TB Back in Australia

[Major Crimes]

Its hard to find but it has started to reappear.

 

This package is dated Jun 24.

 

[Cholla]

What? Seven hours have gone by, and there are NO posts about Trail Boss being overrated? There are no comments about how nobody really needs this powder and there are better powders out there? I bet this could go three pages with very little effort. 😂

Edited December 9, 2024 by Cholla

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

16 minutes ago, Cholla said:

What? Seven hours have gone by, and there are NO posts about Trail Boss being overrated? There are no comments about how nobody really needs this powder and there are better powders out there? I bet this could go three pages with very little effort. 😂

Day ain't over yet 

[Red Rider Rudy]

I heard this last week, but didn't want to say anything...😂

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Oh man!    I sure hope it's available here in the US soon!   I DO so miss this stuff.   It's a great powder.   I use for everything from .32 S&W to .45-70 and 56-60 Spencer.  

[Rex M Rugers #6621]

When I clicked on this thread , I thought Major Crimes was warning us about a rash of tuberculosis.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

2 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Day ain't over yet 

Snow cover isn't widespread enough for a lengthy thread.  This map only shows New England, New York, Pennsylvania and the mountains of the West covered by snow.

 

I find TB useful for some rifle loads.

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2024 by Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971
rifle comment

[Hells Comin]

Cholla

I would like to help with your prediction.  Trail boss is that a new category?

 

   Hells Comin 

[Springfield Slim SASS #24733]

I traded a 1 lb bottle of Titegroup for a 9 oz container of TB last month. Hopefully that will get me through until TB gets back in the US.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Trail boss is that a new category?

 

Does that come before or after Cattle Baron?

Edited December 9, 2024 by Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933

[Cholla]

30 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Trail boss is that a new category?

 

Does that come before or after Cattle Baron?

Both. One is Trail Boss and the other is Boss of the Trail. 

[Ya Big Tree]

Maybe Clays will follow.

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

I've heard some folks are Brushing Their Teeth with the stuff. 

[Hells Comin]

2 minutes ago, Ya Big Tree said:

1 minute ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 

I've heard some folks are Brushing Their Teeth with the stuff. 

Well I guess it's good for something. 

 

[Cholla]

1 minute ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 

I've heard some folks are Brushing Their Teeth with the stuff. 

I was but the donuts kept getting stuck between my teeth. 

[Dantankerous]

Is this April 1st? 😜

 

 

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

56 minutes ago, Ya Big Tree said:

Maybe Clays will follow.

Clays is not made in Australia.  Made in Canada.

[I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321]

36 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Clays is not made in Australia.  Made in Canada.

I don't know about that.  When I used to live in Ohio, my backyard was full of clay in the soil.  Never thought of using it to load ammo though.  I was afraid it'll all be squib loads.😝🤣 

[largo casey #19191]

I still got 5-6 lbs.

                                   Largo

[Uncle Ethan # 94321]

I still have two 5ib jugs.

I guess my net worth will go down if it gets to the states.

[Hells Comin]

2 hours ago, largo casey #19191 said:

I still got 5-6 lbs.

                                   Largo

Not brushing your teeth enough?

[Sedalia Dave]

1 hour ago, Uncle Ethan # 94321 said:

I still have two 5ib jugs.

I guess my net worth will go down if it gets to the states.

  I have 1 five pounder and 9 bottles. Was hoping to fund a few more gun purchases before it came back into production.

 

[Major Crimes]

Just spoke to my LGS.

 

He had four bottles (gone in a heart beat). He has put me on back ordr and said there would be more on the way.

 

They are $340 AUD ($218 USD) for 1.5kg (3.3 lb). That's more than double what they were before they stopped production 😪

[Burn Through]

is this 3f or 2f ??????   

[Major Crimes]

1 hour ago, Burn Through said:

is this 3f or 2f ??????   

Just use double what you would normally use of 3F in your C&B guns.

 

DO NOT DO THIS CHILDREN ITS A JOKE!!!!!!!

