Is Varget a single base powder?

Doesnt say on hodgdons site

Varget is manufactured in Australia by Thales and it's known as AR2008 here. It's a single base powder.
Here's a link to the ADI site.
ADI powders

AR2208

whatever it is, whatever it is called, it is a damn fine powder.

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Originally posted by model7LSS:
whatever it is, whatever it is called, it is a damn fine powder.

Pretty difficult to get an argument on that statement! I love it!

It's double base ie has nitro glycerin added.

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Originally posted by 1894mk2:
It's double base ie has nitro glycerin added.

Can you post a link to the reference stating varget is double base.

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Originally posted by JD Miller:

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Originally posted by 1894mk2:
It's double base ie has nitro glycerin added.

Can you post a link to the reference stating varget is double base.

According to it's safety data sheet it does not contain nitroglycerin. It does contain <10% DNT(dinitrotoluene). DNT is used as a plasticizer and to control burn rate. However there are <10% "additives" which are not listed. It is hard to believe that nitroglycerin wouldn't be listed if it were in there.

Safety Data Sheet(see bottom of pg 1): http://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/MSD...20Powders/Varget.pdf

DNT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dinitrotoluene

Nitroglycerin(from Wikepedia):

Nitroglycerin (NG), (United States spelling) also known as nitroglycerine, (UK spelling), trinitroglycerin, trinitroglycerine, 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane and glyceryl trinitrate, is a heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol. Since the 1860s, it has been used as an active ingredient in the manufacture of explosives, specifically dynamite, and as such is employed in the construction and demolition industries. Similarly, since the 1880s, it has been used by the military as an active ingredient, and a gellatinizer for nitrocellulose, in some solid propellants, such as Cordite and Ballistite.

Varget is singlebase, no nitroglycerin