A number of smokeless loads are being held back from reloading due to a lack of published load data for them (30-06, 500 SW, 9mm, .45acp, etc.) This is currently seen in PR #31485. A somewhat lesser ...

Getting tecky they are called energetic materials. Let’s briefly look at the steps that moved us from smoky gunpowder (aka black powder) to the diverse spectrum of almost 200 designs of small arms ...

For the purpose of this article, the powders referred to are modern smokeless powders, also called propellants. The powder is the driving force that propels the bullet through the barrel and on to the ...

Every container of Alliant smokeless powder is backed by a century of manufacturing experience and the most exacting quality control procedures in the industry. We check and control chemical ...

Hodgdon announced the launch of its 2026 reloading manual, while Sierra Bullets launched a collection of heavy-for-caliber ...

Smokeless propellants have been studied and manufactured for many decades. They can exist in various physical forms and also can have different properties according to the use of each propellant. One ...

RADFORD, Virginia - July 27, 2018 - Alliant Powder, a leading manufacturer of smokeless propellant, offers clay target shooters a consistent, clean-burning option with the release of improved Green ...

OROVILLE – RCBS Precisioneered Reloading has been sold to Hodgdon Powder Company, the largest U.S. supplier of smokeless and black powder substitute propellants. Hodgdon, based in Shawnee, Kansas, ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The move adds RCBS—based in ...

Revelyst, a segment of Vista Outdoor, Inc., announced the sale of RCBS, the company’s Oroville, CA-based reloading brand, to Hodgdon Powder Co., Inc., a Shawnee, KS-based supplier of smokeless and ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The new Hodgdon Powder Company ...