Just got through opening a fresh CAN of DUPONT, IMR, 4895.Loaded 25.5 grains of it behind a 52 grain Berger hp. FB.The cost of the powder on the PRICE tag was $3.65.Smells good!One of the NEW 1 pound plastic bottles I have has a price tag showing $18.95. Got a bottle of Chianti from 1967. Might just open that today and see if it is as good as I think that powder is.
Any expert advice or opinions? What say you? roger

Does the Chianti look cloudy when you hold it up to the light?

While not powder I have been shooting some bullets that have 3.25 and less on them.Them cheep things still shoot good.

Roger ; I opened up a vacuum canister back in October 09 , for some H870 ?.

I believe the label said Vulcan surplus powder or something Vulcan . It was surplus packaged .

A friend bought it back in late 60's gave it to me around 74-75 . It was still wrapped in heavy brown

butcher wrap and in a cardboard tube . I put it in a vacuum canister in 77, as I did with a good number

of powders who's containers were less than stellar for storage . So far So Good .

Used to use it in a 30/378 when I owned it . Now in my 7 mag also 338 mags .

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Chianti from 1967

Vinegar by now...

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Originally posted by Doc224/375:
Roger ; I opened up a vacuum canister back in October 09 , for some H870 ?.

Back in the 60s that stuff use to foul one of my barrels (6mmX.270 IMP)pretty bad.The deposits looked like Flaked Mica. roger

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Chianti from 1967

Vinegar by now...

I'll let you know later tonight. roger
Not vinegar but terribly cloudy with a lot of solids. Cork came out in many pieces. Took one swallow; not vinegary but yucky. Had to wash my mouth out with a double Black Jack. roger

Roger,

I disassembled some 30/06 ammo, that had tracer FMJ bullets on it for a friend.. He wanted the bullets.

He let me keep the brass and the powder.

it was loaded with what looked pretty much IMR 4895.

I loaded it up into some old 22.250 cases, to experiment with it.. was able to load up 40 rounds. included working up rounds.

that powder actually shot more accurately than current IMR 4895 manufacture.

the manufacture dates on the ammo I disassembled were from 1936 to 1942...

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The manufacture dates on the ammo I disassembled were from 1936 to 1942...

They did things with a flair and mindset for perfection back then...

I have some 4350 surplus that was given to me by a late friend. He said he got it in gallon containers (about 7 pounds) for $2 a can in 1950 directly from the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

I still have about 2 pounds left, and it's shoots just fine!

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Originally posted by Pa.Frank:
I have some 4350 surplus that was given to me by a late friend. He said he got it in gallon containers (about 7 pounds) for $2 a can in 1950 directly from the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

I still have about 2 pounds left, and it's shoots just fine!

I haven't a clue when or for what the military used 4350.Not saying they didn't but to that I am ignorant. Any input AC? roger

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Originally posted by bartsche:

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Originally posted by Pa.Frank:
I have some 4350 surplus that was given to me by a late friend. He said he got it in gallon containers (about 7 pounds) for $2 a can in 1950 directly from the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

I still have about 2 pounds left, and it's shoots just fine!

I haven't a clue when or for what the military used 4350.Not saying they didn't but to that I am ignorant. Any input AC? roger

For what it's worth what we now call 4831 was sold as surplus after WW-2 as DATA powder and reloaders were advised to use 4350 data to load it. I'm still shooting some of that powder. Unfortunately I'm down to about 10 pounds of it. Wish I had bought more of it in the 60's when I worked in a sporting goods store and we paid 35 cents a pound for it delivered in 100 pound cardboard kegs.