Alcan powders

[Amy@wild]

I found a tin of AL -101 full of powder 8oz, anybody know its age? Someone wrote on the tin 19 grns and 1 1/8 shot
Amy@wild

[bgmkithaca]

It seems like I didn't see that powder on the shelf after about 1973 or 1974.

[tonyjones]

I used AL 8 in .30 Carbine but that was in the 60's and early 70's. 19 grains of 101 and 1-1/8 oz.shot sounds about right for trap/skeet loads.

Tony

[Reload3006]

I've used AL-5 and AL-7 never 8 or 101 not trying to steal the thread but after Smith and Wesson bought and subsequently shut Alcan down I know that Alcan imported all their powder does anyone know from who? and if its still imported under a different brand name?

[BCB]

I have some 5 and some 8...

I'm just posting so I can get e-mail notices and watch this thread...

I need info Alcan also so any bit I can read might help...

BCB

[quack1]

I burned lots of AL 7 & 8 when you could use lead to hunt ducks. It was a long time ago, but I seem to remember the cans saying "made in Scotland". Those big flakes wouldn't go through a powder measure very well.

[BCB]

I just scanned an 8-ounce can of AL-5 from the late 60's/early 70's I think and it indicates "Made In Sweden"...

Note who it was made for...

BCB

[BCB]

Has anyone tried to open that pdf file I posted previously...

I can't open it on my computer--but stuff like that doesn't surprise me at all...

BCB

[bgmkithaca]

Yes, it opens on my computer.

[madsenshooter]

Mine too, with acrobat. Made by Bofors, for Smith & Wesson, Fiocchi. There's a 1966 Alcan manual on castpics that gives some pistol data.