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What Gun Powders are ACTUALLY manufactured in the United States ?
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<blockquote data-quote="jdyoung" data-source="post: 1887923" data-attributes="member: 113391"><p>What gun powders are manufactured in the United States ? I don't mean where the corporate heads are located. But where are the actual factories/manufacturing plants ? </p><p>Around 1996 , I was in my favorite gun shop/ sporting goods store, buying reloading supplies. The conversation with the salesman got around to cleaning firearms. I commented that I was having a tougher time cleaning my '06 . Salesman asked if I was using the powder I purchased that day, IMR4350. Yep, I said, groups are fine, barrel just requires more cleaning. He informed me of Dupont's sale of the gunpowder manufacturing and how US regulations required that when those factories were sold, they had to move the actual manufacturing process outside of the United States. He talked about not being able to trust that the components chosen to make the product outside the US would be of the same quality, not burn as clean for example. He suggested I try RL19. I did, and the increasing barrel cleaning problem subsided. </p><p>I've been watching a couple of threads here that have evolved into the question of whether one can buy the same powder as loaded in factory ammunition. They caused me to recall the above old conversation. </p><p>So , again, anybody know where the <em>ACTUAL</em> Gun Powder Manufacturing Factories are located ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdyoung, post: 1887923, member: 113391"] What gun powders are manufactured in the United States ? I don't mean where the corporate heads are located. But where are the actual factories/manufacturing plants ? Around 1996 , I was in my favorite gun shop/ sporting goods store, buying reloading supplies. The conversation with the salesman got around to cleaning firearms. I commented that I was having a tougher time cleaning my '06 . Salesman asked if I was using the powder I purchased that day, IMR4350. Yep, I said, groups are fine, barrel just requires more cleaning. He informed me of Dupont's sale of the gunpowder manufacturing and how US regulations required that when those factories were sold, they had to move the actual manufacturing process outside of the United States. He talked about not being able to trust that the components chosen to make the product outside the US would be of the same quality, not burn as clean for example. He suggested I try RL19. I did, and the increasing barrel cleaning problem subsided. I've been watching a couple of threads here that have evolved into the question of whether one can buy the same powder as loaded in factory ammunition. They caused me to recall the above old conversation. So , again, anybody know where the [I]ACTUAL[/I] Gun Powder Manufacturing Factories are located ? [/QUOTE]
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