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If you're worried about using ball powder in a gas gun, don't be.
Ball powders are quite a bit different than they were in the 1960's- when ball powders were relatively new.
I've been using ball powder (AA2520) in an M-1 Garand for quite a while now, and a lot of rounds, with no problems.
On the M-1 and M14 systems, the critical thing is to get the right burning rate powder, not what shape the grains are in. 4895 and 4064 in extruded, and AA2520 and some others in ball powder, and you'll be fine. Most manuals will tell you what's appropriate for the M-1/M-14 system.
If today's ball powders are dirtier than extruded, I can't tell, and I use ball powder whenever possible, in everything from 38 wadcutter pistol loads to the 264 Win Mag.
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