Sporting grade was first used that I’m aware of back during the Civil War when Hazard’s (and I’m sure others, but weren’t the focus as this was on their paper cartridges used by the military) used what seems better charcoal and what you see is powders akin to todays Swiss, Olde Eynsford, and Triple7 compared to virtually all of the other powders than are more like Goex and such when comparing loads.
When I first got my ROA I looked down at the cylinder and wondered if it was virtually a .45 Colt, but when I asked on various forums thirsting for knowledge I was told these were inhumane producing no more energy than a standard .38 Spl. Yeah, if you used the common weaker powders such as Goex. Use the same volume of Swiss and it jumps exponentially in power output. Those 750 fps turned into nearly 900, a huge difference.
As to smokeless, black, and substitute I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Can you be more specific please?