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Yes Buck, you can hear lots of BS in the gun shop, but once in a while, what sounds like BS is actually true.
When a complex chemical compound becomes unstable, virtually anything can result. 99%+ it follows the common path, but there are rare instances where it does something opposite the usual path.
In the case of a powder getting more powerful as it decays, I'd bet good money against it, in any specific case, but I wouldn't bet a penny that it could never happen.
Consider the unlikely case of a very slow powder deteriorating in such a manner that the retardant chemicals failed to slow the burn rate at all, so that it detonated or acted like a very fast powder when fired. A case full of something that acts like Bullseye, when you don't expect it, would be a very unpleasant surpise indeed.
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All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
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