Back when 5744 disappeared the first time
Bill Falin told me not to worry that it was such a good powder for them that they would find another manufacturer capable of making it, but right then tey had several other projects that had to be finished and marketed first. Sure enough along came XMP5744 in a couple of three years.
Now Western Powder may NOT have the same feelings about it so I would suggest a quick email (by one AND ONLY ONE person) asking about future plans. They were VERY responsive to a question posed to them recently.
SMALL companies are GREAT, one can still contact a higher level person without some salesOgeek with NO technichical knowledge responding.
Just an opinion and we know all about them . . . DON'T we?
I talked to Bill Falin too about 5744
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TCLouis
Bill Falin told me not to worry that it was such a good powder for them that they would find another manufacturer capable of making it, but right then tey had several other projects that had to be finished and marketed first. Sure enough along came XMP5744 in a couple of three years.
Now Western Powder may NOT have the same feelings about it so I would suggest a quick email (by one AND ONLY ONE person) asking about future plans. They were VERY responsive to a question posed to them recently.
SMALL companies are GREAT, one can still contact a higher level person without some salesOgeek with NO technichical knowledge responding.
Just an opinion and we know all about them . . . DON'T we?
Years ago. At that time I was 'splorin for a cast load for 7.62 x 39.
Bill said try it, but he said the powder was more suited to MUCH heavier bullets, which is why it is listed in their CAS catalog.
He says it is comparable to a SLOOOOW pistol powder or a VERY FAST rifle powder.
I believe it is 24% nitro. I gave away most of my 5744, for in my application it had a very narrow loading window for performance and accuracy, plus or minus 1 grain for a 130 gr cast bullet.
Left a lotta unburnt powder in the bbl. and never really developed pressure.
I was using it in the wrong application.
yodar