A Quick GOEX Update

[Okie Hog]

The workers all went off to new jobs. It takes awhile to adequately train new workers. After following the Goex plant explosions over the decades i'm not sure Goex ever had fully trained workers. The 2011 blast happened after some bozo threw floor sweepings into the batch.

i can't blame Hodgdon for selling the blown up plant. Hodgdon may have tired of re-building the plant after explosions.

Who is training the new black powder plant workers? If anyone other than employees of an operational black powder plant is training those workers, the chance of another kaboom is much greater.

 

[Kansas Jake]

I suspect the festivities in Ukraine will keep them busy for a few years with a combination of current demand and rebuilding stockpiles if and when things are done.

 

[NorthFork]

I suspect the festivities in Ukraine will keep them busy for a few years with a combination of current demand and rebuilding stockpiles if and when things are done.

Yup, we as a nation are plundering ourselves for others.

 

[Kansas Jake]

On the other hand if there was no government demand I doubt anyone would have bought Goex.

 

[smokepolehall]

I have no idea how good the new Goex would be. I know what the old Goex did, now that i need a decent budget powder Graf/Schuetzen gets my funds. I may shoot a pound up every year, so if i buy another 10-12 lbs. I have enough to last me til i am in my early 90's if i live that long.

 

[NorthFork]

I have no idea how good the new Goex would be. I know what the old Goex did, now that i need a decent budget powder Graf/Schuetzen gets my funds. I may shoot a pound up every year, so if i buy another 10-12 lbs. I have enough to last me til i am in my early 90's if i live that long.

I've shot 2.5 pounds of FFG in the last 3 days. A pound during the worst weather might last me a month. The last 3 days have been consumed by 3 to 4 dram loads in a ten gauge. Goex can't come back on market soon enough.

 

[64Springer]

I have no idea how good the new Goex would be. I know what the old Goex did, now that i need a decent budget powder Graf/Schuetzen gets my funds. I may shoot a pound up every year, so if i buy another 10-12 lbs. I have enough to last me til i am in my early 90's if i live that long.

A chronograph will tell everyone how good the new GOEX is compared to other black powders.

Ball speeds don't lie.

 

[Mad L]

Wasn't there an Esop fable once about a fox....

 

[NorthFork]

Wasn't there an Esop fable once about a fox....

Ok, "look before you leap" is the moral of the fox and goat. How does this apply to Goex?

 

[painter]

Yup, we as a nation are plundering ourselves for others.

What did we do during WW1, and WW2?

How did we survive the sacrifice? At least in this scenario our children are not dying.

 

[AlexB]

What did we do during WW1, and WW2?

How did we survive the sacrifice? At least in this scenario our children are not dying.

No one asked me or mine if we think Ukraine is worth any sacrifice at all.

 

[NorthFork]

No one asked me or mine if we think Ukraine is worth any sacrifice at all.

Bingo!!

 

[BackDraft]

Unfortunately, history has shown time, and again, that B.S. in other parts of the world tends to drag us in; sooner, or later.

 

[nit wit]

The highest price I've paid, is $7.50/lb for Swiss, and I thought that was high!

Private sale or 25 years ago?
Nit Wit

 

[NorthFork]

Private sale or 25 years ago?
Nit Wit

Not quoting you specially @nit wit , but that HAD to be years and YEARS ago by a gent who shoots a pound a year!

 

[david w]

Private sale or 25 years ago?
Nit Wit

I bought powder back somewhere around 1990 to 1995. Two different purchases, and stored at two different locations.

 

[SwampBilly]

I just got an NAA super companion. I went ahead and bought my little baby a pound of 4F Swiss powder. Going to see how she works tomorrow.

 

[angelariz]

I might have to give up the hobby befire i start. I have no caps or powder and no store near me has any. Im going to check out some places to.orrow but i dont think ill find any.

 

[TDM]

I might have to give up the hobby befire i start. I have no caps or powder and no store near me has any. Im going to check out some places to.orrow but i dont think ill find any.

You can make your own caps from kits at 22LR Reloader and order powder from Graf & Sons, or Powder Inc.

 

[painter]

No one asked me or mine if we think Ukraine is worth any sacrifice at all.

I don't recall being asked if I thought Vietnam was worth it either. Our government doesn't ask us.

What have you sacrificed for the war in Ukraine?