Vintage Powder Cans

[Bornonthe4thofJuly]

Hey fellow reloaders,
I wanted to share my recent find at a garage sale over last weekend, ive never seen Hercules in these cans? and what year was this powder cans made?

[tylenol9999]

Is the price on bullseye really 2.75?

[highpower790]

Im going to take a chance and say...late 60s to mid 70s.

[MarkInFolsom]

Im going to take a chance and say...late 60s to mid 70s.

Based on the prices I agree.

[Bornonthe4thofJuly]

Yep, the price is 2.75 and was bought at Gemco. it has a very unique lid.you press the center and the lid pops open to close you push the sides of top to seal.

[readysetgo]

That's cool, thanks for sharing.

And it deserves to be embedded, here you go...

[glassparman]

Gemco, haven't heard that in a while. Remember Fedco?

[NotEnoughGuns]

I have a 1 lber of Hodgden 4831 powder in a cardboard container with a price tag of $1.30. I'll have to get a picture of it for you guys. It feels like it may have never been opened.

[samcam13]

I have those two same cans, one of bullseye, one of unique. The unique has never been opened, has a big metal pull tab on top over the cap. Now the 5 lbs of red dot I got in the deal in a big cardboard container, think it is from the 70's and shoots just fine....

[Loiterer]

I still have a can like those of Al. Don't remember if it is 5 or 7.

[Divernhunter]

I have a couple of cans like that that I bought in the 1960's. The powder is still good.

I remember Gemco. I bought my Rem Varmint rifle/scope/rings and bases/reloading dies/ammo/bullets/powder/primers for it there. That was a good store.

[Witch Hunter]

Those are from the late 60's. I bet it's still good to go. I still use some Dupont in the metal cans from the late 70's, it's marked 8.99. Gemco was OK, sad to see them go. The late 70's was bad for cars though, remember the Gremlin?

[pacrat]

Yep, the price is 2.75 and was bought at Gemco. it has a very unique lid.you press the center and the lid pops open to close you push the sides of top to seal.

I have a Hercules Unique can exactly like that sitting on a shelf in the den. Price on label is $2.65. Also bought at Gemco at the same time I bought my Ruger Blackhawk .41 mag for $84.95. Yr was either 71 or 72.

Two weeks later I went down the street to Woolworths "five n dime" and bought a Rem 788 in .243 for the same price of $84.95.

[sargenv]

I just picked up a few 250 gram cans of AL7 from someone on the for sale forum, still have powder in them.. cool cans.

[G-Man WC]

Nice find.
-g