Powder Cans

[mec]

I am wondering about the approximate age of a can of dupont 2fg. It predates the rectangular cans used during the last years of production. It is marked "1924" and is a flat oval shaped much like a pocket whiskey flask.

Does anybody know the date range on this can design?

 

[Griz]

I can't help you with a date, but I did just see some of the same style of can on e-bay and they were over $30.00 for them and were still getting bids. I bid on one and wasn't even close, so it had to be way over $30.00

 

[dlemaster]

They are from the early part of the 20th century and are fairly commom. I see them a gunshows and flea markets and they seem to sell from $15.00 to $35.00 depending on the condition.

Regards, Dave

 

[mec]

a friend got some in an old collection. I'm curious because there was some 2f g in the bottom of one of them. It was about 50 fps slower and more consistent shot to shot than modern goex 2f.

Dupont was in the black powder business from 1912 until they sold out or became Gerhardt Owens and then Goex. In the latter years, the cans were rectangular like modern rifle powder.

 

Dupont was in the black powder business from 1912 until they sold out or became Gerhardt Owens and then Goex.

The Duponts were origionally recruited into America by Thomas Jefferson in the early 1800s. They already had a powder dynasty in France and Jefferson met them in his duties as ambasador He made them an offer they could not refuse when he became president.

 

[mec]

You are right about that-1800. I wonder where I got the 1912 date. Dug around a little and found that that was the year DuPont got hit with anti-trust suits and had to get rid of the Laughlin and Rand Company, Maybe it was the first year for a while that they actually used the DuPont name on the powder cans