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**4V50 Gary** · August 19, 2010, 10:50 PM

Just saw the movie for the first time in over twenty years. In the final scene, John Elder (the John Wayne character) is inside a gunstore. He notices there are red metal cans of blasting powder. I know blackpowder came in small one pound cans and perhaps even five pounds. This can looked like it could be 20 lbs!

Was there such a critter as a 20 lb metallic can of blasting powder? I know the military used wood with non-ferrous metal for their powder kegs.

August 19, 2010, 10:50 PM	#1
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,840	John Wayne's Sons of Katie Elder question Just saw the movie for the first time in over twenty years. In the final scene, John Elder (the John Wayne character) is inside a gunstore. He notices there are red metal cans of blasting powder. I know blackpowder came in small one pound cans and perhaps even five pounds. This can looked like it could be 20 lbs! Was there such a critter as a 20 lb metallic can of blasting powder? I know the military used wood with non-ferrous metal for their powder kegs. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*