Every container of Alliant Smokeless Powder(Alliant Unique In Stock ) is backed by a century of manufacturing experience and the most exacting quality control procedures in the industry. Chemical composition, grain shape and size, and overall density are constantly checked and tested in a ballistics lab to ensure consistency.
Created as an “all-around” shotshell powder, Alliant’s Unique powder is clean burning, versatile and can be used with most hulls, primers and shotshell wads. Unique is also a preferred powder for loading most popular handgun cartridges as well.
Warnings from the Manufacturer:
Do not exceed the loads displayed in the reloaders guide. Never mix any two powders regardless of type, brand, or source. Never substitute any smokeless powder for Black Powder or any Black Powder substitute.
FAQ On Alliant Unique In Stock
Why is there no Alliant powder?
Why are your powders so hard to find? The unprecedented demand for commercial ammunition, powder and other reloading components has exceeded the industry’s ability to keep product on the shelves at most retail outlets.
What is unique smokeless powder used for?
Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to gunpowder (“black powder”).
What calibers is unique powder good for?
Most versatile shotgun/handgun powder made. Great for 12, 16, 20 and 28 gauge loads. Use with most hulls, primers and wads. Principal Purpose: All-around shotshell powder, 12, 16, and 20 ga.
FAQ On Alliant Powder
Why is Alliant powder so hard to find?
Why are your powders so hard to find? The unprecedented demand for commercial ammunition, powder and other reloading components has exceeded the industry’s ability to keep product on the shelves at most retail outlets.
Did Hodgdon buy Alliant?
Hodgdon Powder Company also owns and distributes the GOEX® black powder brand. For 2019, Hodgdon has added Alliant Powder® to the list of smokeless powders and will be distributing this powder to customers. “Powder distribution is our core competency,” said Chris Hodgdon, public and media relations manager.
Which Alliant powder for 308?
Alliant’s new AR-Comp is the ideal powder for fast action, high volume AR shooters as well as those who enjoy shooting traditional rifles. Developed specifically for AR-style rifles and ideally suited for heavy 223 and 308 match bullets. AR-Comp delivers high performance ignition each and every time.
FAQ On Smokeless Powder
Is it legal to make smokeless powder?
Smokeless powder generally requires no Federal license or permit, and there are no recordkeeping requirements. However, keep in mind smokeless powder is the explosives material most often used in pipe bombs and other explosive improvised devices.
What is smokeless powder composed of?
All smokeless powders can be placed into one of three different classes according to the chemical composition of their primary energetic ingredients. A single-base powder contains nitrocellulose, whereas a double-base powder contains nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine.
What’s the difference between black powder and smokeless powder?
In the 20th century, smokeless powders have largely replaced black powder in handguns, rifles, and larger-caliber weapons. Smokeless powders are not truly smokeless but, in comparison to black powder, the “smoke” products produced when smokeless powders are used in ammunition are much cleaner.
What is modern day smokeless powder?
Smokeless powder consists of nitrocellulose (single-base powders), frequently combined with up to 50 percent nitroglycerin (double-base powders). And sometimes nitroglycerin and nitroguanidine (triple-base), corned into small spherical balls or extruded into cylinders or flakes using solvents such as ether.
Is smokeless powder still used?
Single and double-base smokeless powders now make up the vast majority of propellants used in firearms. They are so common that most modern references to “gunpowder” refer to a smokeless powder, particularly when referring to small arms ammunition.
Why is there a shortage of smokeless gunpowder?
Q: What is causing the supply challenges? A: Quite simply, our manufacturing facilities have not kept up with our orders. Additionally, military contracts began specifying Hodgdon powders in the last few years for military ammunition, impacting our supply.
FAQ On Gun Powder
What are the 3 types of gun powder?
There are four different types of gunpowder: black powder, brown gunpowder, white powder (also known as smokeless gunpowder), and gunpowder flash. Most modern guns use white gunpowder, which can have a single or double base.
What is in gun powder
“Gunpowder,” as it came to be known, is a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal. Together, these materials will burn rapidly and explode as a propellant. Chinese monks discovered the technology in the 9th century CE, during their quest for a life-extending elixir.
What is modern gunpowder made of?
The current modern ratio of 75% nitrate,15% charcoal, 10% sulfur was settled upon sometime in the mid 18th century in England. But different countries had their own formulas, which may partially account for their military success or failure.
What are cons of gun powder?
The main disadvantages of black powder are a relatively low energy density (compared to modern smokeless powders) and the extremely large quantities of soot left behind. During the combustion process, less than half of black powder is converted to gas.
Which gun powder is better and why?
Smokeless powder doesn’t look anywhere near as intimidating when used in a gun but it is actually more powerful than black powder. It produces more energy, and while the gas it produces isn’t visible. And it doesn’t produce smoke like black powder does, it actually produces more heat despite burning slower.
What happens if you inhale gunpowder smoke?
Gunpowder can generate large amounts of toxic gases and particles during explosion and combustion. Smoke inhalation is the leading cause of acute lung injury (ALI), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), or even serious respiratory failure in military personnel.
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