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m&p45acp10+1 · January 20, 2013, 08:33 PM

Primers if stored in a not too harsh enviroment they are good for longer than most of us will live.

Smokeless powder it varries.

Black Powder in its original tin when kept dry, in a cool place will be good for a few hundred years. (I have read the article by a guy that shot some powder from the 1780's, and several samples from the 1800's, and early 1900's. He chronoed them. All were very close.) I have shot some FFG that was from the late 1890's in a match lock rifle. It shot just like it should. I still have over half of that tin stored in a safe place.

January 20, 2013, 08:33 PM	#15
m&p45acp10+1 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,930	Primers if stored in a not too harsh enviroment they are good for longer than most of us will live. Smokeless powder it varries. Black Powder in its original tin when kept dry, in a cool place will be good for a few hundred years. (I have read the article by a guy that shot some powder from the 1780's, and several samples from the 1800's, and early 1900's. He chronoed them. All were very close.) I have shot some FFG that was from the late 1890's in a match lock rifle. It shot just like it should. I still have over half of that tin stored in a safe place. __________________ No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.