pyrodex in flintlock

[beartrap]

with black powder being extremely scarce in my neck of the woods i opened up my touch hole liner a bit with a drill and tried shooting 100 grains pyrodex in my .54 GPR primed with goex 3f and it shoots everytime with good accuracy but does not ignite as quickly as real blackpowder, about a 1 second delay and you can hear it go....FIZZZZ.... before ignition which is very distracting. I was wondering if anyone can give me any info on velocities or just on pyrodex in general as it appears to be the only thing i can buy around here. I can forsee a time when our government makes black powder illegal here in canada as they are sure shovelling a lot of manure down our throats with these new gun laws and gun registration we have up here.

 

newhouse
Throw 5 grains of goex first down the barrel, then the main charge of pyrodex.I use to use this method when real black was not around in my part of the woods .I now order my goex online from gaft@sons,beats running around trying to find real black powder :redthumb:

 

[Rebel]

5 grs. may not get to the venthole if your gun has a patent breech. May need to use 20-30 grs.