Thread: New powder time

Hey @No.3 came about through the EU and still effected us even though we are out.
Its to do with REACH compliant, chemicals in consumer products that are bad for you.
Have a read of this if you want. Just look out if NZ goes this way so that you can stock up.
Funny it dose not cover loaded ammo?
https://www.qima.com/reach-testing?&...saAt52EALw_wcB

Re-posted from another source.

Losing their CE certification as of 1st June this year are:

All Hodgdon ADI Manufactured extruded grades (also includes two IMR branded grades - 8208 XBR and Trail Boss), so H4198 through to H1000 and Retumbo 'gone'.

All General Dynamics St. Marks Powder Florida factory grades bar maybe a couple - all Winchester powders and nearly all Hodgdon 'spherical' powders are non-compliant. Hodgdon Lil Gun is compliant, and there is a question mark re the most recent introduction - H. CFE223. So, H335, BL-C(2), H414 and so-called 'Hybrid' powders made by St Marks (H100V and a few more), H. Super and Lever-formance spherical powders will no longer be imported.

All 'legacy' IMR powders made by General Dynamics Canada, in Valleyfield, Quebec are non-compliant, ie the traditional grades made by the Du Pont Corporation in the USA and taken to Canada under new ownership are non-compliant.

Ie IMR-4198 through to IMR-7828 and including many old favourites such as 3031, 4895, and 4064.

GD Canada has introduced five new 'green' pistol / revolver grades and four rifle grades that are all REACH compliant, although not all may have been CE certified under the new standards yet. In rifle propellants, that's the new IMR 'Enduron' quartet - and I would hope that this number will be expanded but have no hard information as to whether that is a possibility. The Endurons are: IMR-4166 (H4895 / VarGet replacement); 4451 (vice IMR/H4350); 4955 (vice IMR-4831/H4831); 7977 (vice IMR-7828/H1000). 4166, 4451, and 7977 are CE certified and available now - having tried them, I'm impressed and reckon they will fill many gaps. IMR-4955 has only recently been introduced and hasn't got here yet.

I got this list off another forum.

Hodgdon

Trail Boss
Retumbo
H1000
H322
H335
H380
H414
H4198
H4350
H4831
H4831SC
H4895
US 869
CFE BLK
BL-C2
BENCHMARK
SUPERFORMANCE
HYBRID 100V
VARGET

IMR

BLUE PENDING CE APPROVAL
GREEN PENDING CE APPROVAL
RED PENDING CE APPROVAL
TARGET PENDING CE APPROVAL
UNEQUAL PENDING CE APPROVAL

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Hey @No.3 came about through the EU and still effected us even though we are out.
Its to do with REACH compliant, chemicals in consumer products that are bad for you.
Have a read of this if you want. Just look out if NZ goes this way so that you can stock up.
Funny it dose not cover loaded ammo?
https://www.qima.com/reach-testing?&...saAt52EALw_wcB

Re-posted from another source.

Losing their CE certification as of 1st June this year are:

All Hodgdon ADI Manufactured extruded grades (also includes two IMR branded grades - 8208 XBR and Trail Boss), so H4198 through to H1000 and Retumbo 'gone'.

All General Dynamics St. Marks Powder Florida factory grades bar maybe a couple - all Winchester powders and nearly all Hodgdon 'spherical' powders are non-compliant. Hodgdon Lil Gun is compliant, and there is a question mark re the most recent introduction - H. CFE223. So, H335, BL-C(2), H414 and so-called 'Hybrid' powders made by St Marks (H100V and a few more), H. Super and Lever-formance spherical powders will no longer be imported.

All 'legacy' IMR powders made by General Dynamics Canada, in Valleyfield, Quebec are non-compliant, ie the traditional grades made by the Du Pont Corporation in the USA and taken to Canada under new ownership are non-compliant.

Ie IMR-4198 through to IMR-7828 and including many old favourites such as 3031, 4895, and 4064.

GD Canada has introduced five new 'green' pistol / revolver grades and four rifle grades that are all REACH compliant, although not all may have been CE certified under the new standards yet. In rifle propellants, that's the new IMR 'Enduron' quartet - and I would hope that this number will be expanded but have no hard information as to whether that is a possibility. The Endurons are: IMR-4166 (H4895 / VarGet replacement); 4451 (vice IMR/H4350); 4955 (vice IMR-4831/H4831); 7977 (vice IMR-7828/H1000). 4166, 4451, and 7977 are CE certified and available now - having tried them, I'm impressed and reckon they will fill many gaps. IMR-4955 has only recently been introduced and hasn't got here yet.

I got this list off another forum.

Hodgdon

Trail Boss
Retumbo
H1000
H322
H335
H380
H414
H4198
H4350
H4831
H4831SC
H4895
US 869
CFE BLK
BL-C2
BENCHMARK
SUPERFORMANCE
HYBRID 100V
VARGET

IMR

BLUE PENDING CE APPROVAL
GREEN PENDING CE APPROVAL
RED PENDING CE APPROVAL
TARGET PENDING CE APPROVAL
UNEQUAL PENDING CE APPROVAL

Greetings All,
In the light of the above the discontinuance of the Enduron powders, confirmed by IMR/ Hodgdons, makes even less sense. I think there is more to come on this one.
GPM.