Winchester Super Field Powder

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Originally Posted by Sieger

Can you identify any other "coal soot burners" in the 9mm?

My favorite powder from the 1970's/1980's came in a square (or rectangular?) can painted black with a metal press-in stopper on top. I forget the name, because just when I had my various handguns dialed in with it, the company disappeared. Bought out, no longer imported, or bankrupt. I never saw it again and it's no longer stocked anywhere I can find.

Edit: I found a reference to my mysterious powder in my wildcatting notes; it was Alcan AL-5 (later called AA No 5).

Pic below. Various sources say that S&W bought them out, produced for a year or so, and then discontinued them.

I used 5.0grs AL-5 with a 95gr FMJ/RN in my 30 Mauser for target/plinking, and 5.5grs for 'hunting'. Good velocity, that.