GOEX sold?

[Muley Gil]

"It is used in the big navy guns. Maybe as a primer???"


BINGO! Give that man a cigar!

 

[Juniata]

I wish I had the money and knowledge, I'd have bought it and crank out production right here in Thompsontown, PA.
It's easy to say though, I'm sure there is an awful lot of inspection costs, insurance costs and so on I know nothing about.
It takes money to make money.
I wish D Trump Jr woulda have bought it, he's a sportsman ha

 

[DuncNZ]

"It is used in the big navy guns. Maybe as a primer???"


BINGO! Give that man a cigar!

It is also used by Artillery for firing salutes , or it was . , Scrapple , never heard of it sounds good over a campfire .

 

[pchwcf50110]

"It is used in the big navy guns. Maybe as a primer???"


BINGO! Give that man a cigar!

It WAS used. There are no big navy guns anymore. They were all deactivated 30 years ago. The two battleships left in the fleet (IA and WI) fired their remaining WW2 era ordnance in the first Gulf War ('91)

 

[Bucolic Buffalo]

Tax data for the property's has not changed yet. Still listed as GOEX Inc or GOEX Powder. Government websites are often behind in their information.

 

[APG]

It is used in the big navy guns. Maybe as a primer???

The US military does use black powder. I can't remember where or when they use it but it's because it's consistent burn rate, or something like that. Sorry I can't remember and it's driving me crazy.

 

[Des52]

The US military used black powder in grenades. I think in the last year or so they went to a sinthentic compound.

 

[Robby]

If I remember right the big battleships like the New Jersey used a black powder duplex load in their big guns.
When I was slinging grenades back in the 60-70's, they were powered with a synthetic like C-4.
Robby

 

[tom_in_vt]

I’m hoping it was to an American buyer

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

"It is used in the big navy guns. Maybe as a primer???"


BINGO! Give that man a cigar!

There are no “big Navy guns” left.

The biggest caliber is 5” now. Not sure if BP is used for priming, but probably not. I believe it’s all fixed case junk now.

As for the ACME corporation and it’s customer Roadrunner and Coyote, here is a sighting:

 

[good ole boy]

I’m betting ACME Corporation.

Loks like Will-E-Coyote will get the Road Runner after all.Beep-Beep.

 

[Okie Hog]

The full propellant charge for the Iowa class battleships 16 inch guns consisted of six 110 pound increments, each containing a 4.4 pound igniter charge of black powder.

USA 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 - NavWeaps

 

[FishDFly]

Four pages and no one knows who bought GOEX if anyone did.

 

[painter]

Four pages and no one knows who bought GOEX if anyone did.

Hodgdon never answered my inquiry. I really didn't expect that they would.

 

[user 50507]

with the present situation in Wash DC and it is in fact on gov property, it will probably take years and years of a-- kissing to get permission to resume blk pwdr manufacture

 

[Gun Tramp]

since GOEX was being made on US Army property, I'm wondering if the Gooberment cancelled the lease on the property.

Interesting point. I did find one online source indicating that GOEX did lease the property at Camp Minden. If so, how can Hodgdon sell it? Hmmm.
For some gallows humor, I found an article relating the number of explosions at Camp Minden, giving rise to it's nickname "Kaboomtown."
I did call Hodgdon last week and the gentleman I spoke with indicated the sale was not yet final. Didn't ask who owned what.

 

[Mogadishu Meanderer]

Grafs and Sons have removed their GOEX and GRAF's (GOEX Made) black powder selections buttons out of their website! It no longer appears "Out of Stock", they are just gone. Only Shuetzen and Swiss show...and plenty of subs. May be they know swomthin we dont!!!

 

[Aldarith]

I believe the army use(d/s) black powder in blasting caps and as detonation charges.

 

[FishDFly]

How does that impact the sale of GOEX?

 

[hawkeye2]

Concerning government purchases/usage of black powder I posted the following a couple of weeks ago, straight from the 4th. largest GOEX distributor in the US.

As for the lucrative Government contracts they have about all the powder they need and GOEX actually bought powder back from the Government last year. GOEX's powder production had shown a major decline in the past 10 or so years though they still have to operate the same equipment with the same number of employees.

Powder update