[Lurker]

I'd recommend you dispose of the stuff in coffee cans and replace it.

It's not worth the risk to your firearms or your health to be 'pretty sure' about powder.

As far as .45 ACP loads go, you can't really go wrong with Bullseye as far as I'm concerned. It's also perfectly good to use in .44 spl and magnum.

That RCBS press you have should last you a lifetime. I'm still using the single stage one I bought a decade ago and it works just fine.

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[hiredhand]

I like Bullseye. But a buddy of mine here in the area recommended WST (Winchester Super Target), and we bought a coule of pounds a few years back. It leaves a LOT less mess to clean off of the weapon after firing! ...but other than that, Bullseye is fine....other than smelling like bat crap! :-)

Gilbo - he's probably right about ditching the unknown propellants. It's a big risk. My wife doesn't approve, but we pour stuff like that into a pile and light it! :-) Use a stick that's lit on one end so that you stay some distance away (a couple of feet) when lighting it. It lights fairly slow, but picks up FAST once lit!

[Inyo-Mono]

I'd recommend you dispose of the stuff in coffee cans and replace it.

It's not worth the risk to your firearms or your health to be 'pretty sure' about powder.

I agree. Believe it or not, smokeless powder is less forgiving than black powder when it comes to measuring an amount of powder for each case. You have a lot more leeway with filling a case with black powder; 34 grains, or even 40 grains of black powder in a .45 Long Colt won't make much differance in safety, but that much differance in grains in smokeless powder can be deadly.