The g in ffg

[hanshi]

I think graphite is added so they can put that little "G" after all those "Fs". Never can tell.

 

[springfield art]

I know this has been asked a number of times before. What does the g stand for in black powder labels such as ffg? Do the factories coat powder with an anti-static coating and coat them to resist moisture?

BTW, the Bevel Brothers published a study and tests in Muzzle Blasts magazine that proves that Static Electricity does NOT ignite black powder. It's all explained in the tests results; something about the properties of static elec. and ignition temps, etc.

 

[coloradoclyde]

BTW, the Bevel Brothers published a study and tests in Muzzle Blasts magazine that proves that Static Electricity does NOT ignite black powder. It's all explained in the tests results; something about the properties of static elec. and ignition temps, etc.

The Bevel brothers only proved that static ignition is extremely difficult to achieve under controlled laboratory conditions. The real world can be much less forgiving.

 

[kansas_volunteer]

Straight from the horse's mouth: Hodgdon Powder, makers of Goex, say the letter g stands for grain or granuals, not grahite or glazed.

 

[user 36911]

Straight from the horse's mouth: Hodgdon Powder, makers of Goex, say the letter g stands for grain or granuals, not grahite or glazed.

Makes no sense. What does A stand for?

 

[kansas_volunteer]

I don't know why it should make no sense. Seems pretty straight forward to me. Ask them yourself.
https://goexpowder.com/company/contact-us/
See fireworks grade powder here.
https://goexpowder.com/products/black-powder/

 

[Twisted_1in66]

G=graphite glazed, which helps it stay dry.

When I lived in Vermont, we used to buy canon powder by the 25-lb bag and then split it up between all the members. It was the same size as the 3Fg but wasn't glazed with the graphite. It worked fine for reenactments but if you kept the powder in the pan for a while on a humid day, like you might do when hunting, it would turn to soup much more quickly than the glazed Sporting Powders.

 

[Ames]

Now that we figured that one out, why is your barrel a bbl and not a brl?

 

[deerstalkert]

why do the rest of the world use g for grams and we use it for grains?

 

[Walkingeagle]

Now that we figured that one out, why is your barrel a bbl and not a brl?

Because bbl is the world standard for barrel (think pricing for oil, etc).
Walk

 

[Griz44Mag]

Now that we figured that one out, why is your barrel a bbl and not a brl?

NOOOOOOO...... Now I'm going to have trouble sleeping tonight...

 

[kansas_volunteer]

Nothing about muzzleloader barrels here.

https://www.sizes.com/units/barrel_abbr.htm

 

[Billy Boy]

In fact, the G stands for gooder than pyrodex. Honest to gosh truth.

I thought it had something to do with ....gut piles....no?

 

[coloradoclyde]

NOOOOOOO...... Now I'm going to have trouble sleeping tonight...

If that keeps you up at night, trying to figure out why a barrel is called a hogshead will keep you up for a fortnight.

 

[toot]

Straight from the horse's mouth: Hodgdon Powder, makers of Goex, say the letter g stands for grain or granuals, not grahite or glazed.

so there we have it! thank you!!

 

[bisleyjohn]

If that keeps you up at night, trying to figure out why a barrel is called a hogshead will keep you up for a fortnight.

I like firkin

 

[coloradoclyde]

From the Encyclopedia Britannica.



"After glazing, the powder is graded by sieves into different sizes and packaged, usually in kegs.


Because the burning of black powder is a surface phenomenon, a fine granulation burns faster than a coarse one. Grain sizes are designated as F, 2F, etc., up to 7F, which is the finest, and from C up as the grains become larger. For the A powder the letter indicating the fineness becomes 3FA, etc., and if the powder is glazed, this is followed by the letter g—e.g., 3FAg."

 

[Grenadier1758]

I like firkin

Hm, a firkin is about a fourth of a hogshead which is a large cask.

Lets stay with rifle or fowling gun barrels which can be measured by balls per pound, diameter (land or groove diameter(?)), gauge, millimeters or inches? I suspect when we see bbl or brl in a post on this Forum, we can safely speculate that we are talking about barrels.

 

[Henry Miles]

Glazed with graphite makes g the appropriate notation. Why is this so difficult to understand?

 

[coloradoclyde]

Glazed with graphite makes g the appropriate notation. Why is this so difficult to understand?

Yup, but if I recall correctly it was originally just glazed, The addition of graphite came later. The "G" designation goes back to the 1700's, graphite wasn't added until the 1850's

Here is an old topic on this subject.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/when-was-graphite-added-to-black-powder.58868/