Dan Pawlak(sp?) was the original inventor and manufacturer of Pyrodex. He was killed in an explosion at his factory, I recall, but there were some problems with his early powder. He changed the formula just before his death. Hodgdon acquired the rights to make the powder and has done so since. The Source of this critical information Was correct at the time written. If there is any confusion, its because the manufacturer has not done enough to distinguish the current "pyrodex" from the original. Perhaps the PR dept. at Hodgdon doesn't think its worth the bother and expense to fight "Old critics", even when these old articles in books and magazines still exist among shooters( who seem to save everything.)
I take all negative criticism with a grain of "salt", because of my Age, and past experiences reading opinions from Gun Writers I deeply respect for some matters, but laugh about when they express opinions about other issues.
For Instance, ELMER KEITH, a fine expert on revolvers, used an old .30-06 bullet made by a company that no longer is in business, back in the early 1930s, to shoot an elk. The bullet did not expand, as advertised, and Keith BAD-MOUTHED the cartridge( not the bullet) for the rest of his life as a deer or Elk cartridge. There is NO evidence that he ever fired another .30-06, at any game, with any modern ammo After that ill-fated Elk Hunt. He died in the 1980s.
It has never been hard for me to "Discount" a lot that Elmer wrote about most rifle cartridges- it wasn't his area of expertise.
This series of posts just reinforces my belief that products need to be revisited, every so often, unless they have disappeared from the marketplace. The Fact that they still are being sold should be a RED FLAG that something has happened that causes BETTER results with the current product, than what happened to you with the original, and older versions. :hatsoff:
