Do you prefer Real Black Powder or a BP substitute?.........Why?

[tomm9903]

I primarily shoot BP, but have a can of pyro on the shelf for tiding me over if I run out of BP. It’s hard for me at least to find BP locally so I have to order it. Pyro seems to be all over the place. It’ll do in a pinch.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Not sure what is inherently different about Italian barrel breeches, but please tell us how one would ‘fix’ an Italian barrel breech, whatever it is that is wrong with them.

I am guessing based on a double barrel I purchased in the 80s. The threads were metric. Not difficult for a machinist, but I am not a machinist. Made things rough for me. I do not remember if the barrels were Italian or not, they were Navy Arms magnum 12 gauge barrels. They were percussion and I needed to change the breech plugs for flintlock vents
Flintlocklar

 

[Ames]

I prefer real black. Subs don't taste the same. I put real black on everything! I've entered "gunpowder chili" In the local competitions.
Just a pinch, OFF the heat.

 

[nhmoose]

Black Powder. I use it as it works best and I have access to it. If I cannot get it I will consider a substitute but it has not come to that in 50 years for me.

No judgment against anyone that has to use substitutes. Keep the smoke blowing.

 

[TFoley]

this is why I enjoy this forum so much everyone has different opinions and from these we can learn something.

What we are learning is that some people like the subs, and some don't, but the people that DO like/use the subs find real BP hard to obtain, and those for whom BOTH are easy to find prefer the real thing.

It really needn't have taken eight pages - so far - to figure THAT out.

 

[MarkItZero]

I prefer Triple 7 to Pyrodex or Black powder but I will use any

 

[renegadehunter]

When I started out there was a local ML club that I joined, and they did group buys on real black which made it easily accessible for me. I developed loads using 2f and 3f. It works fine for me and ignition seems very instantaneous to me. The club has since been dissolved...lack of members...
I will pay the extra hazmat fees to have real black delivered to my door, as it works well for what I want to do and I already have loads developed with it. I've never tried a sub of any kind.
I also prefer to stay with real black so I can call myself a BP snob. Gotta be a snob about somethin'.