old would it still be good even if it is in its original unopenned container??? if it is still good is it a good powder?? is there someway to get load data for it??
A friend of mine inherrited all of his grandfathers reloading supplies, i was helping him go through it to figure out was still good and what was bad. We came across a sealed container appears to have been never openned labelled Dupont lightning rifle powder dated 9/1906. this powder being nearly 100 years old would it still be good even if it is in its original unopenned container??? if it is still good is it a good powder?? is there someway to get load data for it??
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RE: Dupont Lightning rifle powder??
ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter
Well DuH yourself.. before I was going to post what I said I thought to myself how could anyone in their right mind even contemplate loading something this old. .Question answered
well duh!!! lol
Well DuH yourself.. before I was going to post what I said I thought to myself how could anyone in their right mind even contemplate loading something this old. .Question answered