Herters Powder

[selinoid44]

Anyone ever heard of Herters 100 rifle powder. A friend of mine has a full 1 pound can of it. He thinks it could have some collectors value. If so would anyone have a number to put on it? I know Herters had decoys and traps and a few dozen other items at one time. Any info out there?

 

[Virginian]

At one point Herter's had their own line of rifles, handguns, clothing, calls, boats,....EVERYTHING. In from from basic through the Deluxe Mark V Guide Model George L. Herter endorsed grades ! Their old catalogs are treasures. I still miss them. There is a new Herter's selling decoys from the original molds and other waterfowling related stuff. I am sure your powder has some collector value, but where to get the best exposure other than eBay I have no idea.

 

[loadedround]

That powder is too old to use, even if you found loading data.

 

[AKCOP]

Back in the 70's wen I lived in MN I used to use Herter's powder and still may have a load data book somewhere in my boxes of stuff. It worked OK, really couldn't tell the difference between it and anything else I used. Bought lots of Herter's stuff back then, they sure had a great catalog.

 

[Ranger J]

Back in the early 70s I had some Herter's powder that I used to load a 222 with. I did not have good data on it and wondered why I had to drive the empties out with a cleaning rod. It is a wonder I didn't blow the gun up. I may still have that can of powder packed away somewhere.

RJ