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Old 29-10-2007, 10:29 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Here's a link to an article in OEG magazine about a new gunpowder sold by America's leading gunpowder manufacturer and distributor.
http://www.oegmag.com/Hodgdonsbenchmarkpowder.asp

Picture the number of guns in the US and you get a handle on how much gunpowder this company sells annually.

The new powder sold by Hodgdons is called "Benchmark". Read the spiel and you could easily think it's all Hodgdons work. What they clinically omit to tell you anywhere in the article (not by Hodgdons), is that this powder is actually manufactured in Australia at the Mulwalla plant by Australian Defence Industries, for Hodgdons; and has been sold very successfully in Australia for many years as "ADI Benchmark 2". The yanks thought it so good they asked ADI to make it for them and allow them to sell it under their own name. ADI also manufacture several of their other powders for Hogdons. For example, ADI's AR2208 is sold in the USA by Hodgdons as "Varget" and is one of the top US sellers. Unfortunately, they rarely receive acknowledgement of its Australian design and manufacture in any literature

Cheers,
John B
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