[Griff]

On 12/9/2024 at 7:11 AM, Cholla said:

What? Seven hours have gone by, and there are NO posts about Trail Boss being overrated? There are no comments about how nobody really needs this powder and there are better powders out there? I bet this could go three pages with very little effort. 😂

Ok, since you asked so nicely.  Overrated, need and better are all subjective terms, and do little except make those basing decisions on such ill-defined terms, basically feel good.   Are there more efficient powders?  Well, yes... obviously, if... by more efficient, one means using less of a product to produce a similar result.  The one area that this powder falls flat is in its cost effectiveness.  Unless the economics of its use has changed since I first looked at it, then it's not very cost effective.  One pays more (at best about the same) for a can, gets less product in that can, and uses more of the product on a unit for unit basis, yielding less finished ammo per $ spent.  I don't feel that endlessly repeating myself is particularly useful.  It's like trying to have a meaningful dialog w/a bunch of

 s. 

'Sides it's well known that simplest way to load is with the Original Gun Powder, not fake stuff.  

 

But, since NOT being a member of the KaBoom Club is priceless... everyone must measure all of the above against their ability to load compliant, reliable, safe ammo.  Emphasis added on most important characteristic.
 

On 12/9/2024 at 10:09 AM, Springfield Slim SASS #24733 said:

I traded a 1 lb bottle of Titegroup for a 9 oz container of TB last month. Hopefully that will get me through until TB gets back in the US.

Need more of a buffer...?  Okay, what'm I offered?

That's just a shot of the interior as I was cleaning it up and reorganizing it.   I could use that spot for a 1 pound can of something I'd actually use (as it's back full again)!

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Well hell I have been cleaning out some cabinets trying to downsize and get rid of stuff I have not used in years.  Look what I found way in the back.  (Also found four one pound containers of Red Dot.)  The Clays are unopened.  The Trail Boss is filled to the brim which means I dumped a partial bottle into this one so it is over the normal 9 ounces.

 

 

 

[Dantankerous]

1 hour ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Well hell I have been cleaning out some cabinets trying to downsize and get rid of stuff I have not used in years.  Look what I found way in the back.  (Also found four one pound containers of Red Dot.)  The Clays are unopened.  The Trail Boss is filled to the brim which means I dumped a partial bottle into this one so it is over the normal 9 ounces.

 

 

 

That's called a goldmine!

[Dapper Dave]

I have never used Trail Boss, don't have any in my stash - so why is it so highly rated for CAS? NOT trying to start a war, seriously asking. I use AA#2 and ZIP right now for handgun loads. 

[Whitey James]

6 minutes ago, Dapper Dave said:

I have never used Trail Boss, don't have any in my stash - so why is it so highly rated for CAS? NOT trying to start a war, seriously asking. I use AA#2 and ZIP right now for handgun loads. 

It is VERY bulky and fills black powder designed cases like 45 colt up and produces very low velocities. 

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

7 minutes ago, Dapper Dave said:

I have never used Trail Boss, don't have any in my stash - so why is it so highly rated for CAS? NOT trying to start a war, seriously asking. I use AA#2 and ZIP right now for handgun loads. 

It is very Fluffy and fills cases to where you cannot double charge when loading. It does not work well with real light loads and those who tried to do that did not like it.

[Dapper Dave]

Oh, like 700X? I don't like fluffy flake powders that meter poorly in my Uniflow, sounds like it would not work well for me. More for everyone else, hope it comes back to the US soon. 

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

10 minutes ago, Dapper Dave said:

Oh, like 700X? I don't like fluffy flake powders that meter poorly in my Uniflow, sounds like it would not work well for me. More for everyone else, hope it comes back to the US soon. 

More like donuts instead of flakes.

[Cholla]

31 minutes ago, Dapper Dave said:

Oh, like 700X? I don't like fluffy flake powders that meter poorly in my Uniflow, sounds like it would not work well for me. More for everyone else, hope it comes back to the US soon. 

 

Trail Boss powder is shaped in donuts to take up space. Subsonic shooters covent it for 300 Blackout and other subsonic cartridges.

[Dapper Dave]

Gotcha, thanks for the visual, much appreciated.