As the TV commercial ' Inquiring minds want to know'. Does anyone have any idea how powder companies come up with the names of powders? I'll use just imr, where do they come up with 4895 or 4064 or 4350? I had heard ( don't know if it's true) that 3031 was named after the British changed from cordite to grain powder. Thus 303 plus 1 or 3031.
Is there any rhyme or reason for the names.
I can understand names like blue dot or red dot to tag a name to the powder. More modern powders are names like Varget or AR Comp which makes sense. But what with those old crazy number names? There's got to be a reason.
Is there any rhyme or reason for the names.
I can understand names like blue dot or red dot to tag a name to the powder. More modern powders are names like Varget or AR Comp which makes sense. But what with those old crazy number names? There's got to be a reason.