Most (all?) of the comments indicated that the old powder worked "just fine" or something along those lines. Granted, the tell tale signs of powder going "bad" were stated and these are dead give aways that the powder has gone bad....but is powder perfect one day and the next, it has gone bad....or does it degrade over time? If it does degrade, it would seem that judging it "bad" would be more of a challenge. How bad does it have to get before it is officially bad?
Using the same brand of powder, same charge, same bullet, same firearm, etc., has anyone actually checked velocities between cartridges loaded with new and 30 year old powder?
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