New to BP shooting, so bear with me. How well does Pyrodex powder work in a flintlock rifle?
It doesn't.
I had the same results as you with Pyrodex and for flintlocks I used a tablespoon on their pistol powder to grind it finer and it worked 90% of the time in the cheapest CVA flint pistolSorry, I guess I have been living a delusion in my happy use of Pyrodex RS and P for the last 25 years. Please don’t wake me up…..
go wave your flag somewhere else if it werent for american EPA -OSHA -Comp -state and income taxes- property taxes- insurance that drove some out of the business there would have been bigger plants and plenty of BP. anybody that operated a business knows the govt is the enemy. while others that sit around and want others to work and risk their money dont seem to know that
what politics and what personal beliefs did I state? are you telling me the facts I stated have nothing to do with operating a business and causing it yo go under or preventing it from being started? do you work for one of the govt agencies I stated?
80% of this thread was related to some one else getting into making BP and I stated the govt roadblocks to that. they drove many companies overseas and halted making lead used in ML bullets. so it seems to me there are some retired or active member of these govt agenciesWe know the cause of the closure which has nothing to do with agencies, government or otherwise. Unless you would like to provide an article or source explaining why the BP industry is directly been affected by them?
It could just simply be lack of interest in our Niche hobby of antique weapons, and a factory fire.
Hopefully Schuetzen powder can pick up the slack and keep down the price. Unfortunately when some companies become the only game in town they raise the price. Hopefully Schuetzen does not.Don't loose hope!
Note on the NMLRA FB:
"Most of you know that I work for Schuetzen Powder. With the news on Goex, we are assessing the situation and we will work hard to keep you shooting."
You may know if this is correct. Saw on a YouTube video that the US military uses about 1 million pounds of black powder a year. I do know that black powder is used in fuses and things like that.Is the million pounds way off the mark or do you even know? Thanks in advance.Don't loose hope!
Note on the NMLRA FB:
"Most of you know that I work for Schuetzen Powder. With the news on Goex, we are assessing the situation and we will work hard to keep you shooting."
80% of this thread was related to some one else getting into making BP and I stated the govt roadblocks to that. they drove many companies overseas and halted making lead used in ML bullets. so it seems to me there are some retired or active member of these govt agencies
Just wish I had logged in more 1F for my Bess! Big 3/4" bore like that needs beefy powder!I can get plenty of 4F maybe should get a few, but right now my question is can you shoot 2F for pistol instead of 3F I have more 2F ??
They use lots of black powder overseas, so hopefully we will see imports increase here in US.Companies moved over seas because making things and paying pennies in labor is cheaper then paying Americans who have a higher standard of living. I think Apple pays its factory workers something like $1.62 an hour to make our phones. You can't beat that price and government has nothing to do with it. Offloading morally questionable wages to non-Americans has been a staple of our industries for decades. I'll resign in this conversation because its a huge rabbit hole.
You don't call,what politics and what personal beliefs did I state? are you telling me the facts I stated have nothing to do with operating a business and causing it yo go under or preventing it from being started? do you work for one of the govt agencies I stated?
Politics?go wave your flag somewhere else
What was your pay per hour back then? For me, the price of powder now is a lot cheaper now than in the bad old days, when you consider time worked per pound of powder.
I guess none of that matters now, since it will not be available anyway! LOLOLOL
When I started muzzle loading, minimum wage was $1.60 an hour, and I had a part time security job that paid $3.20. But unlike today, many people actually worked for minimum wage. Convenience stores here are paying $18.00 an hour and minimum wage is $7.75. Nobody works for minimum wage around here today. Heck my step son is getting $15 an hour to go to plumbing school. (Imagine, employers so hard for employees they pay them to go to school for several months before they ever do a thing to make money for the company.) However, in 1992, I purchased 5 five pound bags of black powder for $3.00 a pound. I stocked up a couple years ago and I am good for a bit.
However. Powder is still far cheaper in Germany. Todays price at Pfnurer's gun shop outside Berchtesgaden is 24 Euros for a kilogram of Wano. (Made in Germany) That includes their value added tax. The current exchange rate is 1 Euro = $1.16 US. so $27.84 for a kilogram. A kilogram is 2.2 pounds, so it works out to $12.65 cents a pound, including the VAT tax.
Its part and parcel to our hobby. You can sit and deny it as well as the moderators...but its still there...if you cannot see what going on around our hobby...much less our country you are in denial.
I am glad your content.Not everyone has the same beliefs. I have disagreements with many the statements people have made here but I try and keep them to myself. This forum is for the discussion of the hobby, not around the hobby and in the country. Rules exist for a reason, we can't just break them because we personally disagree. This is after all a privately owned forum, the people running it can do whatever they like. Freedom of speech only applies between people and the state, not between people, never has.
discussion of the hobby includes all the factors that may affect it. Am I wrong?Not everyone has the same beliefs. I have disagreements with many the statements people have made here but I try and keep them to myself. This forum is for the discussion of the hobby, not around the hobby and in the country. Rules exist for a reason, we can't just break them because we personally disagree. This is after all a privately owned forum, the people running it can do whatever they like. Freedom of speech only applies between people and the state, not between people, never has.
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