ORIGINAL: newguy23
I have been endorsing American Pioneer for a long time... At cabelas it only runs 14 bucks a pound... Why use black Mag? AP is just as clean if not cleaner...
As for shelf life of AP, I have had it's predecessor (Clean Shot) in my basement for two years and took it out this year and it shot just fine...
There are a lot of nay-sayers out there, but don't beleive the hype, AP is as good as anything else and shoots cleaner!
APP is good stuff and I agree the price is better but the statement that it is cleaner than Black Mag3 is not what I find in my rifle. Black Mag3 makes about 1/2 the residue of APP but both are easy to get around not like the crud ring from 777. BM3 makes higher velocity than equal amount of APP also although that isn't enough to make up the cost difference.