My local gun shop & range says they can only store up to 40 pounds, Then they have to go and pick it up at a distributor in person; the store clerks have an Explosives License background check to do this. This is in SE PA. The distributor is in another county. They had a big run on the stuff Tuesday once the news broke, they didn't find out 'til Wednesday, then couldn't get thru to the distributor on the phone.
Ain't as easy as it sounds. Sure, you can do it, but getting full quality, granularity, etc., etc. is a bit of a challenge.
I’m not being cute I’ll let you know I back ordered a case of Swiss Caviar 2 and 3 a week ago before this came to my attention they had some 1, 1.5, 2, and 4 and Goex brands at that time I think they only had a few 1F in stock so I decided to place back ordered which I’ve done before. called and placed my back order. I asked when to expect it and was told end of October. Fine sounded like dejavau from the last purchase. Didn’t get nervous until I read the news here. Keeping my fingers crossed it doesn’t turn into a 6 month or longer weight. Then Id be in trouble! Anyway hope to get to the local range tomorrow amongst all the black gun guys and make some smoke and hit the paper as many of them watch in amazement while others have no expression at all
There getting a free education especially when I use the paper cartridges in the Brown Bess LOL
Easy enough to purchase Swiss or others.Ought ah, technically that is a duplex charge !
Hey, Doc
Why is the news just now coming out when the fire happened in June?
Were your shooting a flintlock or a percussion gun? If you got 100% ignition with pyrodex in a flintlock your rifle must have a touchhole as big as Kansas.
I worked at a place where they made explosives/propellants. Just conjecture, but the fire doesn’t have to be big at all to be very costly. The line is often shut down for days or weeks and depending on the circumstances, there can be government audits and required sometimes expensive adjustments even if implemented by the company rather than some authority. Couple that with already thin margins and it can equal a very difficult situation.
I'll tell you what. I spent a LOT of years shooting modern handguns and rifles of several types. A few years ago, I decided to get a modern revolver just to change things up, and that led me to getting a nice hand cannon as my second revolver. I enjoyed the process of getting on the road to some level of mastery with each of those revolvers and enjoy putting them into the rotation.
Obviously you have never hunted in heavy snow fall. My brother and I were out once. I had BP and he was joining the "in crowd" and using Pyrodex. Both Hawken percussion guns. Snowing was so heavy we had to wipe of the tops of the barrels about every 3-4 minutes just to see the sights. He had 5 misfires that day and almost wrapped the gun around a tree until I gave him some of my BP. By the way, I touched off twice that day and never a problem with BP. Have never considered subs after seeing my brother and his great day in the field with subs. BP all the way, even if I have to make my own.
