Pyrodex or T7

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I started making BP 6o + years ago. when Pyrodex came out i thought hot dang! didn't take but one can and i started making charcoal again.
Used some 777 in a TC caplock and it was ok but i just couldn't get hot for it.
My best friend and shooting partner crossed over the horizon a couple years back. when his widow was clearing his stuff she found he had 10lbs 777 and 2k #11's. she sent her boy up with it and the rifle i had built for him.
Now I shoot flintlock 99% of the time so the 777 just sits there. About a year ago there was a unending thread here about using 777 in a flintlock.
being of unsound mind and terminally curious, I dragged out a bottle of 777 and poured some down the throat of one of my most consistent .54's. Primed with swiss 4f for giggles.
I got 25 shots with no FIP's and as usual with this rifle, no klatch's.
cleaning seemed to be on par with good BP.
think maybe tomorrow i will try to replicate that session, I need space for more BP in the fridge!
 

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