Paul,
Hummm....last time I checked, Winchester, Remington, Hodgdon, Intel, IBM, GM, Ford, Sony, Nikon, Denon, et al, were in business to make money.
If a product doesn't show a profit it should be dropped from the line. When older, less popular and less useful items are dropped, the result is something "new". And "new" generally indicates "improved". Not always...but generally.
Three years is a long time to market an item without a profitable return! However, I'm sure that Olin would be more than happy to sell you all the remaining stock of discontinued powders in their inventory (as would the wholesalers and retailers), as well as the formulae and manufacturing machines required to continue to produce a non-viable product.
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