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<p>[QUOTE="wiscbirddog, post: 1275688, member: 125"]Your container contained a liquid. It even has the "air hole" under the spout to facilitate pouring the liquid out. You wouldn't want to be filling & emptying gun powder thru that metal spout.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can read this article that clearly states WHY gun powder wouldn't be in a cask with metal bands:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_keg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_keg" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_keg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wiscbirddog, post: 1275688, member: 125"]Your container contained a liquid. It even has the "air hole" under the spout to facilitate pouring the liquid out. You wouldn't want to be filling & emptying gun powder thru that metal spout. You can read this article that clearly states WHY gun powder wouldn't be in a cask with metal bands: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_keg[/URL][/QUOTE]
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