Unique powder in a brown paper canister. How old is it?

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14 March 2002, 17:15

tundrarules

Unique powder in a brown paper canister. How old is it?

Hey this question is for the fellows that have been loading for awhile. I bought a can of Unique powder at an estate auction that came in a brown paper canister 8lbs or so. Does anyone have any idea how old it is? should I be concerned about how old it is?

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15 March 2002, 05:05

ricciardelli

Find the lot number and send a message to Alliant.

The last 24 pounds of Red Dot I bought came in 3 brown cardboard cannisters, and that was only a couple of years ago.

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16 March 2002, 17:34

tundrarules

This is a 4lb can of powder. Can someone give me an idea how old it is?

16 March 2002, 17:41

Alex Szabo

Tundrarules,

Use the old schnozzle. If the stuff smells bad to the nose (acidic, acrid, pungent, sharp) then burn it (in small piles of course!!!!!).

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20 March 2002, 09:59

tundrarules

It's hard to believe no one will answer this question. Seems like someone would give me a quess of what year this was made. Come on I know some of you guys have been reloading for 40 years.

Round paper canister 4 lbs. Unique. The powder is usable because it doesn't smell bad like Alex said. Just out of curiosity I would like to know how old it is.

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20 March 2002, 09:01

Paul B

Well. It's hard to say the exact age, but I bought a four pound "keg" of Unique back around 1981 from a gun shop. he had about five of those "kegs". I think they changed that packaging sometime in the mid 1980's, but that's just a guess. I'm still loading from that "keg"

Paul B.

20 March 2002, 16:18

Major Caliber

There is nothing Unique about powder in a paper keg

20 March 2002, 17:09

tundrarules

Thanks Paul, at least you have helped me narrow it down to the 1980s.

21 March 2002, 04:12

<Ralph Kelly>

I bought an 8# keg of Unique two years ago, it came in a brown paper cannister.

22 March 2002, 17:24

tundrarules

That's interesting Ralph. I thought everything sold in the past 5 years would be in a plastic bottle.

Thanks for your input.