Hello from Suffolk, UK

[Dobegrant]

Welcome from Arizona

 

[Rhacknc]

Welcome Toby,
I myself just got back into ML after many years. Yesterday I met up with another forum member that got me reacquainted and shared a lot of knowledge with me. This is a good place with a lot of good folks.

I am going to be in Suffolk next month, any good shops with BP supplies to be found? We are staying in Ufford after our Cotswold's and Cornwall visits.

Thanks!

 

[Toby H]

Hi Toby, welcome from an Englishman living in France! Happily, over here BP weapons of any kind, smoothbore or rifles, are unrestricted, like air rifles in the UK. I remember, back in my days in the UK American Civil War Society, having to have a shotgun cert for my (smoothbore) Parker Hale Enfield, and a separate BP certificate for my powder. May I suggest that, if your gun is a .45 cal, you use the same number of grains in terms of powder and proceed from there? My long guns are both .45 Hawken replicas, and I find that 45 grains over 100 yards is perfectly adequate. May I ask why you plan to use Pyrodex? It is of course a matter of preference, but I find Pyrodex and other BP substitutes leave more residue, and are more prone to misfires due to their slightly higher ignition temperature.

Hi, main reason for pyrodex right now is I have applied for an explosives cert as I need one to get blackpowder or triple 7 (another option). Once I have the cert I'll moving over to black powder. Its taken me 6.5 months to my firearms and shotgun certs. Hopefully the explosives one will be a little quicker.
Thanks for the advice on loads, will give them a go.

 

[Toby H]

Welcome Toby,
I myself just got back into ML after many years. Yesterday I met up with another forum member that got me reacquainted and shared a lot of knowledge with me. This is a good place with a lot of good folks.

I am going to be in Suffolk next month, any good shops with BP supplies to be found? We are staying in Ufford after our Cotswold's and Cornwall visits.

Thanks!

Hi, there are a few places, but not many. I'm waiting for my explosives cert to come through and cant purchase BP till that arrives. I need to ask some guys in the club for suppliers. Shouldnt be an issue as its not in demand like other propellants.

 

[Toby H]

You mean in SOME parts of UK. In Scotland you need an air weapons license, and in Northern Ireland, a 100% full firearms certificate, just like any other for real firearm. AND in England, Scotland and Wales, a full FAC for aything over 12ft lbs.... Not so unrestricted, after all.

I 100% agree with you and your comment about Pyrodex and T7 - and would be VERY loathe to use T7 in ANY antique firearm.

If the OP can be persuaded to use his Explosives Licence to obtain the real Black powder that this old piece was made for, it would make more sense to me.

And to the OP - welcome from Cambridgeshire!

Having gone through the shooting and cleaning process with pyrodex now,I can confirm BP is going to be the way. Pyrodex is smelly and no less cloudy than BP and probably worse for the muzzleloader too. As I mentioned previously just waiting for the cert

 

[Sir Boniface Harrison]

You mean in SOME parts of UK. In Scotland you need an air weapons license, and in Northern Ireland, a 100% full firearms certificate, just like any other for real firearm. AND in England, Scotland and Wales, a full FAC for aything over 12ft lbs.... Not so unrestricted, after all.

...in which case Black powder guns in France are if anything even less restricted than I originally said, which was the actual point I was making with my generalisation. To be honest, I don't think I've ever come across an air rifle with a power output of more than 12 ft pounds in an everyday, fishing tackle - cum - outdoors shop. I'm not sure even my local gunsmith back in England (Lancaster) sold them.

You mean in SOME parts of UK. In Scotland you need an air weapons license, and in Northern Ireland, a 100% full firearms certificate, just like any other for real firearm. AND in England, Scotland and Wales, a full FAC for aything over 12ft lbs.... Not so unrestricted, after all.

I 100% agree with you and your comment about Pyrodex and T7 - and would be VERY loathe to use T7 in ANY antique firearm.

If the OP can be persuaded to use his Explosives Licence to obtain the real Black powder that this old piece was made for, it would make more sense to me.

And to the OP - welcome from Cambridgeshire!

Fair enough, I was inaccurate in some parts of that post re: air weapons. The main point I was making being, that weapons for which you would need a firearms certificate in Britain, you can get over the counter in France.

 

[NeilMacleod]

Welcome from Ab !

 

[ArtyGunner]

Greetings from the rainforest.

 

[Rudyard]

Welcome from New England.
My English side are from Stourpaine and nearby villages in Dorset.

Stourpaine Bushes, Blandford Forum Biggest traction engine rally in England ,Steam & black powder are related eliments you have to coax and jolly both to get best results . No push button & its done .If your going to shoot get real powder not the plastic stuff .
Cheers Rudyard

 

[Old Timer 48]

Welcome!

 

[x_count]

Welcome from the coast of North Carolina!