RE: American Pioneer Powder
lemoyne, I'm the first to tell you I'm no expert but from what I've seen is there is some velocity advantage, but I was comparing it against Jim Shockeys fffg so this is to be expected. Jim's Gold does advertice that there is some fps increase compared to the standard APP powder so with the finer screenings it probably does make a difference. With that being said I've also seen the same increase using Jim Shockeys sticks. The question is are the sticks made from fffg? If so this might explain what I've seen (see Triple seven question, thread). If you look at that thread "sabotloader" gives an excellant insight into pressures and barrel length vs. powder and such. I think I have to agree with him as to what the powder's do with respect to barrel length and the type (ffg-fffg). In short I like the powder thus far and I'm looking forward to developing a load with it, testing it more and then reporting back to all what I've found. Hope this helps.