Old Powder

[Dan O]

Just shoot it like normal. Black Powder is an explosive if it has been stored in a dry climate your good to go.

 

[BrentD]

Cleaning up the garage of my late father in law, not temperature controlled, but we're in Idaho, so not a ton of humidity. Have 3+lbs of black powder, I know 20+ years old, at least one is a factory sealed can. Use for goofing off shooting, and back to my normal pyrodex for hunting season, or is it best used as fertilizer? I don't know how stable black powder is.

Throw the Pdex away, and use the black. Seriously. What brand is it? Might be worth something. Hot temperatures can degrade blackpowder, but it has to be really hot (enough to melt the sulfur).

 

[BrentD]

Black powder becomes unstable and thus surely does go bad in a sense. Imo shooting it wouldn’t be the worse thing ever but the op needs to be aware of the issues

Goes unstable? Says who? You are the only person I've ever heard say this. In fact, blackpowder that is a century old is plenty stable.

 

[BrentD]

dump it...better safe than sorry

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