Laflin & Rand - new website

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If you have an interest in the history of smokeless powders then you will want to go to http://www.laflinandrand.com
and download the pdf file. Along with the comprehensive history a number of neat pictures are also illustrated.

Author Klaus Neuschaefer has spent a considerable amount of time in
research on the company that gave us "Bullseye" and "Unique" and a host of other early smokeless powders back in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Those early developments helped usher in the smokeless era and the cartridges that we enjoy today.

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[unique]

Thank you for posting the link. I have always read up on the history of smokeless and this answered some questions I had.

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unique,
You are most welcome. Did you notice that "Unique" was originally developed for reduced loads in rifles? It was later determined that it was a great powder for pistols also.

Interesting history.

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[unique]

Funny you should mention that! Actually I have old cans of Unique that say Rifle Powder on it. I have a brochure from Hercules for Unique entitled Reduced Rifle Loads dated 1933. It is data for loading various cartridges with Unique and various types of boolits. I have fired many reduced rifle loads with this powder. Unique is an interesting powder and is where I took my handle/alias from. Thanks again because your article allowed me to further trace my ancestry...LOL.