Goes FFG VS Antique DuPont FFG

mec · January 29, 2005, 02:06 PM

We had a near-depleted can of this DuPont product dated 7/ 1924. Exact age is not known as apparently this date appears on all the early 20th Century cans. We compared it to a new can of Goex (picture)

Ozzieman · January 29, 2005, 04:11 PM

The can could be worth some money as good a shape as its in, the fact that you said that there is some powder in it would make it worth more. What that would be I have no idea.

mec · January 29, 2005, 09:49 PM

The owner of this one had several others from the same estate. All dated the same and all with the same serial number on the picture. He sold them off except for one or two empties and is regretting that he didn't hang on to them a little longer. They are worth something now.

We found it interesting to shoot the six or so loads that were left to compare to modern Goex and to take a look at the performance of powder that must be over 60 years old. the five round check is far from definitive but does point to good long term preservation and a reasonable approximation of what you get with the new stuff.

fastforty · January 30, 2005, 01:07 AM

Hey, that is an awesome pic, it just became my new desktop background

tytyty

January 29, 2005, 02:06 PM	#1
mec Junior member Join Date: December 6, 2001 Posts: 1,536	Goes FFG VS Antique DuPont FFG We had a near-depleted can of this DuPont product dated 7/ 1924. Exact age is not known as apparently this date appears on all the early 20th Century cans. We compared it to a new can of Goex (picture) Last edited by mec; August 28, 2010 at 09:22 PM.

January 29, 2005, 04:11 PM	#2
Ozzieman Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 6,117	You only attached one picture but thanks just the same The can could be worth some money as good a shape as its in, the fact that you said that there is some powder in it would make it worth more. What that would be I have no idea.

January 30, 2005, 01:07 AM	#4
fastforty Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 1999 Location: In a kornfield in kalifornia Posts: 1,161	Hey, that is an awesome pic, it just became my new desktop background tytyty __________________ When Banjos are outlawed, only Outlaws will have Banjos The Bible is my lawbook. I turn the other cheek when applicable, and spend the rest of my days resisting evil at every front, until I have breathed my last breath.

January 29, 2005, 09:49 PM	#3
mec Junior member Join Date: December 6, 2001 Posts: 1,536	The owner of this one had several others from the same estate. All dated the same and all with the same serial number on the picture. He sold them off except for one or two empties and is regretting that he didn't hang on to them a little longer. They are worth something now. We found it interesting to shoot the six or so loads that were left to compare to modern Goex and to take a look at the performance of powder that must be over 60 years old. the five round check is far from definitive but does point to good long term preservation and a reasonable approximation of what you get with the new stuff.