priming powder

[sunshot]

I have heard of a new priming powder finer than 4f and faster. Anyone had experience with it? Where can it be found?

 

[ohio ramrod]

Some people like the "7" F , which is really just black powder dust, fast but also subject to static discharge since it does have dust in it. Black powder granules don't ignite by static , but the dust will! Also the fine particles do not have a complete graphite coating which means they will draw moisture from the air! :idunno:

 

[Zonie]

Swiss Null B is about the fastest prime available without going to firecracker type powders.

Here's what Pletch has to say about it
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...tid/297673/post/1529117/fromsearch/1/#1529117

 

[FishDFly]

Pure bunk.

 

[tenngun]

+1. Faster, maybe, but could you tell a difference? I can't.

 

[FishDFly]

Yes, that is the powder of choice for line shooters.

Most likely not important in the woods.

 

[M. De Land]

Goex sells Meal-D which is the same type of dust like powder that Swiss Null-B is.
I bought a couple of cans last year and use it in my flint pistols.

 

[Crewdawg445]

I have heard of a new priming powder finer than 4f and faster. Anyone had experience with it? Where can it be found?

Lordy... 3F fires faster than my human eyes or ears can distinguish, so does 2F in my smoothie. I won't argue the fact priming powders are faster, because they are. Just no need for me to buy numerous powders for a fractional difference in ignition speed... The animals I harvest don't seem to mind either.
:wink:

 

[necchi]

Been a few years, but I was a Range Officer for the NMLRA and worked our local Territorial shoot.
Being RO you watch a lot.
The guy's that where using Swiss Null B had immediate ignition, Amazingly Fast. No need for some kind of timing device or high speed camera, I mean it was enough for an observer to notice.
One year it was windy as heck, 20mph with 30+mph gusts, flags where straight out all day and I have always seen rock tossers struggle in the wind. The Guy's using that Null B had no problems.

 

[FishDFly]

Interesting, will see if I can find some, never heard of it.

Visited with Keith B. for a bit in Phoenix last week.

 

[akapennypincher]

The Gentleman who use to come out West ever year with Powder to sell in PHX, ( Don E.) sold some secret mixture in a can labeled with a "GATOR".

Don said it was his secret priming powder, it was like dust, it was fast, and I suspect it was fines collected when powder was manufactured.

He sold it in 1/2 Pount Quantities, and most people who bought it seem happy with its performance.

 

[M. De Land]

I bought the meal-D from Keith Bayha. Saw him at the gun show in Palmer a couple weeks ago.

 

[Rifleman1776]

The Gentleman who use to come out West ever year with Powder to sell in PHX, ( Don E.) sold some secret mixture in a can labeled with a "GATOR".

Don said it was his secret priming powder, it was like dust, it was fast, and I suspect it was fines collected when powder was manufactured.

He sold it in 1/2 Pount Quantities, and most people who bought it seem happy with its performance.

Sounds scary :shocked2: to me. Buying secret powders from other than a known manufacturer seems like a risky proposition. I wouldn't touch the stuff. Was that the same 'Don' who used to sell powder at Berryville, Arkansas but had his license pulled by the ATF?