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Jim Watson · November 8, 2002, 06:02 PM

I live in Florence, AL and I am loading out of a keg of Win 452 AA that is 14 years old. Estate sale purchase, one of our local shooters passed away this summer.

If your Bullseye was stored anything close to reasonable it should be fine. There is WW II .45 ACP being reimported from France and Russia. Most is ok. Some manuals give guidelines for spotting deterioration... rusting of container, red nitric oxide fumes, acid odor (not to be confused with solvent smell), lumping of granules.

If you have any amount, check it closely before you throw it away. If you feel you must, or if it is good and you use it up; well, they still make Bullseye.

I have tried this and that. It doesn't make a difference I can tell, once I have adjusted the velocity to what I want - a 200 @ 850 for IDPA and IPSC. When that 452AA is gone, I will go back to 700X which I buy for 12 gauge.

November 8, 2002, 06:02 PM	#2
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	I live in Florence, AL and I am loading out of a keg of Win 452 AA that is 14 years old. Estate sale purchase, one of our local shooters passed away this summer. If your Bullseye was stored anything close to reasonable it should be fine. There is WW II .45 ACP being reimported from France and Russia. Most is ok. Some manuals give guidelines for spotting deterioration... rusting of container, red nitric oxide fumes, acid odor (not to be confused with solvent smell), lumping of granules. If you have any amount, check it closely before you throw it away. If you feel you must, or if it is good and you use it up; well, they still make Bullseye. I have tried this and that. It doesn't make a difference I can tell, once I have adjusted the velocity to what I want - a 200 @ 850 for IDPA and IPSC. When that 452AA is gone, I will go back to 700X which I buy for 12 gauge.