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Posted: 9/30/2009 9:04:30 AM EDT
| silly question but, I left a can of poweder open for a couple of day on accident. Do you guys think it's ok to use? |
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Smokeless propellants DO NOT absorb humidity, PERIOD. Black powder is totally different. In fact, spherical propellants (Ball Powder ®) are extruded DIRECTLY into water, it pulls the acetone/ethyl acetate/solvents from the formed spheres. The water is cycled through a distillation apparatus to recover the solvents and keep solvent concentration low. |
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I would worry about age more than exposure.
I've only had powder go bad once. It was the last 2lbs. of an 8lb. clays container. They were loaded into my skeet rounds and ended up about 600fps! The powder burnt about 75%, smelled like ass, and left a green smoke. You could watch the shot lob through the air and it came out with a resounding THUD! |
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Well, I had it for about a year. I used to buy clays 16lbs. at a time... Figure 2-3 months from factory to my distributor (local guy, special order only) stored in a humid basement in a farm house built in 1812.
So, not too terribly old, but ridden hard and put away wet 
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