Jacks Battle Powder accuracy

[nkbj]

My standard for accuracy used to be the head of whatever was going to be eaten. Now I can't see that good, don't like killing critters and my standard for accuracy is killing cans across the front yard.
The forty caliber Colt likes Jacks.

 

[Roundball 54]

My standard for accuracy used to be the head of whatever was going to be eaten. Now I can't see that good, don't like killing critters and my standard for accuracy is killing cans across the front yard.
The forty caliber Colt likes Jacks.
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Yes killing can's with a C&B revolver is quite a bit of fun .

 

[nkbj]

Way much better than cable TV.

 

[nkbj]

By the way, the theories that Goex uses inferior ingredients or has bad batches of powder or mixes in some good powder with bad powder; think about how companies operate, how powder is made and what you're saying.
The difference between this

and this

isn't chemistry.
It's polishing of granules, graphiting, granule size control, therefore effecting moisture absorption, how it settles when poured into given volume, how it compresses, all of which effects both burn rate and shot to shot consistency. In other words, the longer your powder column is for it's cross sectional area and the more convoluted the fire path is from pan or cap to the bore, the more differences you may see.
A good example to consider could be a military design with a percussion nipple pointing forwards and down then turning 90 degrees to the left to a reduced section penetration and then turning once more into the bore. The powder needs to infiltrate it's way down that rabbit hole from the bore to beneath the base of the nipple. It needs to flow. Think for a moment of your muzzleloaders barrel as a pouring tube such as is used to settle black powder charges in metallic cartrudges for shot to shot consistency. A pouring tube is pointless unless the length of the powder column is significantly longer than the diameter of the charge. In a case like that the smooth polished graphited granules are you friend. And a lube / powder residue that does not grow through back flow as well as the glazing which limits the interaction of residual fouling with the new charge of powder are your friend.
If on the other hand you're shooting a well designed and constructed flinter or percussion piece using relatively short powder columns then all you're likely to notice is fewer holes in your wallet, which somehow reminds me that the wife told me yesterday she wanted to make a range date, so I'd best get her stuff together.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

By the way, the theories that Goex uses inferior ingredients or has bad batches of powder or mixes in some good powder with bad powder; think about how companies operate, how powder is made and what you're saying. The difference between this isn't chemistry.

It's polishing of granules, graphiting, granule size control, therefore effecting moisture absorption, how it settles when poured into given volume, how it compresses, all of which effects both burn rate and shot to shot consistency. In other words, the longer your powder column is for it's cross sectional area and the more convoluted the fire path is from pan or cap to the bore, the more differences you may see.
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Thank you for pointing this all out.
What GOEX does to make "reenactment powder" which I believe is rebranded to make "Jack's Battle Powder", is less diligent screening and less polishing to reduce manufacturing costs so that the overall cost of each pound is reduced. The idea was the reenactors, firing blanks, did not have the concerns for accuracy that a dedicated target shooter may have, but might just want to do some recreational shooting from time to time. Here is what the GOEX website has written...,

"However, it [reenactor gunpowder] is also suitable for loading in recreational round ball muzzleloaders, where it performs nicely at low pressures. With 100% black powder ignition, it is very reliable with every shot. Reenactor Gunpowder is value priced for every budget minded shooter pursuing living history...."

LD

 

[nkbj]

Well there we are, or I am.

 

[toot]

My standard for accuracy used to be the head of whatever was going to be eaten. Now I can't see that good, don't like killing critters and my standard for accuracy is killing cans across the front yard.
The forty caliber Colt likes Jacks.
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at my advanced & health issues, I only kill cans & punch holes in paper! it doesn't make me a bad person! I have done my share of killing in my day. now if I killed a critter I would have to build a fire & eat it, there in the woods.