Grains per pound

[rafterob]

Sorry for posting this as I'm sure it's in here somewhere, but for the life of me I can't get the search function to work for me. :surrender: How many grains of FFg in one pound of Goex black powder?

 

[54mountain]

I believe there 7000gr to a pound of powder.

 

7000 gr./lb. for black powder




:v

 

[renovato]

7000 grains to the pound for anything measures in grains, not just powder. It's a universal unit of measure that isn't specific to type or brand.

 

[rafterob]

Does anyone know what it is based on? Sand? Salt?

 

[longcruise]

5250 grains to a pound of gold.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Does anyone know what it is based on? Sand? Salt?

Barley

 

[MikeC]

Is that correct there are only 70 shots in a pound if 100 grain loads are used or did I do the math wrong?

 

[Oldnamvet]

You are correct. Comes out to around 20 cents per shot, depending on the bp price per pound. Kinda makes you want to shoot the smaller calibers more where the charge is about 30 grains.

A good free conversion program for grains to pounds and lots more.
http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows

 

[rafterob]

So how much beer can you make out of a pound of barley? :hmm:

 

[bingo1952]

Not Enough! :rotf:

 

[torn moc]

actually 1 pound barley makes bout 5 gallons of beer or ALE....I prefer Stout Brit Ale...about 2 gallons per evening :rotf:

 

[Claude Mathis]

Does anyone know what it is based on? Sand? Salt?

http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/fpage.php?page/weights/

 

[Stumpkiller]

And no one ever believes me. ;-)

 

[Gus]

How much wood can a wood chuck chuck? :rotf:

I know there's 7000 grains per pound cuz I counted them once! :rotf:

Seriously folks. I'm a poor boy and when I shoot my 54 Hawken at paper for fun, with my kids or just plinken, I always shoot 30 grains. I know its a teeny load, but I get to make more smoke that way and go boom twice as many times.

 

[George Hoskins]

To be more precise , gentlemen it's 7006.2907 grains to the lb. :wink:

 

[Semisane]

To be more precise , gentlemen it's 7006.2907 grains to the lb. :wink:

That's good, cause I usually spill those extra 6.2907 grains. :wink:

 

[Zonie]

Green Horn:
"To be more precise , gentlemen it's 7006.2907 grains to the lb."
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Interesting. Where did you get that conversion factor?

Every thing I've ever seen in the past said the conversion was 7,000.00000 grains per pound (Avoirdupois units of Mass which is what is used for measuring black powder for muzzleloaders)

Sources for this include
Mass Unit Conversion factors
asknumbers.com
SCPHILLIPS .COM
INFOPLEASE.COM
WIKIPEDIA.COM
TOSTEPHARMED
AZ Dept of Weight and Measures

 

[brubincam]

-----WOW-----every 10 cans you get a free shot of powder-----COOL-----

 

[Claude Mathis]

To be more precise , gentlemen it's 7006.2907 grains to the lb. :wink:

Source please.

Grain
An ancient unit which was originally based on the weight of a grain of wheat. The grain is the smallest unit of weight in the avoirdupois, troy, and apothecaries systems. Surprisingly it is identical in all three systems.

4 grains = 1 carat
24 grains =1 pennyweight
480 grains = 1 troy ounce
5760 grains = 1 troy pound
437.5 grains = 1 ounce avoirdupois
7000 grains = 1 pound avoirdupois
1 grain = 0.0648 grams (0.06479891)
15.432 grains = 1 gram