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Old 07-28-2010 | 01:06 PM
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thats why i want a can of stuff thats bad! just to see if my magic fingers can fit it!
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Old 07-29-2010 | 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by MountainDevil54
no haz mat fee, last can of JSG i got the guy just put into a box and shipped it LOL. I figured it'd be fun to get some powder thats not good and see what it does for me.
Serious violation to be admitting publicly - possibly even a felony.
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Old 07-30-2010 | 05:53 PM
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At the range a week ago a young fella was trying to shoot in a MZ with JS Gold. The powder didn't burn completely, looked like a dying roman candle. Bullets all over the paper. After about 10 shots, I took pity on him and let him try some 777. Instant change in performance. He threw out the JSG and headed for Wal-Mart for some 777. Heard of others not happy with JSG. Me-I'm sticking to 777.
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Old 07-30-2010 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by tenebo
At the range a week ago a young fella was trying to shoot in a MZ with JS Gold. The powder didn't burn completely, looked like a dying roman candle. Bullets all over the paper. After about 10 shots, I took pity on him and let him try some 777. Instant change in performance. He threw out the JSG and headed for Wal-Mart for some 777. Heard of others not happy with JSG. Me-I'm sticking to 777.
So Iam not the only one thats wasted money on a bad can. They had so many complaints the local sport store quit stocking it.
Of course he stocks 777 and Blackhorn as well as Pyrodex so we have all we need.
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Old 07-30-2010 | 07:41 PM
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If you are going to shoot APP/JSG at the reduced velocity that it works at why not just shoot GOEX, it even provides a little more velocity and does not absorb the moisture as does the APP powders what ever name they go by. With GOEX you will at least get a boom every time if you protect the load. With the APP's it is questionable right out of the jug!

I bought a jug of JSG-3f last summer - never opened it. Thought I might use it for shooting PRB's @ Rhondies but opted for T7 instead. Opened the jug early in January it was all big chunks in the bottle. Guess I could have stirred it up and broke it up - probably even got most of it to shoot... but it just raised to many questions. Should have saved it for a fizzy for the 4th of July - dang!
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Old 07-31-2010 | 01:56 PM
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i do not shoot Goex for the same reason i stopped using 777; the stuff is dirty: Swabbing the bore after every shot is not my cup of tea; neither is a crud ring. Over the years i've used a lot of JSG and never got a bad can of the stuff. Some of my best 100 yard groups were fired using JSG. Two of my longest shots on game animals were made with JSG; 170 and 192 laser transit measured yards.
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