Comments on: Long-Term Powder Storage — What You Need to Know

By: Mr_Bi0t

Mr_Bi0t — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:38:59 +0000

When powder gets old, is there any chance its volatility increases?

By: Steve Mentis

Steve Mentis — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 18:14:47 +0000

I still have about 4 pounds of Lighting and some 1204 stored in a wooden cabinet along with my other powders.Had some HI Vel to, but just finished using that up. God only knows how old this stuff is and it’s fine. I’ve taken it out of it’s original containers years ago and put all of it in the newer plastic containers that powder comes in today. All my power and primers are stored separately at room temperature and are kept dry. Never had a problem with any of it.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 21 May 2016 11:35:12 +0000

My solution for very long-term storage. If I know that I’m not going to be using powder any time soon, I simply use my household FoodSaver and vacuum pack my bottles until needed. My active/opened bottles go into gallon ziplock bags with a reusable desiccant pack that can be regenerated when necessary.