Smokeless & Real Black Powder.....

Wow! I still have enough smokeless to last several years, and enough black they can use it to send me to the moon when I kick off....

~Kees~

Winter Hawk wrote:Wow!  I still have enough smokeless to last several years, and enough black they can use it to send me to the moon when I kick off....

~Kees~

Same here

The cost of powder has gone through the roof. Been asked about a conversion between the two. There's no such thing as a conversion formula from black powder to smokeless. Here's how smokeless powder loads come about ... the factory black powder load is tested for chamber pressure and velocity. Then a smokeless powder charge is worked up until chamber pressure and velocity are about the same. The size of the case, weight and diameter of the bullet, and of course the type of smokeless powder used will all have an impact on velocity and chamber pressure.

Basically, you have to depend on reloading manuals where the publishers have pressure testing equipment and chronographs to actually test each different load.      By Lowegan

Interesting, thank you sir.


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I count myself lucky in that 15 years ago there was a fire at a local hardware store. This store also sold hunting, fishing and reloading stuff. The owner of the store was cleaned up after the fire and most of the smokeless powder cans were sooted up from the fire. I was giving him a hand cleaning the place up and the owner knew I did some reloading since I had bought stuff from him in the past. I asked him what he planned to do with the powder, bullets and primers that were still good just sooty or water damaged. He said he was just going to throw the stuff out as his insurance would cover his losses. I told him I would take it all. I got about 200# of various smokeless powders, thousands of various caliber bullets, and umpteen number of primers of all sizes. I sold a bunch of the stuff that I didn't want or shoot over the years, but still have a good supply of components. Just hope there is never a raid on my house cause they will say I have an arsenal of stuff.

Fyrstyk wrote:I count myself lucky in that 15 years ago there was a fire at a local hardware store.  This store also sold hunting, fishing and reloading stuff.  The owner of the store was cleaned up after the fire and most of the smokeless powder cans were sooted up from the fire.  I was giving him a hand cleaning the place up and the owner knew I did some reloading since I had bought stuff from him in the past.  I asked him what he planned to do with the powder, bullets and primers that were still good just sooty or water damaged.  He said he was just going to throw the stuff out as his insurance would cover his losses.  I told him I would take it all.  I got about 200# of various smokeless powders, thousands of various caliber bullets, and umpteen number of primers of all sizes.  I sold a bunch of the stuff that I didn't want or shoot over the years, but still have a good supply of components.  Just hope there is never a raid on my house cause they will say I have an arsenal of stuff.

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