Empty Metal Goex Cans

[springfield art]

After realizing I had 2 FFg cans of GOEX that I was using, I consolidate the powder into a single can which left me with my first empty. Any uses for these?

I don't know, but Black Powder guys seem not to ever want to throw a Metal Can away! Like many, I still have my original 1st DuPont Can from the1960's!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Similar thing happened to me. I still had empty cans from the '60s, Dupont, smokeless and the smokeless I have is most all in metal cans except for a multipound Bullseye can made of cardboard. But then to have a peaceful home it does require sacrifice even if dumping them is costly, and it is.

I ain’t greenbroke…

 

[ohio ramrod]

I have seen some that were cut open to make candle lanterns

I have made many candle lanterns from empty cans, just wash them out with water and then put in some sand to give them weight and a little rattle!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I don't know, but Black Powder guys seem not to ever want to throw a Metal Can away! Like many, I still have my original 1st DuPont Can from the1960's!

I hang onto empty Altoids Tins…they make awesome containers for lubed fibre wads for my smoothbores.

The small Altoids Tins are great for packing small calibre… .32 -.40 calibre….RBs for a day’s trek into the woods, looking for small game.

We be pack-rats…at times.

 

[Graybeard2A]

I'm just looking to buy some without paying double on hazmat shipping!!

 

[sheriff john]

Apparently, some smokeless powders interact with others if stored side-by-side in my non-climate controlled garage. Black powder, not so much. "Shuffling" my cache after maybe 10 years, lesson learned.

Old DuPont oval cans from the 60's - still perfect, powder good. "Elephant" b/p - unopened - perfect. Partially used - one was "clumpy" (4FFg). Goex - no problem, but it's mostly newer.

Powder stored in non-powder plastic containers? One morphed into the consistency of an egg shell, fell apart when I moved it. Don't make the same mistake. Metal cans are supposed to have been coated on the inside (even antique ones) for protection.

 

[Sidney Smith]

I have one empty 2fg can, and once my 4fg is gone, (in probably 10 years), I'll have two empty metal cans. I'll save them just for shelf decorations.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I have one empty 2fg can, and once my 4fg is gone, (in probably 10 years), I'll have two empty metal cans. I'll save them just for shelf decorations.

I lack the ability to plan ahead with such fortitude…my hat’s off to you.

 

[beardedhorse]

Our clubs just bought Schuetzen powder in 50 lb bags at $12.00 pound and now scrambling to get enough one pound metal or plastic powder containers to parcel it up. I use my old metal GOEX cans to not only hold powder but to make nice pierced tin candle lanterns and electric bulb night lights. I put a cannon fuse on the screw on top. When it is getting late and I want to hint to my guests that it is time to leave I light the fuse and place the can down on the coffee table. They don't know the unpierced can is filled with sand but I don't have many lingering guests around when I say it's time for my bedtime.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

This

https://www.houseofcans.com/pint-ob...5_28&houseofcans=39v104r0te1j13r717mj37b9k5#1

I bought 12…same size as a 1 lb can…so 12 pounds powder.

 

[ftg99]

So when Black Powder is made in the US again, you would prefer to see it in metal cans even if it cost more? If the can was made in the USA as well and cost twice as much as the import, would you pay more?

 

[Rock Home Isle]

@ftg99 My personal preference for a metal can is based heavily on nostalgia…my entry into Blackpowder started in the 70’s. It’s been a fun ride, and those old metal powder cans bring back those heady days for me.