Age of black powder?

[pajeepman]

Picked up some powder at an auction today. I know 1 can is a at least 7 years old because of the price tag where I buy powder. The other, I am wondering if anybody has ballpark age judging by the can(or at least the age if the can, I refill my metal cans).

 

[Carbon 6]

Left one is pre-1990 ish and the right one is newer. That's as close as I can get, without looking at the date code on the bottom of the can.

 

[flinter1977]

Left one I'm going to say it is 1970s

 

[pajeepman]

I can't make out anything on the bottom of the old can for sure. Maybe 4-80

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Left one I believe 70,s into 80.s
Right one early nineties

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[Carbon 6]

Left one I'm going to say it is 1970s

Yes it could be, I have two of that style and one is from 1988 and the other is 1975
I know for sure that style had changed by 1995 because I have one that looks similar to the right one but the slogan in the middle is different.
So that style changed somewhere between 88 and 95.

 

[Carbon 6]

Left one I believe 70,s into 80.s
Right one early nineties

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What makes you think the right one is early 90's ?
The slogan on the banner in the middle of the can (The tradition continues) is their current slogan.
Cans of the early 90's had the same style can but had a different slogan.

I think Goex changed its date code sequence with the new millennium. I would date it at 2002 or 2004.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

What makes you think the right one is early 90's ?
The slogan on the banner in the middle of the can (The tradition continues) is their current slogan.
Cans of the early 90's had the same style can but had a different slogan.

I think Goex changed its date code sequence with the new millennium. I would date it at 2002 or 2004.

Hey Carbon, just going on sketchy memory.
I know the one on the right was $7.50 at one time.
But then again my new Englander at the time was $210.00 with a boatload of accessories.
SM

 

[Rifleman1776]

Don't worry about it. Just use and enjoy. But keep the cans. Most of us have thrown out a fortunes worth of cans collectors would pay dearly for today.

 

[Carbon 6]

Notice the different banner slogan ?

American Made since 1912

Here is another banner. Want to guess when it was made ?

So we can narrow down the date range of the classic can a bit.

 

[1950DAVE]

First pic. " American made since 1802". Last set of pics. " American made since 1912"????
History lesson maybe?

 

[SDSmlf]

Some of the BP I have is from the 1950s-1960s maybe. Some from the 1970s for sure. When did a pound sell for $2.10? All works as it should. Here are previously posted photographs of some of the containers, old and new.

 

[Carbon 6]

First pic. " American made since 1802". Last set of pics. " American made since 1912"????
History lesson maybe?

Made since 1802
Been called Goex since 1912.
Been GOEX Powder, Inc. since Hodgdon bought them in 2009

 

[Grenadier1758]

First Dupont in 1802
Gearhart Owen (GO) sometime around 197?
GOEX around 1992
GOEX Powder Inc.

 

[1950DAVE]

Thanks folks just curious.
Dave

 

[Sun City]

It don't 'wear out'!

 

[pajeepman]

There were a couple of the white and red hodgdon cans with powder in. The cans did not say black powder though so I let them go thinking smokeless powder. I can not remember what they said, I think "rifle powder:

 

[dragnetbill]

There were a couple of the white and red hodgdon cans with powder in. The cans did not say black powder though so I let them go thinking smokeless powder. I can not remember what they said, I think "rifle powder:

I have three metal cans (red paint) with paper labels that say Hodgdon Black Powder FFFG; they have plastic spouts with flip caps. As to dating these I see no codes; but, one still has a retailers price sticker @ $2.25; so probably back from when my job payed me $1.90/hr.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Dragnetbill, I also have one of the Hogden cans with ffffg and a plastic spout. I don’t remember if I bought it in the mid 1970s or more likely about 1980.

 

[dragnetbill]

Dragnetbill, I also have one of the Hogden cans with ffffg and a plastic spout. I don’t remember if I bought it in the mid 1970s or more likely about 1980.

I'm going to guess 70's. I actually got mine at a small gun show when I spotted a near mint Lyman Remington .36 that date codes to 1972. The gentleman was asking $200 for it; I hemmed and hawed....do I really need another pistol with blurry sights on it....gee, it is in really nice shape........"Would you take $150 for it?" He says, "Sure." Just when I think we are all done he says, "Wait a second, this stuff all goes with it." He reaches under the table and comes up with a bag of accessories and four pounds of powder.