If you have some older metal smokeless powder in metal cans that show signs of rust or wear, I found a great replacement container.

New 'Black' Motor Oil 32oz Bottles for .52 cents ea.
They are HDPE plastic and won't react to the powder. (See Link)

32 oz. Black HDPE Oil Bottle - 28 mm Neck

Used motor oil containers can't be cleaned well enough to be safe from contaminating the powder.

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Originally posted by thomtwo:
If you have some older metal smokeless powder in metal cans that show signs of rust or wear, I found a great replacement container.

New 'Black' Motor Oil 32oz Bottles for .52 cents ea.
They are HDPE plastic and won't react to the powder. (See Link)

32 oz. Black HDPE Oil Bottle - 28 mm Neck

Used motor oil containers can't be cleaned well enough to be safe from contaminating the powder.

If your old metal cans show internal rust, it is due to outgassing of NOx from the powder. Reacting with water in the air, NOx is being converted to nitric acid gas and that will rust the inside of a tin can. Rust shows a depletion of stabilizer in the powder and is a warning. That is, your powder is reaching, if not has already reached, the end of a safe shelf life.

It should be self evident that the powder in this can was not safe to use, or store.

Plastic bottles!!!! Oh horrors, Da Earth! Da Earth!

Cool. they have built-in pour spouts too.

quote:

Originally posted by thomtwo:

New 'Black' Motor Oil 32oz Bottles for .52 cents ea.
They are HDPE plastic and won't react to the powder. (See Link)

32 oz. Black HDPE Oil Bottle - 28 mm Neck

Used motor oil containers can't be cleaned well enough to be safe from contaminating the powder.