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<blockquote data-quote="excess650" data-source="post: 1954551" data-attributes="member: 15688">It appears that they have discontinued all of the single based shotshell powders, so 4756, 800x, PB, and 4759 are all gone.&nbsp; They HAD made IMR Blue that was to replicate Blue Dot, but that appears to have been discontinued.I shot some of the early, grey, odd granuled Elephant from Brazil, and it was weak and made lots of soft fouling.&nbsp; The improved Elephant (25-99 and later lots) was much improved with black, shiny, more consistent grain sizes.&nbsp; Elephant got flooded out, and the plant was relocated and produce Diamondback, and it looked much like the 25-99 Elephant, but I can't say that I ran both across the chrono.&nbsp; Diamondback ffg made drier fouling than did Goex, but I was able to use a duplex 15gr Goex fffg and 65gr Diamondback ffg in my .50 flinter, and then it behaved much like Goex.The early lot (2000?)of KIK from Slovenia seemed to have soft grains.&nbsp; I shot ffg&nbsp; in flintlocks, and it worked just fine.&nbsp; The later lot (2010?) seemed to be loved by the BPCRS crowd, but I never found any to try.My experience with Swiss was that it made drier fouling, and put lots of heat in the barrel.&nbsp; Their fffg was great in my percussion revolver, but I had my best luck in cartridges with their coarsest grade.&nbsp; The BPCRS guys who use it wipe between shots almost exclusively.I've never shot any Goex OE or Schuetzen.&nbsp; Back on subject, has anyone seen any news of Goex being sold?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="excess650, post: 1954551, member: 15688"] It appears that they have discontinued all of the single based shotshell powders, so 4756, 800x, PB, and 4759 are all gone. They HAD made IMR Blue that was to replicate Blue Dot, but that appears to have been discontinued. I shot some of the early, grey, odd granuled Elephant from Brazil, and it was weak and made lots of soft fouling. The improved Elephant (25-99 and later lots) was much improved with black, shiny, more consistent grain sizes. Elephant got flooded out, and the plant was relocated and produce Diamondback, and it looked much like the 25-99 Elephant, but I can't say that I ran both across the chrono. Diamondback ffg made drier fouling than did Goex, but I was able to use a duplex 15gr Goex fffg and 65gr Diamondback ffg in my .50 flinter, and then it behaved much like Goex. The early lot (2000?)of KIK from Slovenia seemed to have soft grains. I shot ffg in flintlocks, and it worked just fine. The later lot (2010?) seemed to be loved by the BPCRS crowd, but I never found any to try. My experience with Swiss was that it made drier fouling, and put lots of heat in the barrel. Their fffg was great in my percussion revolver, but I had my best luck in cartridges with their coarsest grade. The BPCRS guys who use it wipe between shots almost exclusively. I've never shot any Goex OE or Schuetzen. Back on subject, has anyone seen any news of Goex being sold? [/QUOTE]

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