Exposure
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I recently bought a huge lot of reloading stuff and there were probably about 12 different cans of powder in with it. Of those cans five of them were Unique. Two of those were really cool old square metal cans, one of which was still factory sealed!
I got a large 4 lb keg that was unmarked. It is obvious that at some time in the past there was a label glued to the keg but it is long since departed. It is however stamped "UN-035". It has a clear plastic pull out spigot with a black screw on plastic top. To my surprise when I unscrewed the top I found it was still factory sealed with the top of the clear spigot being marked "cut here". So I cut off the top and poured a little out and it sure looks like unique. It smells like the other containers of Unique so I am going to go out on a limb and say that it IS Unique. Just curious if anyone can confirm this.
The lot of reloading stuff included a MEC 762 press, a HUGE batch of AA 12 GA shotgun hulls, a big box of wads, and a whole bunch of 209 primers so I am guessing the previous owner was using Unique for his shotgun loads.
See the pics below. Any help is appreciated.
The mystery 4 lb. keg just before I sliced open the spigot. I have no idea how long this has been factory sealed. I felt a little bad opening it after it has been sealed up for who knows how many years.
The really, really cool square metal cans. I love these things! Plus you can see the one on the right still has its factory seal intact. I think that is pretty cool. Any idea when these were made?
A comparison of the different powders. The one of the right sure does look like Unique.
In the end I will be going down to the bench and loading a few for my 1911 with the mystery powder. I'll report back with the results!
I got a large 4 lb keg that was unmarked. It is obvious that at some time in the past there was a label glued to the keg but it is long since departed. It is however stamped "UN-035". It has a clear plastic pull out spigot with a black screw on plastic top. To my surprise when I unscrewed the top I found it was still factory sealed with the top of the clear spigot being marked "cut here". So I cut off the top and poured a little out and it sure looks like unique. It smells like the other containers of Unique so I am going to go out on a limb and say that it IS Unique. Just curious if anyone can confirm this.
The lot of reloading stuff included a MEC 762 press, a HUGE batch of AA 12 GA shotgun hulls, a big box of wads, and a whole bunch of 209 primers so I am guessing the previous owner was using Unique for his shotgun loads.
See the pics below. Any help is appreciated.
The mystery 4 lb. keg just before I sliced open the spigot. I have no idea how long this has been factory sealed. I felt a little bad opening it after it has been sealed up for who knows how many years.
The really, really cool square metal cans. I love these things! Plus you can see the one on the right still has its factory seal intact. I think that is pretty cool. Any idea when these were made?
A comparison of the different powders. The one of the right sure does look like Unique.
In the end I will be going down to the bench and loading a few for my 1911 with the mystery powder. I'll report back with the results!
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