How to store powder

zcar75 · July 21, 2012, 09:32 AM

Hi all, I would like to store a few pounds of black powder for the up coming Zombie Apocalypse. The goverment knows what firearms I have except the blackpowder. I have thought about using a vacuum sealer, but maybe putting the powder under pressure might not be a good idea.Thanks for your help.

Beagle333 · July 21, 2012, 10:00 AM

I just use Pyrodex and 777, but I store both of them (as well as my smokeless) in the original containers. Some of em for many years. I have never had any problems or noticed a difference between cans when I open a new one.

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up coming Zombie Apocalypse.

Do my round balls still work on those things if I don't paint em that fluorescent green?

B.L.E. · July 21, 2012, 10:23 AM

Black powder keeps just fine in its original container. I have some pretty old black powder that still shoots like it's new.

Hawg Haggen · July 21, 2012, 02:14 PM

Original container.

Hellgate · July 21, 2012, 10:02 PM

If you keep it cool & dry it will keep for maybe a couple hundred years, maybe more.

Hawg Haggen · July 21, 2012, 10:35 PM

I doubt the last person has been killed by something that was loaded almost 150 years ago and has been buried in the ground ever since.

Noz · July 23, 2012, 10:21 AM

You will find that Black Powder is such fun to shoot that it doesn't stay around long enough to be a problem.
I have bought 18 lbs since October 2011 and have 4 lbs in inventory now.

awaveritt · July 23, 2012, 05:42 PM

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You will find that Black Powder is such fun to shoot that it doesn't stay around long enough to be a problem

+1 to that! I started shooting Goex in March and haven't shot anything else since. What a hoot

To the op, I store all mine in their original canisters, but do keep the cans in a spare metal sealed ammo box, just cause I got one that's not being used.

harleyx2 · July 23, 2012, 10:16 PM

How does the goverment know what firearms you have?

Rachen · July 24, 2012, 01:55 PM

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How does the goverment know what firearms you have?

What firearms? What are you talking about? Are you saying people can actually own guns in this country?...........Ooh are we finished with this conversation yet? American Idol is coming on and I don't want to miss an episode for the first time in 10 years

July 21, 2012, 09:32 AM	#1
zcar75 Member Join Date: December 3, 2009 Posts: 25	How to store powder Hi all, I would like to store a few pounds of black powder for the up coming Zombie Apocalypse. The goverment knows what firearms I have except the blackpowder. I have thought about using a vacuum sealer, but maybe putting the powder under pressure might not be a good idea.Thanks for your help.

July 21, 2012, 02:14 PM	#4
Hawg Haggen Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 10,243	Original container. __________________ http://blackpowdertimes.com/index.php

July 21, 2012, 10:02 PM	#5
Hellgate Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2010 Location: Orygun Posts: 414	If you keep it cool & dry it will keep for maybe a couple hundred years, maybe more. __________________ With over 15 perCUSSIN' revolvers, I've been called the Imelda Marcos of cap & ball. SASS#3302 (Life), SASS Regulator, NRA (Life), DGB#129 Wolverton Mtn. Peacekeepers (WA), former Orygun Cowboy (Ranger, Posse from Hell)

July 21, 2012, 10:35 PM	#6
Hawg Haggen Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 10,243	I doubt the last person has been killed by something that was loaded almost 150 years ago and has been buried in the ground ever since. __________________ http://blackpowdertimes.com/index.php

July 21, 2012, 10:23 AM	#3
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 1,687	Black powder keeps just fine in its original container. I have some pretty old black powder that still shoots like it's new.

July 23, 2012, 10:21 AM	#7
Noz Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2009 Posts: 589	You will find that Black Powder is such fun to shoot that it doesn't stay around long enough to be a problem. I have bought 18 lbs since October 2011 and have 4 lbs in inventory now.

July 23, 2012, 10:16 PM	#9
harleyx2 Member Join Date: August 18, 2011 Posts: 19	How does the goverment know what firearms you have?