I recently purchased an entire reloading set up from a friend’s father’s estate. My friend did some reloading around 2010, but hasn’t done any since, and is spending his resources on other hobbies.
In this purchase, there were two old cans of powder. Hercules bullseye, and Hercules unique. They are metal cans.
Besides the following, would there be anything else you would recommend to do to test the powder for viability of use?
1, smells like new powder.
2, leaves no discoloration on a white piece of tissue paper.
3, a small pile seems to burn just like new powder.
4, the metal cans are in perfect shape, no rust inside or outside.
5, load a minimum charge and see how it compares on a chronograph to new powder.
There is probably 2 to 2 1/2 pounds of powder total in these cans. They have been open and none are full.
I am having fun going through the boxes and seeing all what is there. There are definitely duplicates of some of the stuff I have already, so I will eventually be putting that stuff in the for sale section here. There are some names of equipment I’ve never heard of, and I need to do some research. In other words, ask questions here, and Google.
Thanks in advance for all the help!
