3F powder vs. 2F in .54cal flintlock rifle
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Well...doesn't really have credibility until you reach the 60 year mark.
I switched to 3Fg when I found it burned cleaner, and at the time, waaaay back in the 1990's, I found four different manuals for four different rifles, each having a different threshold for when one was to use 2Fg instead of 3Fg, and concluded that it was more liability than reality. I have used it for main charge and for prime ever since. Over time more and more people have switched to using 3Fg in .54 and larger calibers. (makes for a lot simpler powder order, too)
YES, all other things being equal, the faster burning powder, especially if you use equal weight loads as with the 2Fg, means more force → which then means more push at the same time this way← Sir Isaac Newton would agree.
Will you actually perceive the increase in recoil? Probably not.
LD
