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Give the new owners a chance to establish themselves, don't go by the old ownership!
Lets hope so...I wish them well my friend.Yeah, but remember, Goex is an all-new total ownership outfit now! Owned by the rocket-engine guys, a totally USA company as far as I know. It's simply a new chapter for the brand name, the new Goex may step up and be a real boon to the ML world!
I agree.....I wish them well.Give the new owners a chance to establish themselves, don't go by the old ownership!
I will be unless they improve the quality of the powder.....I’ve got to wonder who will be the first to complain about the pricing, what ever it is, when the ‘new’ version of Goex begins to ship?
I shoot a LOT of rounds through BP revolvers, mostly because I just like them, also because I used to shoot lots and lots of rounds through "unmentionable" revolvers and it's cost prohibitive now. So the percussion revolvers are getting 98% of the shooting workload and I'm having a great time with this "change" .......even though back in the 90's, when I first got into BP shooting, all I could get was the old metal can Goex and it worked just fine. I didn't even know what Swiss wasSame here.....it shoots just as good as Goex, however, when I comes to cleaning a gun, Schuetzen is far easier to clean. 5-7 minutes is all I do to clean a gun.
Goex usually takes me 20-30 minutes to achieve the same results.
I still have 3-4 pounds of Goex left ....but quit using it because of the cleaning issues.
Yes..I wish Goex all the best too..
Swiss & Schuetzen has stepped up to the plate and made powder available for shooters since the Goex fiasco started. Also...Goex doesn't support the hobby while Swiss/Schuetzen gives FREE powder away to clubs as prizes, offers a Christmas drawing of 25 pounds annually, and also to individual shooters across the country. I don't see Goex doing that at all.
I haven't slowed down shooting at all the past 2-3 years and will continue to support Swiss and Schuetzen as long as I can pull the trigger.
While others are waiting for Goex to get powder back on the shelves which may take many more months to happen, I'm pulling the trigger 2-3 days a week ( or more ) using Swiss and Schuetzen which is available right now.
Thank you Swiss/Schuetzen for keeping the America shooters going during this time.
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I didn't know that giving free powder to clubs. Being stuck out in the sticks has it's good points, but it also has bad points, too. There is no club within a 2-1/2 hr drive from me.Although I do agree with buying American......
Goex doesn't support the hobby while Swiss/Schuetzen gives FREE powder away to clubs as prizes, offers a Christmas drawing of 25 pounds annually, and also to individual shooters across the country. I didn't see Goex doing that at all.
Maybe it is time for an American company to support America shooters.....just saying...
Maybe a bit harsh on a company that hasn’t shipped it’s first pound of powder. I do agree that the previous owner of Goex, Hodgdon seemed to have a corporate strategy that was not supportive towards youth organizations and or events, at least compared to other companies in the events that I was part of.Swiss & Schuetzen has stepped up to the plate and made powder available for shooters since the Goex fiasco started. Also...Goex doesn't support the hobby while Swiss/Schuetzen gives FREE powder away to clubs as prizes, offers a Christmas drawing of 25 pounds annually, and also to individual shooters across the country. I don't see Goex doing that at all.
I haven't slowed down shooting at all the past 2-3 years and will continue to support Swiss and Schuetzen as long as I can pull the trigger.
While others are waiting for Goex to get powder back on the shelves which may take many more months to happen, I'm pulling the trigger 2-3 days a week ( or more ) using Swiss and Schuetzen which is available right now.
Thank you Swiss/Schuetzen for keeping the America shooters going during this time.
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I don't buy less than 25lbs if I have to order itWhat I don't get, is people who buy powder a pound at a time, especially if you have to pay hazmat. I've been buying by the case for years. Then every time I go out to shoot, ten bucks goes into an envelope in the safe. By the time I'm in need of more powder, I pretty much have it paid for in advance. I use an old apartment size refrigerator in my shop to store it.
Yes. Swiss is stronger, and I reduce my loads on average of 10% over Goex.Does switching from Swiss to Goex affect the accuracy of your loads? Do you have to work up different loads depending on which powder you use? I just started shouting ML and bought Swiss because it was what I could find available.
Darn skippy it does. There are very few competition shooters who are serious using Goex. It's pretty much all Swiss all the time.Does switching from Swiss to Goex affect the accuracy of your loads? Do you have to work up different loads depending on which powder you use? I just started shouting ML and bought Swiss because it was what I could find available.
5lbs won't get me through 2 monthsThank you. I’m just working up loads in my new SMR so I’ll just stick with the Swiss. I ordered 5 pounds so I should be good for quite a while
Short answer, yes. In some guns, Goex would shoot as well as Swiss, but at least for me, never out performed Swiss.Does switching from Swiss to Goex affect the accuracy of your loads? Do you have to work up different loads depending on which powder you use? I just started shouting ML and bought Swiss because it was what I could find available.
Old Eynsford is an awesome powderShort answer, yes. In some guns, Goex would shoot as well as Swiss, but at least for me, never out performed Swiss.
Goex did have a ‘premium’ powder, Old Eynsford, that I heard was made to complete against Swiss. Never tried it, but had purchased 4 pounds when Hodgdon was still manufacturing it. Traded it off for Swiss to someone that had set their guns up using the Old Eynsford and was desperate to stock up on it. Got 5 pounds of Swiss for my 4 pounds of OE.
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