Thread: No more powder

Hodgdon Powder has announced the discontinuation of their IMR Enduron product line. Those IMR powders are: 4166, 4451, 4955, 7977 and 8133.

Did they say why? 7977 is great in short magnums (Saum WSM)

Originally Posted by nor-west

Did they say why? 7977 is great in short magnums (Saum WSM)

I have plenty of 7977

Nothing on the Hodgdon website, just a Fraud Alert. They are out of stock of most of them.
GPM.

No scam phone call

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Nothing on the Hodgdon website, just a Fraud Alert. They are out of stock of most of them.
GPM.

No, it's true.

Originally Posted by caberslash

No, it's true.Attachment 205141

A post on a Forum proves nothing. Show me the original information from Hodgdons. Still nothing on their website.
GPM.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

A post on a Forum proves nothing. Show me the original information from Hodgdons. Still nothing on their website.
GPM.

@grandpamac if you go onto the Hodgdon site and click on any of the Enduron powders and scroll to the bottom of the "Product Overview" you will see "This product was discontinued in 2022".

Originally Posted by Tech

@grandpamac if you go onto the Hodgdon site and click on any of the Enduron powders and scroll to the bottom of the "Product Overview" you will see "This product was discontinued in 2022".

Well spotted @Tech,
The info from the horses mouth in a somewhat sneaky way. This does surprise me as it seemed that the Enduron powders were the future for IMR. Perhaps the full story will emerge over time. I had just started using IMR4955 and noted that the grain size was much larger than most of the ADI powders so I wonder what comes next. A revamp of the old IMR favourites perhaps?
Regards Grandpamac.

It will be because ADI are concentrating on more popular military and civilian powders, and they make those powders for Hodgdon.

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

It will be because ADI are concentrating on more popular military and civilian powders, and they make those powders for Hodgdon.

ADI does not make the Enduron powders.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

ADI does not make the Enduron powders.

Correct IMR make them in Canada

That's disappointing.

Unfortunately, ADI are not producing some powders at the moment. That's fact. Some pistol powders are not available.

This may be only relevant to some but if you have AS or AP gaurd it closely.

Pistol shooters are paying inflated prices for that at present. It won't be available in the near future regardless of the reason it's not being produced.

I hope you have a steady supply of AR code ADI powders available to Kiwi hunters.

The Enduron ball powders are preferred by mil ammo producers and it is them that will be sucking up the whole supply. The hobby market is a nothing compared to that.

That's a bummer. I just bought a couple of pots of 4955 to sub out for my dwindling supply of w760 in 6.5s and 270