Old Pyrodex

[jamesthomas]

As for shooting only bp, I am in agreement with Rifleman1776. Guess that makes me a bp snob, too. :idunno: So this is for you :blah:

:blah: me too.

 

[George T.]

I'm just going to hope that we continue to be able to buy black powder. I think that the shelf life is long but so is black powder. Buy a bunch and get friends and relatives to store a few pounds each. Geo. T.

 

[Dickydalton]

Well snobs, I shot pyrodex for 20 years because Bock's Gun shop closed and I couldn't get real black close by. It always shot just fine and never failed to fire. It was dirtier than a barnyard **** and stunk the whole house up when I cleaned my guns, BUT, it's performance is just fine and all I used to do is fill the chamber full and let the ball compress it. There I came out of the closet, so to speak! :blah:

 

[Little Wattsy]

I currently use Triple Seven in my CVA Hawken .50 cal rifle. I also have about 3/4 of a pound of Pyrodex that is almost 20 years old. I have kept it dry in a sealed jar all this time. Is it safe to use? If not is there a safe way to dispose of it?

Personally I am a fan of Pyrodex.. I hear often the espousment that it is inferior to "real BP"; If it's possible shoot it through a chronograph and share the results. According to some on here you should only be able to clock 52 fps with a full hunting load. :wink:

 

[cynthialee]

As for shooting only bp, I am in agreement with Rifleman1776. Guess that makes me a bp snob, too. :idunno: So this is for you :blah:

:blah: me too.

I am a black powder snob also.

Pyrodex stinks pretty bad and last time I cleaned up after shooting it I almost barfed.

 

[Don]

I use Pyrodex quite a bit and have no problems with it. However, I have found that it will lose its oomph over time. I've run loads using old pyrodex and fresh pyrodex over a chronograph and even though both went boom the velocities from the older stuff were considerably slower than the fresh powder.

Don

 

[MSW]

well, i think that Pyro never claimed to be something that it wasn't ...

as regards the corrosion issue, i think it's moot, because if you don't clean you gun after you shoot, you pretty much deserve what you get.

it was never marketed to flint shooters, so complaints that it doesn't work in flinters is also moot.

if it's losing strength over time, shoot it up and get fresh- i don't remember any claims that it was a stable as BP, so that complaint is pretty moot, too ... caveat emptor and all that good stuff.

the real reason i don't use it is that i shoot pretty much flint to the exclusion of my other guns, and that it costs more than BP, and i'm a congenital cheapskate ...

my free opinion; doubtless well worth the price.