Flintlock Gizmo

[brubincam]

-----just a what if--if pyrodex or one of the others was mixed with black powder-- SHAKEN TOGETHER would it work in a flinter as a mix--JUST CURIOUS-----

 

[roundball]

-----just a what if--if pyrodex or one of the others was mixed with black powder-- SHAKEN TOGETHER would it work in a flinter as a mix--JUST CURIOUS-----

When I tried that at the range, I never got a real sense of consistency...I premixed some in 35mm film canisters in the garage and just the jostling around and handling them, the mixture didn't stay evenly distributed.

What I did find was that "layered loads"...ie: 20grns Goex 3F followed by some charge (30-90grns) Pyrodex RS worked perfectly every time, consistant, accurate, etc.

 

[Leonredbeard]

Yeah, RBC,
Back in the early days shooting MLers I did use the duplex load, 25 grains of black and 100 grains of Pyrodex RS. I also had magnumitis at the time. It worked perfectly. But once I started building my own custom gonnes they got an exclusive diet of real black.
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