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Offline Greg

Goex shelf life
« on: June 08, 2009, 09:34:39 PM »
I'm gettin' ready to take a couple cb pistols to the range for the first time in many years.  Have a can of Goex fff that's probably ten years old. Powder looks fine. What's the shelf life of this stuff?
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Offline Bruce Bogart

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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2009, 10:43:36 PM »
I've got some that's probably 20 years old (deceased Father in Laws stash) that shoots just fine. I wish I could say the same about me!
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Re: Goex shelf life
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2009, 10:47:06 PM »
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I'm gettin' ready to take a couple cb pistols to the range for the first time in many years.  Have a can of Goex fff that's probably ten years old. Powder looks fine. What's the shelf life of this stuff?

A couple'a hunert years plus probably a century or two,... if it's stored in a  place that isn't subject to extreme temperature variations.  :rt th
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2009, 11:47:07 PM »
Black Powder has a half life of approximately 800 years.   If it's dry it's good.    If it has been wet and has been dried out it is good.

It is a mechanical mixture of fairly inert components and none are damaged by water.  

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Offline Lady of the Woods

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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2009, 07:02:26 AM »
seems like I've read about a civil war pistol that went off while a collector was cleaning it - if that gives some idea...
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