Swiss, German, Goex?

[Stone]

I found a place that has powder but I do not know enough to know the difference in these powders. They told me that they have swiss and German in 3F.

Is 3F, 3F no matter what?

 

[EC121]

3F is the screen size used to sieve the powder so 3F is 3F, BUT the mesh sizes have a hi/lo range and the ranges overlap with the sizes above and below.. That puts some variation in the amounts that a volume measure will hold. Compared to GOEX, you can just use a little less(10%??) of the Schuetzen and Swiss.

 

[rafterob]

Buy it! Both Swiss and WANO are high quality powders. Swiss is considered the best.

 

[Stone]

Thanks!

 

[Grenadier1758]

@Stone, as @EC121 stated, 3f is screen size. There are subtle differences in composition quality of the potassium nitrate and the wood used to supply the carbon. There may be different presses used to increase the density of the powder. Swiss is a high-quality sporting grade powder and using the same volume measure will generate higher velocities than Scheutzen or Wano. Scheutzen and Wano powders are good powders and at the lower price point many prefer them to Swiss powders.

 

[dave951]

Swiss is the good stuff!

 

[Bassdog1]

Stone not sure where you are buying powder but be cautious if they say they have all three brands as there are a couple of sites advertising powder right now that are scams.

 

[Old Timer 48]

Most of the well known big suppliers are out!

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Schuetzen shoots better and is priced the same as Goex. The big difference is...Schuetzen cleans up better than GoeX.
Another big feature is...Schuetzen is available.
I quit using Goex several years ago.
Swiss is better powder, but tougher to find.

 

[hrt4me]

I just bought 20 lbs of Goex yesterday

 

[FishDFly]

Stone not sure where you are buying powder but be cautious if they say they have all three brands as there are a couple of sites advertising powder right now that are scams.

Who and where are the scammers? Folks need to know.

 

[david w]

Wow! It's frightening how much BP costs these days. I was visiting Powder , Inc and Swiss was $328.80 for 10 pounds. The last time I bought Swiss, it was $15/lb and thought that was highway robbery. I remember Goex going for $6/lb back in the seventies. I'm glad I still have a quantity stored away. If I'm shooting a 70 gr load of Swiss today, that's just shy of 33 cents per load! BP used to be cheap, and fun!

 

[FishDFly]

"I remember Goex going for $6/lb back in the seventies."

In the 70's I was poor enough I qualified of the earned income credit.

Everything is relative.

 

[dave951]

Wow! It's frightening how much BP costs these days. I was visiting Powder , Inc and Swiss was $328.80 for 10 pounds. The last time I bought Swiss, it was $15/lb and thought that was highway robbery. I remember Goex going for $6/lb back in the seventies. I'm glad I still have a quantity stored away. If I'm shooting a 70 gr load of Swiss today, that's just shy of 33 cents per load! BP used to be cheap, and fun!

Sounds like you don't do much shootin'

 

[david w]

Sounds like you don't do much shootin'

Not as much as I used to. I suffered from a rotor cuff problem for a long time.

 

[B P Arn]

"I remember Goex going for $6/lb back in the seventies."

In the 70's I was poor enough I qualified of the earned income credit.

Everything is relative.

My rate of pay is about 20 times greater now than it was in the 70s. 20 times $6 is $120. I will gladly pay $30 a pound for BP, and I won't P&M about how great everything was in the bad old days.

 

[Okie Hog]

I remember Goex going for $6/lb back in the seventies.

Yep, $6 in 1975 was worth $29.32 in 2020.

 

[FishDFly]

Yep.

 

[Timber Wolf]

I was a teenager with no money in the 70’s and Dad bought my Black Powder (I don’t know what he paid). Now in 2022 I am contemplating retiring at the end of the year and buy my own powder. What that has to do with the topic I don’t know, just musing.

 

[david w]

Yep, $6 in 1975 was worth $29.32 in 2020.

Yes, I know, the inflation. I was just reminiscing! I bought Unique powder from Walmart back in the seventies too, for about $5 something a pound, or was it cheaper than that? Primers were about a penny ea. If Sam Walton were still alive today! Things wouldn't be as cheap, but they would still carry reloading supplies, I bet.