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For flintlocks, use real black powder. Over and over again. Use the real stuff!!
And if you have a place to store it, or friends to kick in for a share, buy a 25lb lot! The price isn't going down! Stock up on flints, too!Pyrodex will often fail to fire in a flintlock. It has a higher ignition temperature than pure black. Some shooters start with a 5-10 grain load of real black powder and then some Pyrodex over that. Sounds like a lot of fussing and won't solve your problem. You will need real black powder to prime, for sure.
You can order Black Powder to be shipped to your home. I like The Maine Powder House (google it). Nice folks to deal with and fast service.
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I tested Pyrodex back when it was fairly new on the market! Using BP and a percussion rifle in .50, I could hit a target at 100yds. Switching to the same load using Pyrodex ,the ball went into the dirt a couple of yards in front of the target! That told me all I needed to know about Pyrodex! I haven't used it since! Not saying it doesn't have its uses - just that I have no use for it! Not worth the time to try to make it shoot in a flinter! IMHOThere are far too many failures and slow to fire instances with Pyrodex that I have observed for me to recommend the use of Pyrodex in a flintlock. The last time I used Pyrodex was in a cap lock revolver. The inventor, Dan Pawlak was still alive. The time to fire delay was noticeable. I went back to my load of 3fg Dupont powder and never used Pyrodex again.
Not sure where ‘around here’ is (your user profile doesn’t give us a clue), but if your are somewhere in the US Lower 48 you can have black powder delivered. And just maybe there is a LGS that carries it. If you already have the Pyrodex and a flintlock, try it for yourself. Won’t hurt anything, except maybe your pride it there are witnesses and it doesn’t work. The FFFg Pyrodex would likely be easier to light up.
Nein. Nyet. Verboten. NO! Use the black, you'll never go back!I hear the real deal black powder is best. But I think I'd have an easier time making my own than trying to buy some around here. I'd like to try a flintlock but I've heard that Pyrodex and flinters don't mix. Or, at the least, I'd need some legit BP in the priming pan. Alas, the only loose powder I can find around here is Pyrodex in FFg or FFFg. Opinions, please. Can the substitutes work in flintlocks with good ignition? Or is it just an exercise in frustration?
The reason Pyrodex doesn't work for beans in a flintlock is that its flash temperature is about 450° higher than real black powder. So it really takes a much hotter spark than a flintlock can more than occasionally provide. A percussion cap will provide a hot enough spark, but not a flintlock.I hear the real deal black powder is best. But I think I'd have an easier time making my own than trying to buy some around here. I'd like to try a flintlock but I've heard that Pyrodex and flinters don't mix. Or, at the least, I'd need some legit BP in the priming pan. Alas, the only loose powder I can find around here is Pyrodex in FFg or FFFg. Opinions, please. Can the substitutes work in flintlocks with good ignition? Or is it just an exercise in frustration?
well I have used 7-7, TRIPPLE 7 in flint locke's and it will go off & doesn't eat up your gun the way PYRODEX will. now you will still have to use BP, to prime with. and clean up is a pleasant chore!Flintlock and fake powder don't mix.
now where have I herd that before?? the never go back part?Nein. Nyet. Verboten. NO! Use the black, you'll never go back!
Order as much as you can afford ( plus a few pounds extra ) and have it shipped to your house. Problem solved.I hear the real deal black powder is best. But I think I'd have an easier time making my own than trying to buy some around here. I'd like to try a flintlock but I've heard that Pyrodex and flinters don't mix. Or, at the least, I'd need some legit BP in the priming pan. Alas, the only loose powder I can find around here is Pyrodex in FFg or FFFg. Opinions, please. Can the substitutes work in flintlocks with good ignition? Or is it just an exercise in frustration?
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