Hodgden closes Black Powder plant

[Duc]

Is this the start?

An Official Journal Of The NRA | Hodgdon Closes GOEX Blackpowder Plant

Effective immediately, Hodgdon announced the closure of the GOEX blackpowder manufacturing facility in Camp Minden, La.

www.americanrifleman.org

 

[Hobo Hilton]

The domino's continue to fall.... Best stock up

 

[BigPrince]

Appears to just be GOEX.

 

[fdkay]

likely not worth the cost to keep it going.

 

[Eli17L]

I picked a bad time to pick up BP shooting.

 

[Hobo Hilton]

Appears to just be GOEX.

True but the sobering line was this :
The closure eliminates the only domestic source of blackpowder in the United States.

Is there anyone who foresees black powder being imported to the United States ? By using attrition, the black powder shooting industry will disappear.

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

Ummm there are already products from International black powder manufacturers imported into the USA.

IIRC this factory had a pretty large fire this past June, along with shitloads of fines from local, State and Federal level agencies for all sorts of things from building codes to environmental.

Edited to Add:
Shit....Make that 7th explosion/fire since 1997, lol

Public awaits answers on Goex explosion

By Bonnie Culverhouse As of Monday afternoon, there were still no answers as to why the Goex black power manufacturing plant exploded on the campus of Camp Minden last week. Louisiana Troop G Publi…

websterparishjournal.com

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[308pirate]

This fucking place is turning into a tinfoil hat cesspool