Paper cartridge question

[ernbar]

I loaded about 40 paper cartridges to use in my Dragoon but life has gotten in the way so It may be may be a month till I can get to the range. I have them in a loading tray and inside a large zip bag in an air conditioned room. Just wondering if this is a proper method to keep the powder fresh.

 

[Archer 756]

Just think if during Civil War, did they have means of cartridges in condition for control.

 

[Rich44]

Sounds great to me. I keep some in a tin in the shooting box and others in a small plastic food container with a snap on lid and they have always stayed good.

 

[TFoley]

We've shot black powder made around 1850, and over in your part of the world, people are killed or substantially maimed on a weekly basis when munitions recovered from your recent civil war battlefields are tampered with. IMO and in the experience of may people here, BP, being totally natural, does not deteriorate with time, unlike the subs, whose efficacy - at least here in UK - appears to fade away with time after opening the container.

 

[ohio ramrod]

As long as it kept dry it will last longer than you will.

 

[ernbar]

Thanks all for the input. Just making sure.

 

[John Spartan]

Keep my ready made in a ziploc also. Better be good!