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I have pealed the labels off and used them for other powders relabeled correctly.

I cut the bottom third off and mix my bedding and flock in them. After the excess sets up you squeeze the sides and the remaining bedding pops out and you’re ready for the next use.

I'd be leery of that, due to light degradation of the powder.

I tried that but the mouth wasn't hardly big enough.....

I save empty bullet boxes to keep track of how many rounds have been fired in a certain gun. Write the gun used on the empty box. Also have a small notebook for each gun to keep track of rounds fired, scopes used etc.

I have a one pound Varget jug I put spent primers in. When the spent primer tube on my Redding T7 gets full I just pull the plug at the bottom and let them drain out into it.

Fill them full of water, take them out in the boonies and shoot them. Be sure to pick up split container and toss it in the trash when you are finished.

I was not saving them until I bought my Brown Bess, and started making my own black powder.

Now the homemade stuff goes into used 1lb cans. I really can't think of a better way to store it.

This summer I'm going to crank up the operation. I've seen the light on Cottonelle toilet paper. It's the easy button of BP.

My first batch last summer yielded powder that's on a par with store-bought. I'm using a simple ricing method that's duplicates pre-1800 BP pretty accurately. I used Tree of Heaven as a charcoal source. However, I can only harvest about 3lbs a year off the trees growing in my yard.

I don't save them but I do like the old small square cans that I put on a self in the gun room. I use the coffee containers for brass pistol ammo ect as they have lids and stack nicely.