2014年4月12日 · Eventually, Alcan folded for several reasons, the final one of which was the destruction of the Bofors powder plant in Sweden - their supplier. Of their four shotgun powders (Al-120, AL-5, AL-7, and AL-8) the three faster ones have the best application to handguns.

2020年9月24日 · My first buy of primers were 5000 Alcan small rifle primers used in my .222 and finished in my .223 That was in the 1970's and they were gone by 1978 when I bought 10k CCI Small rifle primers on sale at I think was Value house for $20.0 per 5000k case, along with 40 bags of lead shot at 8.00 dollars per bag.

2009年7月17日 · Later, as mentioned, Alcan went into a marketing/distribution contract with Smith& Wesson. I have powder cans with the S&W label on them in my collection. They eventually added rifle and handgun primers to their stock, but not rifle powders. When the Bofors plant burned down and was not rebuilt, that was the end of Alcan.

2011年3月18日 · For one thing, Alcan 5 is a flake powder, not spherical. It does happen to have a burn rate near that of Unique and Accurate #5, but that's more coincidence than plan. I like Alcan 5 in medium handgun loads but have never used it in any rifle cartridges.

2010年3月24日 · I still have several of the old 3 lb. cans of AL5 and several of the small cans. The real old stuff has red particles in it, later alcan changed it to white particles but if it smells OK and doesn't have any rust in it it's good to go. I load .38s, .44s and 45 C with it, also 20 ga. shotgun. excellent powder. H10

2017年8月5日 · This Alcan 7 has more loading data in my old manuals than did the Alcan 5. Seemed like good stuff in magnum hand gun loads, seems to burn slower than Unique but faster than Blue Dot. I loaded up some today using some gas checked 158 grain SWCs and 9 grains of this Alcan #7 in a Blackhawk I have that has given mediocre accuracy with most things ...

2011年2月8日 · Generally speaking, only Remington-Peters and some Alcan cases used the 57 size primer, the rest used the 209 or Winchester size. From the above it appears that the G57F was a little hotter than other standard primers, but not as hot as the Alcan 220 MaxFire.

2014年5月2日 · The book 'Propellant Properties' gives some info on 4 different Alcan powders. AL-5, 7, 8, and AL-120. They are all shotgun powders, and were also used in various pistol cartridges. I haven't found any mention of AL-101. My Speer #8 Manual gives loads for AL-5 in several pistol cartridges.

2017年9月26日 · I discovered I still have a pretty big jug of Alcan 101 shotgun powder but can't find any data in my loading manuals. I used to buy alcan primers way back. I don't load for shotgun but would like to burn it up in 45 auto, 38 spl stuff …

2024年12月6日 · Try finding handgun data for Alcan AL101! 10-18-2024, 05:11 PM #6. Hi-Speed. View Profile View Forum Posts ...