Buddy of mine found vinatge 1924 dupont super fine gunpowder

[boonerman]

Buddy of mine found a Tin of 1924 Dupont super fine gunpowder with the powder still in it in his basement!

anyone have any ideas of value of such an awesome find?

 

[Tex Critter]

With the Black Powder being harder to get these days, I'd dump it in another container to use and then flog the tin for 1 Million Dollars.

 

[tripoli99]

Very cool can. But 90 year old gunpowder? What possibly could go wrong?

 

[gunlaker]

There are a few people interested in comparing today's best powders with stuff from the old days. if you were within driving distance of me I'd pay you $50 for it, even without the tin an. The empty can would probably fetch $40 at one of those antique malls. Check ebay to see if you can find a similar can.

Unless the powder got wet, it'll be as good as the day it was made. Black powder doesn't go bad.

Chris.

 

[j_06]

Very cool can. But 90 year old gunpowder? What possibly could go wrong?

It doesn't go boom?

 

[boonerman]

There are a few people interested in comparing today's best powders with stuff from the old days. if you were within driving distance of me I'd pay you $50 for it, even without the tin an. The empty can would probably fetch $40 at one of those antique malls. Check ebay to see if you can find a similar can.

Unless the powder got wet, it'll be as good as the day it was made. Black powder doesn't go bad.

Chris.

I will let him know... In the spring I am driving out that way... maybe he will send me with the powder. I am interested to know how well those powders worked!

 

[pzkw108]

Kind of funny that they say "superfine"..... 2fg is not that fine isn't it ??

nice find by the way !

 

[BlackPowderBurner]

In a retail setting it wouldn't surprise me to see a $150 price tag on that.

 

[Tinman204]

Very cool can. But 90 year old gunpowder? What possibly could go wrong?

I'm still working on 2 tins of surplus ww2 h4831 powder from "ammo mart" aka Higginson.

That stuff is 70 plus years old and my Swedish match rifle has consistently shot 1/2 moa groups with it for years.

As long as it was stored correctly and doesn't show signs of being bad I'd shoot it.

 

[boonerman]

Thanks for all the Intel! I am sure he will be happy to hear!

 

[RifleDude]

Kind of funny that they say "superfine"..... 2fg is not that fine isn't it ??

nice find by the way !

FFg for large bore BP muskets/rifles and definitely NOT super fine. It must relate to the quality of the product. FFFFg is the smallest grade for black powder and used for priming a flitlock's pan. Fg is for cannons, and FFFg is for small bore firearms, i.e. pistols.