Bought a Flinter, sayin' hello, have a question.

[user 49399]

I have some real black powder and a lot of pyrodex. In order to stretch my black powder supply, I sometimes use 2f or 3f pyrodex for the main charge and prime with 3f black powder in my flintlock Fusil. There's a slight delay but not too bad. It works. I have even used 3f pyrodex in the main charge and for priming in this same gun. There's even more delay there, but it will go boom. Pyrodex will not ruin a gun as long as you clean it properly after shooting. Been using pyrodex for decades and my gun barrels are still like new.

 

[toot]

Welcome.

 

[Professor flintlock]

Heed this advice right here. I believe Powder, Inc. is expecting to get in a big order, soon. Go there and pre-order as much as you can. Eat ramen for a month if you have to - but buy as much powder as you can.

Graf and sons has their brand of black powder( made by Goex and the same) With shipping I had $18.94 per lb. Had to buy 25 lbs, but when you divide it up with fellow shooters, that's a deal.

 

[Oldtimerbow]

I have used 777 3f as a main charge in my flinders at times and it goes off just fine. For a hunting load though I will always use real black powder, usually goex 3f. I feel that the black powder gives much more reliable ignition, although the 777 always goes off I have experienced a few hangfires.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Hi and welcome from North Carolina! The short answer to your question in NO, you can’t use Pyrodex in a flintlock. The ignition of a cap lock will set it off, but a flintlock will not.

 

[user 49399]

Hi and welcome from North Carolina! The short answer to your question in NO, you can’t use Pyrodex in a flintlock. The ignition of a cap lock will set it off, but a flintlock will not.

Well dang! Wish I’d known that before I shot about a pound of it in my flintlock.

 

[Dakota459]

Welcome from South Carolina.

 

[MSW]

i used so - called "duplex" loads for a while, but ignition was always a bit problematic. while it will work "in a pinch," i can't recommend it in good faith ... if you can't get 'real' black powder locally (and it's getting much harder to do so) you'll have to buy it in bulk and have it shipped ... the HazMat fee is exorbitant (but that's a tirade for another day), so buy as much as you can and split the cost.

Good luck!

(when you do get 'real" BP, check out Dutch Schoultz' method - here's a link:

Black powder rifle accuracy system -

make good smoke!

 

[bpd303]

Welcome from the Ozark mountains.

 

[zerosprk]

Welcome from northern New Mexico. You'll be glad that you found this forum - super folks with A LOT of knowledge that is freely shared.

 

[PathfinderNC]

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/pyrodex-in-flintlocks.51490/

 

[PathfinderNC]

Well dang! Wish I’d known that before I shot about a pound of it in my flintlock.

From this forum: Pyrodex in flintlocks
more here:
Can you shoot pyrodex in a flintlock?
and here:
pyrodex for flinters

 

[user 49399]

From this forum: Pyrodex in flintlocks
more here:
Can you shoot pyrodex in a flintlock?
and here:
pyrodex for flinters

Okay. Thanks. However, I actually do use pyrodex 3f for main charge in a 62 caliber flintlock Fusil de Chasse. I prime with real black powder. It’s not as good as real black powder. There is some delay but I’ve learned to use it and I squirrel hunt with it. I do this to stretch my supply of black powder especially when plinking.

 

[Doc Ivory]

Howdy and welcome from SWS Florida!

 

[Snydly]

Welcome! Buffalo Arms has some Swiss 1.5f in stock. Just a thought.

Swiss 1 1/2 works great in my .54 and 62 flinters!

 

[Fly103]

Thanks for the welcomes and info everyone. I managed to find a pound of goex olde eynsford 1.5F locally along with 4f for priming. I will give it a go with the 1.5 and see how that performs before i try duplexing 4f and pyrodex.

 

[GO OutDoors]

Welcome from Western Pa!!

 

[Eterry]

Howdy and welcome. As some have said, yes you can use a Booster charge (or whatever you wanna call it) of ffffg followed by a main charge of pyro. I know Dan'l and Davey are spinning at the thought, but they didnt have to order the stuff online and pay haz-mat.