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The arguments occur because we don't have enough objective information to qualify what makes one brand better than another in a given weapon. We just have experience and opinions. The MSDS doesn't contain enough detailed data to give us useful info on real world powder performance. It doesn't tell us that one company uses some super clean alderwood charcoal,while another uses charcoal from pallet scraps off of the loading dock.
Goex, Schutzen and Elephant FF may all be charcoal,sulphur and saltpeter on the data sheet, but they sure give different velocities and produce different amounts of ash and fouling since the quality of the ingredients and/or the manufacturing process differs.
The same differences are found in the various non-fouling substitutes, which trade a cleaner burn for more difficult ignition. The variances in our ignition systems don't help the matter much. Will ignition matter to the guy shooting 209s? It sure will to the rocklocker or someone using a sidehammer with #11s.
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