Testing new brand of black powder
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I'd still like to to know what the volume/density of this 2Fg is. That would indicate if they need to work on their ingredients or their process.
Insurance costs may have something to do with it but the real issue is that to sell black powder one must have a Federal explosives license and meet all the government storage regulations. With that license goes regular inspections of the physical storage and all the related business paperwork by the BATF. I have a friend who is a distributor and he had a recent inspection. He was away on business and his wife was working at her job elsewhere when they arrived. They (2 agents) told him they would be waiting till someone got there which was going to be late in the afternoon. True to their word they were still there when he got home very late that afternoon and they conducted a complete inspection finishing up in the evening. No small or even larger stores are going to go through all that to sell a few hundred pounds of powder, if that much, when they can have a much better return on their money selling Glocks and AR15s.
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I’ll be going through Phillipsburg probably in a month or so. I’ll stop and pick up some and give it a try. I hope I like it. Phillipsburg is on the way to a camp I used to hunt out of.
And certainly close enough just to make a powder run. About an hour and three quarter from home.
Just got on their website. They only list 2f. Hopefully they’ll have 3 f at some point.
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Bought a pound of "American Pioneer Powder" in fffg, in Gold form (replacement for Jim Shockey's 'TM' gold. The label says it contains no sulfur. I will be firing it in my flintlock rifle. Will have to wait till the 85 plus degree weather passes.
I will be 100% dumbfounded if that works. I'm not a betting man, but I may be inclined to bet money on this NOT working at all!
100% agree...The substitutes don't work reliably in a flintlock. At best, with generous pan powder, you get a fuse effect and long hangfire.
Ya never know until you try it yourself, then you KNOW. My prediction is it will work, most of the time, with a good lock and flint, with a full two-second hang fire.
Boomstick, hopefully he’ll reply to your question. I shot with him in 2022 and he had a flintlock.
This thread is from when the powder was in development. PA making BP
I pm’d the owner asking if he would be making 3f as his website only listed 2f. He returned my pm and said they had 2,3&4F. I’m pretty sure it’s black powder. I never heard of substitute 4f. Anywho, I’ll probably be in his store in a month or so and find out.
I haven’t weighed it. Just volume
He does have 3f when I bought my pound of 2 I also bought some 3 f for a friend. We tested it out the same day
sorry just seen this. Was testing with my flintlock. cabin creek colonial VA rifle
It is real black powder
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That's good to know, thanks!
