The scoop on Shooters World Powders

[BallisticianX]

After reading another members post about shooters world "major pistol" and its similarities to A#7 I did a little research as Im an avid #7 user and Ill pass along what I found for the curious among us:

 Major Pistol a.k.a Lovex D037.1 is made in the Chech Republic by Explosia and A#7 is made in USA (by St. Marks). Seems like no connection, but wait...theres more...Prior to Western Powders purchasing Accurate Arms Company over a decade ago most all the Accurate Powders were Produced by Explosia in the Chech Republic. When Western powder bought Accurate in 2004/05 they severed with Explosia shortly after and contracted with St. Marks (of which was an Olin Company or affiliate) to mimic the Chech made powders for production. So both these powders were modeled after one another and are near the same with the same bulk density but made with different methods so they are very similar but not necesarily interchangeable.  So after comparing some older load data on accurate powders with today's Shooters World data it is looking like many of the Shooters world powders may just be the pre-2005 Accurate line up rebranded.

With that, one more thing to mention: the bad rap that A#7 had back in the early 2000's about being abrasive, whether true or not, that era's #7 is most likely the same carried on formula your getting from shooters world today as Major Pistol. Whereas todays A#7 is manufactured under a different company. As a bonus to tie it all together one of the Managing Partners of Shooters World used to work for St. Marks.   

Edited July 17, 2019 by BallisticianX

[Dwbsig]

Thanks for your research on these powders.