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**Mike Irwin** · October 10, 2013, 06:17 AM

"And did they change again by 1911? Or was Bullseye standardized by then."

It appears that the powder composition stayed stable.

There was a LOT of turmoil in the industry at that time. Lafflin and Rand sold out to Du Pont, then a few years later du Pont, which had been working on cornering the market, was hit with a huge anti-trust suit that was bolstered by documents provided to the Government by a disgruntled former executive.

That's when Hercules got the smokeless powder products like Bullseye, Unique, and Infalliable, du Pont kept the military rifle powders, and the explosives were spun off to another company whose name escapes me right now.

Phil Sharpe apparently was one of the big proponents for early Bullseye being the dross left over from manufacturing, but the article I read made a compelling case that the way Infalliable was manufactured didn't allow for that. Infalliable was extruded, not cut from sheets like Ballistite.

October 10, 2013, 06:17 AM	#17
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	"And did they change again by 1911? Or was Bullseye standardized by then." It appears that the powder composition stayed stable. There was a LOT of turmoil in the industry at that time. Lafflin and Rand sold out to Du Pont, then a few years later du Pont, which had been working on cornering the market, was hit with a huge anti-trust suit that was bolstered by documents provided to the Government by a disgruntled former executive. That's when Hercules got the smokeless powder products like Bullseye, Unique, and Infalliable, du Pont kept the military rifle powders, and the explosives were spun off to another company whose name escapes me right now. Phil Sharpe apparently was one of the big proponents for early Bullseye being the dross left over from manufacturing, but the article I read made a compelling case that the way Infalliable was manufactured didn't allow for that. Infalliable was extruded, not cut from sheets like Ballistite. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.