Hi,
I have made my own black powder since where I live its hard to obtain and very expensive. I did so with spruce charcoal and salpetre from a local abandonned farmhouse. I did not add sulfur for safety reasons and because it is not available where I live.
It works very well for a first try, the only unexpected thing about the powders behaviour is the fact it looses a LOT of volume when tamped in the chamber. Its very light so filling the whole chamber (colt 1851 cal.36) does not even equal to 1 gram of powder. Are you suppo sed to compress it before granulation? and if yes what methods do you use?
thanks in advance!
I have made my own black powder since where I live its hard to obtain and very expensive. I did so with spruce charcoal and salpetre from a local abandonned farmhouse. I did not add sulfur for safety reasons and because it is not available where I live.
It works very well for a first try, the only unexpected thing about the powders behaviour is the fact it looses a LOT of volume when tamped in the chamber. Its very light so filling the whole chamber (colt 1851 cal.36) does not even equal to 1 gram of powder. Are you suppo sed to compress it before granulation? and if yes what methods do you use?
thanks in advance!
