Originally Posted by
yobuck
Well it wouldn’t be new powder.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not good powder.
Even new lots of powder can vary for performance from lot to lot.
For what its worth, were still using powder from WW2 in several guns.
And the reason is it’s still good, and there isn’t anything new on the market better for what we use it in.
True story. About 40 + years ago a friend and i each wanted to build a 30x378 rifle.
Howard Wolfe wouldn’t build the gun unless you had the right powder, which was WW2 surplus H570.
Those that had it wouldn’t sell any, and it wasent available in stores at least in our area.
I called Hodgdon powder co and a man answered the phone.
When i asked who i was talking with, he said Bruce. I asked if he had any H 570 and he said he thought he might, but call back in a couple days.
When i did he said yep, how much would you like. I said how much do you have, and was told probably 100 pounds or so.
It was 2 bucks a pound and we bought all of it. He shipped it to our local gun shop and we picked it up there. 5 separate 20# containers.
I had a friend who had a 30x378, and i called and told him i had found some powder and asked if he would check it out for me.
I didnt dare tell him how much or where we got it. Anyway to shorten the story it ended up not being H570.
Maybe it was floor sweepings that old Bruce sold us. Lol
But it was probably H 5010 near as we could tell. And when i called and told him he sent our money back and said just dump the powder on the ground someplace. But i gave my half to a guy who was playing around with a 50 caliber.