Cayugad

I usually get great results with APP, as you probably already know from my other posts. I wonder, how much pressure did you use while compressing the loads? I've learned to really put my weight into it, but not so much as to deform the tips of most bullets. APP/Shockeys Gold/Pinnacle all seem to behave better when Very Firmly Compressed.

Powerbelts are different; you can compress those loads until they don't go any more

But perhaps APP has fallen on some bad Quality Control as of late. I'll pick up a fresh pound from BassPro and see what’s up. I've got 4lbs of Pinnacle and 1 of Shockey's Gold left. We shot all our deer from the last 2 years with S. Gold, and with great results on the range with 80grains pushing 225 Powerbelts and CCI primers.

Thanks again for the detailed report, and I really appreciate your candidnessand thorough test reports with multiple smoke poles.